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Libraries battle bed bugs in books

The vampire in the teen romance your daughter checked out from the library is fictional — but there could be a bloodsucker lurking in the book’s binding that isn’t make believe.

NLV approves medical marijuana ordinance

North Las Vegas OK’d a second medical marijuana ordinance Wednesday, unanimously adopting business licensing rules first introduced early this month.

North Las Vegas poised to redo voting districts

North Las Vegas looks primed to redraw its voting districts for the first time in a decade. City Council members on Wednesday heard plans for a proposed redistricting effort that, if approved, would wrap up just months before a pair of City Council seats go up for grabs in November 2015.

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1 killed in northeast valley crash

A person is dead following a vehicle crash in the northeast valley Wednesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.

Las Vegas police find missing man

Las Vegas police find a man they say went missing while jogging in the northwest valley Monday.

Las Vegas city manager gets $20,000 raise

The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday created a new salary range for city manager — a range of between $200,000 and $320,000 — then cautiously picked the low end for City Manager Betsy Fretwell.

North Las Vegas police arrest man in fatal shooting

A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a July 3 shooting that left one man dead and a teen girl injured, North Las Vegas police said. Miquan Burton, 18, is accused of shooting Tyrell Melton, 18, who was standing with a group of friends, including a 14-year-old girl in the 4800 block of Via Maria Court, near North Commerce Street and Lone Mountain Road, police said.

More Fremont Street liquor controls ordered

The Las Vegas City Council passed yet another ordinance Wednesday in its struggle to control alcohol abuse on the Fremont Street Experience.

 
Police: Little known in Fashion Show mall shooting

None of the three men police say are linked to a shooting at Fashion Show mall have been identified or found, Las Vegas police said Wednesday, and the man who was shot still won’t give his name or information about the shooting to investigators.

Panel: Time to invest in Vegas transportation

With the local economy starting to rebound, it’s time for Southern Nevada to invest in its transportation infrastructure, a panel addressing a Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance breakfast meeting concurred Wednesday.

Man wounded in Fashion Show shooting

Las Vegas police said a fight at the food court in the Fashion Show mall escalated into a shooting on Tuesday.

Northwest valley under flash flood warning

A flash flood warning is in effect Wednesday afternoon for the northwest valley following heavy showers on Mount Charleston, the National Weather Service said.