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Review-Journal investigation sparks reform at LVCVA

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board members would be allowed to accept no more than $400 in gifts and one agency-sponsored trip annually under changes proposed Monday in response to a Review-Journal investigation.

LVCVA committee backs idea of consolidated president-COO

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s six-member Policy Committee endorses the idea of combining the two positions, but but wants the convention authority’s board to play a role in selecting who gets the job.

 
Las Vegas Pearl Harbor survivor collects high school diploma

Ed Hall’s buddies at a Masonic Lodge in Las Vegas surprised the 94-year-old World War II veteran with a sheepskin more than 75 years after he lied his way into the Army at 16.

Active military, veterans can ride bus free on Veterans Day

Active military service members and veterans can ride the bus for free on Saturday in honor of Veterans Day, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada said.

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Las Vegas police investigating double homicide

Las Vegas police are investigating a possible double homicide Monday afternoon in a western Las Vegas Valley neighborhood.

Attorneys for Nevada inmate not seeking stay of execution

Attorneys representing Scott Dozier have pushed to ensure that his lethal injection is carried out humanely, but after more than an hour of argument on Monday, they told a judge in Las Vegas that they were not asking her to postpone the execution.

Las Vegas police arrest suspect in October shootout

A suspect was arrested Sunday in connection with a double shooting last month that left one man dead and another man critically injured.

Dry week, with highs in the low 70s, expected in Las Vegas

Highs near 71 degrees were forecast Monday through Wednesday, and the overnight low on Wednesday could dip below 50 for the first time this season, National Weather Service says.

 
Brush fire burns 12 acres at Clark County Wetlands Park

For more than three hours early Monday, large plumes of smoke and the glow from a 12-acre fire at the Clark County Wetlands Park blanketed the sky in the eastern Las Vegas Valley.