The Lahaina fire was not the first time Maui Police Chief John Pelletier has dealt with a massive loss of life. He was part of the department that, six years earlier, responded to the deadliest mass shooting in history.
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The group gathered in front of the College of Hospitality building around 5 p.m. to honor the victims of the earthquakes.
Vice President Kamala Harris visited with health care providers at UNLV and workers packing food boxes for those in need at the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas on Monday.
Dr. Miriam Adelson, the widow of the longtime Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman and CEO, eulogized him as someone who was irreplaceable.
Thursday’s 6-0 vote by the Southern Nevada Water Authority board aims to keep more water in the shrinking river system through voluntary cuts. The deal isn’t done, though, as Arizona and California are still debating their cuts.
Call volumes are increasing at the Vegas Strong Resiliency Center following the shooting in Florida, and experts say many people are still absorbing news of the latest massacre and may not experience symptoms immediately.
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The lucrative underworld of wildlife taxidermy led to conversations about a giraffe bust, which lead to emails about a finger necklace and a shrunken head, which lead two men to someone who said he could find a buyer interested in the horns of a critically endangered black rhinoceros.
According to projections released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the reservoir east of Las Vegas will have enough water in it on Jan. 1 to stave off a first-ever federal shortage declaration.
