It’s not about what education programs to cut, parents and employees told Clark County School District officials Tuesday night. Raising taxes should be considered as the system confronts an anticipated 2011-12 budget shortfall of up to $400 million.
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Japanese government officials today suspended operations to prevent a nuclear plant from melting down after a surge in radiation made it too dangerous for workers to remain at the facility. The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was damaged in Friday’s massive earthquake and tsunami killed an estimated 10,000 people.
Assemblyman Ed Goedhart wants the federal government to pay Nye County and Nevada for contaminating an estimated $18 billion worth of water under the Nevada National Security Site through 828 underground nuclear tests.
Carl “Bill” Hoffman, a lawyer for the Clark County School District, has been named a U.S. magistrate judge in Las Vegas.
A woman who was found dead Sunday at a house fire near Mount Hood Street and Owens Avenue was identified Tuesday by the Clark County coroner’s office.
A collision between a sport utility vehicle and a bicyclist early Tuesday near Cheyenne Avenue and Buffalo Drive left the driver dead and the bicyclist in critical condition, Las Vegas police said.
A man who stole more than $26 million through mining and real estate investment scams was sentenced today to more than six years in federal prison and ordered to pay his victims $23.5 million in restitution.
Las Vegas police were fired upon as they tried to pull over a reckless driver in the northeast valley Tuesday afternoon. The driver, arrested at 2:59 p.m. after a chase, could face felony charges.
The Clark County Commission on Tuesday voted against allowing North Las Vegas to flush treated sewage from its new $240 million wastewater treatment facility into an open, county-owned flood control channel. Without the channel, wastewater from the plant has no place to go.
Patients who underwent prostate biopsies by Dr. Michael Kaplan could be at risk for blood-borne diseases that include HIV and hepatitis C, the head of the Southern Nevada Health District said Tuesday. Kaplan is accused of reusing medical devices that were intended for only a single use during the procedures.
Two Japanese women who live in Las Vegas struggle with a language barrier and raw emotions to explain how their lives were affected by Japan’s triple disaster of a massive earthquake followed by a mammoth tsunami and compromised nuclear reactors at a power plant.
SEATTLE — Google Inc., Twitter, Microsoft Corp. and other U.S. technology companies are finding ways large and small to help out in the wake of last week’s earthquake and tsunami Japan. Google put together an online “person finder” database in Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese and Portuguese for people who are either seeking information about a missing person.
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“It’s just heartbreaking,” said Judy Roman, whose houseboat was totaled and whose security camera recorded the fire.
Dennis and Ashley Prince had a young baby together before they were killed in early April, and the child is now the center of another guardianship dispute.
Diaja Smith and Jacoby Robinson face murder and child abuse charges. They were arrested after their son’s body was found in a dumpster near downtown Las Vegas.
A rodeo bull hopped a fence surrounding an Oregon arena and ran through a concession area into a parking lot, officials said.
