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2 women injured, dog dies in southwest valley house fire

Two women were hospitalized, one dog died and a second was revived after a Tuesday evening house fire in the southwest valley, according to police.

Trashy Colorado River rafter fined $2,500

An Alaska man has been ordered to pay almost $2,500 for a fine and court cost associated with federal prosecution for dumping refuse into the Colorado River and illegally collecting firewood in violation of his non-commercial private rafting trip permit.

UNLV cadets’ holiday project to produce better soldiers

An effort by ROTC cadets at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to help a needy family for Christmas has turned into course work that will make them better soldiers in the field.

After seven years of digging, Vegas reaches its last straw

Sometime today, a massive underground tunneling machine should break through a reinforced concrete wall at the bottom of Lake Mead, completing its three-mile journey to connect with a 100-foot-tall drain pipe that has been waiting at the bottom of the reservoir since 2012.

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Autopsy reveals internal injury in 8-year-old Arizona girl

An autopsy report in the September death of 8-year-old Isabella “Bella” Grogan-Cannella in Bullhead City made no conclusion as to sexual assault, but noted that there was a hemorrhage within the victim’s vaginal wall.

Three take plea deals in federal World Cup betting ring case

Three defendants pleaded guilty to misdemeanors Tuesday in an alleged multimillion-dollar World Cup betting scheme uncovered by the FBI. And more pleas are coming Wednesday.

Valley Hospital opening 20 psychiatric beds

A private hospital will open new psychiatric beds for the mentally ill in Southern Nevada on Wednesday morning.

Officer, man killed in Rio police shooting identified

The man shot dead by a Metro officer at the Rio over the weekend had only been out of an Oregon jail for a month, but he was already a wanted man. And it appears he continued his crime streak when he got to Las Vegas.

2 arrested in southwest valley pot bust

A small marijuana grow operation that was using highly explosive chemicals to extract THC was busted late Tuesday morning in the southwest valley, according to Las Vegas police.

 
Police release photos in beating death where rock was used

Photographs of two people who are sought in connection with the death of a 51-year-old man whose body was found Saturday evening behind a Green Valley Grocery were released Tuesday by Las Vegas police.