Thirty-two more people have died in crashes on Clark County roadways this year compared with the same time in 2023, Nevada officials announced.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Local Government Reporter
Email: rtorres@reviewjournal.com
Ricardo Torres-Cortez covers the city of Las Vegas and Clark County. He returned to the Review-Journal, where he’d interned, after a five-year stint at the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. A Mexican-born graduate of UNLV, he’s passionate about soccer, video games, books and coffee.
Bishop Gorman High School will soon have a new principal, according to a letter sent to the private school’s community.
A DUI suspect didn’t slow down or switch lanes before he struck and killed a woman next to her broken down car Tuesday on a northwest valley road, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Las Vegas police said the crash was reported in a residential neighborhood near Charleston Boulevard and the 215 Beltway.
A man found shot to dead in a crashed car had been in a road rage chase with another driver, according to police, who said the fatal shots came from a third party.
Threats by an armed man prompted the closure of Wetlands Park, according to Clark County officials.
The sound of gunshot blasts that fatally wounded the man who killed three UNLV professors and wounded a fourth last month was captured on body-cam footage released by Las Vegas police Friday.
Institutions in the state have been targeted by bomb-threat hoaxes in recent weeks, according to the FBI and the Nevada Hospital Association.
Six days a week, public libraries offer air-conditioned spaces to study, work, surf the internet, or simply catch up with a friend — as long as it’s done in hushed tones.
Golden Knights personalities were on hand for a “puck drop” Thursday as the city of Las Vegas inaugurated a ball hockey rink in the central valley.
The city of Las Vegas on Wednesday afternoon hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony outside a pair of 40-foot shipping containers converted into hydroponic pods.
“I can assure you I’m more excited than ever before about our future,” Mayor Carolyn Goodman said during her state of the city speech Thursday evening.
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Clark County and Las Vegas police began dispatching teams of social workers and officers to the Strip to offer resources to those experiencing homelessness, mental illness or substance abuse.
A cadre of officials on Wednesday unveiled a new Las Vegas Justice Court-based diversion program that may help thousands in such legal predicaments.
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