Hundreds of attendees honored political activist Charlie Kirk at UNLV Monday, less than a week after he was fatally shot at Utah Valley University during a debate.
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.
Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Clark County officials are set to vote on a one-year, $11.44 million contract extension with The Animal Foundation.
North Las Vegas kicked off its annual Hispanic Heritage Month festivities with a “parade of nations,” performances from mariachi bands and traditional dancers in front of City Hall.
Clark County is distributing $500,000 to be spread among dozens of small locally-owned businesses that might be going through a rough patch.
The Las Vegas Bomb Squad conducts sweeps and monitors special events and visits from dignitaries, and provides training throughout the valley.
The Clark County Commission approved a resolution declaring a cultural district east of the Las Vegas Strip to celebrate the local Filipino community.
A proposed ordinance would regulate where electric bicycles and scooters can be used and how fast they can travel in the Las Vegas Valley.
A company set to purchase the defunct Badlands golf course presented its vision to the city of Las Vegas to develop 1,480 upscale residential homes on the land.
Clark County introduced a draft of a proposed ordinance that would target people experiencing homelessness who camp in public spaces.
Half of the six Mesquite City Council seats are up for grabs in next month’s elections, including the mayor’s position.
The largest Latino-centered civil rights organization kicked off its annual convention on the Strip.
Six journalists joined the ranks of the Review-Journal’s newsgathering and production operations as part of the media outlet’s long-running summer internship program.
While filing to run for mayor of city of Las Vegas is a fairly inexpensive $100, keeping a campaign and candidate afloat has traditionally required more spending, meaning substantial fundraising in most cases.
A pedestrian injured by a hit-and-run motorist earlier this month in North Las Vegas died a week later.
Las Vegas police were investigating a homicide in an east valley neighborhood.