Mas Por Favor in Las Vegas’ Chinatown is an Instagram dream come true with original art, an arch of skulls and one of roses. (Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Nevada Board of Dental Examiners terminated its two top staffers for a second time Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, providing both with undisclosed separation packages. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer talks about practice time while the team is on the road. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer talks about William Karlsson’s absence from the team, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. Karlsson suffered an upper-body injury. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Peter DeBoer talks about player Ryan Reaves (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Scott Booth, a former pilot for Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, talks about piloting a Papillon tour helicopter when the aircraft crashed in Grand Canyon in 2018, killing five of the six passengers. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The UFC 246 fight card, featuring a welterweight main event between Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone, is official, minus one planned bout. In place of Claudia Gadelha vs. Alexa Grasso, a bantamweight bout between Brian Kelleher and Ode’ Osbourne will move up to the pay-per-view main card. All fighters competing on the card faced off during the ceremonial weigh-ins at The Park Theater.
UNLV coach T.J. Otzelberger talks about playing New Mexico, Jan. 18, 2020. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Truth & Tonic, one of the two dining spots within The Venetian’s Canyon Ranch Spa + Fitness, rolled out its new plant-based menu on Friday. Executive chef Pete Ghione talks about the menu. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
2020 Presidential Candidate Deval Patrick joins hosts Rory Appleton and Steve Sebelius on the RJ Politics Podcast.
Steve Hill, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, hints at new branding slogan for Las Vegas, which will no longer be “What happens here, stays here.” The new slogan will be unveiled Jan. 26 during the Grammy Awards. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday morning that Las Vegas has everything a city needs to host a Super Bowl, and more.
The National Park Service gets out on the waters of Lake Mead and Lake Mohave each year to count any raptors they lay eyes on. The birds are at the top of a food chain, so monitoring their numbers over time can help indicate if problems are occurring with the environment and the rest of the chain below them. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A suspected impaired motorist driving the wrong way on the Airport Connector caused a crash that killed another driver near McCarran International Airport early Friday morning, Jan. 17, 2020, according to law enforcement. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Tom Steyer joins the RJ Politics podcast to talk about his campaign presence in Nevada and how he plans to take Trump on when talking about the economy. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police identified the officer and show body cam video of the officer who discharged his weapon at a suspect accused of shooting his mother at a credit union, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. (Renee Summerout/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks at Preview Las Vegas, Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce’s largest networking event, on Jan. 17, 2020. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UFC 246 will be headlined by a welterweight bout between Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone. While both of the main event fighters made weight, a strawweight bout between Claudia Gadelha and Alexa Grasso was scratched by the Nevada Athletic Commission when Grasso came in 5.5 pounds over the weight limit. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A wrong-way driver struck another vehicle, killing that driver, on the Airport Connector near McCarran International Airport early Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)