A ’70s theme for the evening celebration proved fitting, given that the library first opened in a tiny storefront in 1973.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
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.
Two Henderson parents have been arrested on suspicion on child abuse after police found an 11-year-old inside a large metal enclosure inside a residence.
Gwen Walker’s five-decade old mission to preserve and teach Black history was born out of a discouraging visit to the library.
A woman accused in a deadly east Las Vegas shooting a week ago turned herself in to authorities Tuesday.
The board heard updates from Clark County and the city of Las Vegas on their efforts to implement a law legalizing street food vendors.
Vinyl aficionados and collectors in the Las Vegas Valley are lucky to have several brick and mortar shops to fill their needs.
The dead fish in the pond are not a result of a nefarious act, according to Douglas Nielsen, an educator with the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
State Sen. Pat Spearman, who lost a bid for mayor of North Las Vegas last year, has a bill to expand the city council to six wards starting in 2024.
Citing a “present threat” to health and safety, Nevada regulators on Tuesday suspended licenses for a North Las Vegas cannabis cultivation facility.
In a recent 17-month period, the two largest ambulance companies in Southern Nevada — AMR and MedicWest — have reached the 90 percent on-time contractual obligation with Clark County once and zero times, respectively.
As marijuana lounges open in Nevada, entrepreneurs work out the details with few guarantees of success.
A 40-year-old man slain outside a CVS pharmacy in central Las Vegas was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
The 21-year-old North Las Vegas resident died at University Medical Center.
The newspaper swept the Human Rights Reporting category in the awards organized by the Las Vegas chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
This week, Protective Force International is deploying most of its 260 officers along the tourist corridor for the upcoming NFL draft.