A drone video shows abandoned mine openings before and after they were filled in by a construction crew working in the hills just west of Fort Apache and Warm Springs roads. (Nevada Division of Minerals)
The Golden Knights center has been the top scorer vs. San Jose this year. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Knights center William Karlsson said Sharks center Joe Pavelski is a strong, skilled player. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant on moving on from the Game 2 loss Sunday at City National Arena. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant on moving on from the Game 2 loss Sunday at City National Arena. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant on finding positives from the Game 2 loss in Sunday at City National Arena. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant on finding positives from the Game 2 loss in Sunday at City National Arena. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Developers are putting up subdivisions, apartments, retail centers and other projects across Las Vegas. But the local construction industry is still nowhere near as big as it was during the bubble years of the mid-2000s. 63,900 people work in construction in Southern Nevada. Employment has nearly doubled since early 2012 but is still far below the peak of 112,000 in mid-2006. It’s hard for me to imagine such a surge of population that you would need to build housing, retail, schools and other things on the scale that was happening in 2005. — Ken Simonson, chief economist, Associated General Contractors of America
The Texas deputy who first flagged the license plate on suspected Las Vegas killer Anthony Wrobel’s vehicle outside a freeway rest stop last week is in his first year on the force, a fellow deputy said Thursday. When the Oldham County Sheriff’s Office rookie radioed K9 deputy Taner Blackburn, 34, for backup and to tell him the Utah plate came back stolen, Blackburn told him to stay back until he got there. Wrobel, 42, is suspected of opening fire at Sunset Park on two casino executives during a company picnic for employees of The Venetian on April 15. The arrest put an end to a days long nationwide manhunt that included investigators from several local and federal agencies.
Local American Family Insurance agents are holding a fundraiser Saturday for a four-year-old girl named Lexi who has cerebral palsy. With the surgery, Lexi could walk for the first time. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
The yearlong party on the Las Vegas Strip continued Thursday as Golden Knights fans showed up in droves to cheer on their hometown team against the San Jose Sharks.(Richard Brian/Las Vega Review-Journal)
Matt Maddox came out swinging in his first earnings conference call as Wynn Resorts chief executive officer, boasting of record Las Vegas quarterly revenues and applicants lining up for work.
Sneak peak at the new “Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire” VR experience at the Grand Canal Shoppes.
A dispute between roommates led to the fatal shooting of one man in the backyard of their southwest Las Vegas Valley home on Monday, April 23, 2018. (Rio Lacanlale/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Meet George. He’s a ripper. No grabs, no slappies, no nose grinds — he just rides. Happy 5th birthday, George.
Pro Football Hall of Fame member Jonathan Ogden, his wife Kema and his friends come together on Sunday to support the Ogden Foundation to rise money for the programs that help at-risk families as well as foster and homeless children in the community. Chitose Suzuki Las Vegas Review-Journal
The veteran forward was a healthy scratch in the first round of the playoffs. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The veteran forward was a healthy scratch in the first round of the playoffs. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Vegas Golden Knights players Marc-Andre Fleury, Deryk Engelland, Nate Schmidt talk about the huge crowds that have packed the practice arena to watch the team skate during their Stanley Cup playoff respite. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review Journal)
Vegas Golden Knights players Marc-Andre Fleury, Deryk Engelland, Nate Schmidt talk about the huge crowds that have packed the practice arena to watch the team skate during their Stanley Cup playoff respite. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review Journal)
David Wise talks about his Olympic experience on April 18, 2018, at Container Park. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis during an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal at the Four Seasons hotel in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 22, 2018. Video by Richard Brian @vegasphotograph
Tony DeFrancesco talks about the loss to El Paso on April 21, 2018, at Cashman Field. (Betsy Helfand/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV men’s soccer coach Rich Ryerson and two of his players talk about the high number of first-generation college students on the roster. Video by Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas 51s manager Tony DeFrancesco discusses new minor league baseball rule to help settle outcomes in extra-inning games. (Ron Kantowski/ Las Vegas Review Journal)
Las Vegas home prices are rising at one of the fastest rates nationally, and builders are selling the most homes in years. But by almost any measure, the market remains a long way from the peaks of the bubble years last decade. The median sales price of previously owned single-family homes was $280,000 last month. That’s more than doubled since hitting bottom, but still below the peak of $315,000 in mid-2006. Builders sold 9,400 homes last year, the highest tally in almost a decade but far below the record of almost 39,000 in 2005. “Las Vegas has been climbing out of the hole for the better part of the last decade.” Brian Gordon, co-owner, Las Vegas-based Applied Analysis
Nevada State College is pursuing the creation of a master’s in speech pathology program. It will be the college’s first master’s program, and is being created to help with the growing workforce demand for speech pathologists. NSC students volunteer at a RiteCare speech language pathology clinic
as part of the program.
Patriot Place Apartments, an affordable housing facility that gives preference to veterans, started moving people in in August. The apartment buildings have 41, one-bedroom and 9 two-bedrooms and provide rental assistance or subsidized rent to residents based on their income. Thirteen apartments were fully furnished and set-aside specifically for low-income veterans with a disability and who are facing the challenges of homelessness. The facility also offers activities like crafting to help vets socialize and build confidence. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Captain Sasha Larkin, of Metro’s Northwest Area Command, discusses what issues face the northwest valley’s residents and what police are doing to address them. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A cross near Cactus Aveue and Decatur Boulevard marks the site of Las Vegas’ deadliest air disaster. On April 21, 1958, an Air Force fighter jet collided with United Airlines Flight 736 at 21,000 feet. Both aircraft plummeted to the ground and burned. All 47 people on the airliner and both men in the fighter jet were killed. The crash led to new air safety regulations, including the creation of what is now the Federal Aviation Administration. The crash site is now a parking lot. The cross on the hill behind it is the only sign of what happened there.