Ray Johnson of the U.S. Forest Service said firefighters were using “crop duster size” aircraft to attack the Mahogany Fire, which remained at 5,000 acres in size with 0 percent containment.“Right now we have air attack over the fire,” Johnson said.Johnson said larger aircraft were en route to help fight the fire. Simultaneously he said firefighters were fighting a much smaller fire in Wallace Canyon and they were investigating a report from the Nye County Sheriff’s Office that a smaller fire had started in either “Carpenter Canyon or Trout Canyon.”Johnson reiterates that the Mahogany Fire is believed to have been started by human activity but investigators still were working to confirm thisThe fire in Wallace was likely caused by lightning, he said.Regarding the Mahogany Fire Johnson said “it will not be contained today and it may not be contained for a few days.”
The national nonprofit is opening its first physical location in the Las Vegas Valley. It will act as a community hub and event space.
As of 8 a.m., the National Weather Service in Las Vegas said a few gauges picked up as much as 0.04 inches of rain from these storms.
Two years after relocating to Las Vegas from San Francisco, this company has over 100 employees and no plans to go back to California.
Commissioners were divided over a presentation from a UNLV professor about the vast federal control of land within the valley.
From what we’ve witnessed — a 2-5 record and epic disaster that was 31-0 at Kansas City on Sunday — you wonder if seven wins is remotely possible for the Raiders this season.
The PT’s Taverns group is rolling out a new progressive jackpot program across 65 Southern Nevada taverns with the largest jackpots offered at a restricted gaming venue.
The French flag carrier will begin seasonal nonstop flights between Las Vegas and Paris on the airline’s Airbus A350 twin-engine jets.
Check out the scores and top performances from Tuesday’s high school soccer and girls volleyball action.
Here’s today’s local and national sports schedule, including television and radio listings.
A man was taken to Sunrise Hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a car in east Las Vegas, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
According to the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office, Donald Anthony Stickrath was declared dead by deputies inside a tent at the campground on Oct. 13.
Gov. Joe Lombardo seems to have forgotten which political party he belongs to.
Nevada should take a page from Arizona and limit local governments from using taxpayer funds to hire outside lobbying firms.
Anything less than responsible regulation risks depriving all of us of a little more than our liberties.
Despite the Trump administration’s wish to impose press restrictions, we Americans depend on unnamed sources to inform us about what our government is doing with our tax money and with the lives of the people serving in our military.
Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.
To the dozen or so drivers giving the finger while driving by Saturday’s “No King’s” rally: Thank you for showing me what “your” democracy would be like.
We must stop trying to figure out who’s going to cut back on water in agriculture and business.
A hat trick from Sienna Turco gave Doral Academy’s girls soccer team a home win over Sierra Vista. Here are photos from the match.