One Las Vegas woman, Tara Pike, said she takes “reuse” to another level. Pike, a recycling manager at UNLV, started her recycling journey 29 years ago.
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When single-stream recycling was implemented throughout the valley, advocates hoped recycling rates would increase. They didn’t.
A crash caused a “mobile office” to roll over Friday morning in southwest Las Vegas, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
Las Vegas police and 10 Asian American organizations addressed safety concerns in a press conference Thursday afternoon following the recent killings of eight people at massage parlors in Georgia.
About 130 members of the Las Vegas Valley’s Ethiopian community protested what they described as the U.S. government’s interference in the northeastern African nation’s domestic affairs.
Traffic on U.S. Highway 95 north of Beatty was flowing again Wednesday after a fatal crash, according to Nevada Highway Patrol.
After a fireplace fire spread to a wall Monday, damaging a northwest Las Vegas home, fire officials are warning the public about fireplace safety.
Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 60-year-old man last seen in southwest Las Vegas on Monday.
A 26-year-old miner who died at a work site near Jean last week was identified Tuesday afternoon.
When Rogelio Rodriguez of Las Vegas returned a green purse to the woman who lost it, she gave him a reward and listed him in her cellphone as “Roger: A Kind Honest Human.”
Troopers responded to the single-vehicle crash at 10:01 p.m., according to Highway Patrol dispatch logs.
Older adult residents of the predominantly Black community and other valley residents lined up Wednesday for the chance to get doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Investigators believe a man helping a truck back out Friday afternoon fell and was run over by the vehicle.
Firefighters responded to a garage fire Thursday morning in northwest Las Vegas. The fire caused an estimated $20,000 in damage and displaced three residents.
The First Friday Foundation is inviting the public to donate clothing Friday at its Clothes for Comfort event, which will feature an artist painting a mural.
In its initial days of public operations, the clinic saw numerous no-shows, prompting them to issue instant alerts to those who preregistered or give the shots to walk-ins.
The shelter had a save rate of 91.1 percent in 2020. “No-kill’ means a shelter has keeps a live-exit rate above 90 percent, the release said.
As the scourge of COVID-19 has swept across Nevada, one east Las Vegas community — the 89110 ZIP code — has experienced the worst of it.
The Clean Water Act grant money from the Environmental Protection Agency will be used for 11 projects to reduce “nonpoint source pollution.”
The Animal Foundation is seeking interested applicants and financial donations to help dozens of cats recently rescued in Las Vegas.
Local law enforcement agencies joined together to raise awareness of Nevada’s “3-foot” rule to motorists during an enforcement event Wednesday morning.