UNLV Director of Athletics Desiree Reed-Francois, UNLV football coach Marcus Arroyo and student athlete Drew Tejchman spoke during a Tuesday news conference after the Mountain West announced Monday that all of their fall sports will be postponed until Spring 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The decision came after the presidents of the 14 universities comprising the Big Ten voted in favor of postponing the 2020 season.
Raiders linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski discusses how he’s adjusting to playing on a new team, what it was like trying to learn the playbook virtually and how important it is that they’re finally together working on the field in Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A suspect in a North Las Vegas homicide is shown walking in surveillance video. (North Las Vegas Police Department)
The National Weather Service has forecast Sunday as the hottest day this year. Sunday is set to reach 114 degrees — the highest temperature in the valley since late July 2018
At the upcoming middle school events, tests will be available on a first-come, first-served basis from 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. at each location, or until supplies for the date run out. Other testing dates and locations are July
17-18, Monaco Middle School, 1870 N. Lamont St.; July 24-25, Jerome Mack Middle School, 4250 E. Karen
Ave.; July 30-Aug. 1, Roy Martin Middle School, 200 N. 28 th St.
As new cases of COVID-19 increased, Las Vegas was bypassed as a potential hub for the resumption of the NHL Season.
In Southern Highlands, the Italian restaurant Spaghetty Western, while remaining open, had to shut down its bar. Bartender Scarlett Brock, who is still waiting to receive unemployment payments from the initial shutdown, calls the financial impact of being out of work again “a knock in the face.” (James Schaeffer / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Councilwoman Michele Fiore on Thursday during a news conference apologized for offending anyone by using “racially charged” comments over the weekend.
The Injured Police Officer’s Fund hosts Shay Day to help gather donations for the injured officer Shay Mikalonis.
