The famed scenic loop of Red Rock National Conservation Area, which attracts tourists and climbers alike, was closed but accessible on Dec. 22, 2018, during a partial government shutdown forced by President Donald Trump. (Rio Lacanlale/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police give a briefing after a man was shot and killed by an officer following a traffic stop. (Rio Lacanlale/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Zane Grothe, an Olympic hopeful and national record holder, hosted a swim clinic for his former team, the Boulder City-Henderson Heatwave swim team, on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. Grothe swam with BCH Heatwave from ages 5 to 18 before moving to Indiana for college on a swimming scholarship. (Rio Lacanlale/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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)
More than 3,000 people came together to make the 16th annual Walk for Wishes possible on Saturday, March 10. The 1-mile walk and 5k run is a nationwide fundraiser that celebrates “Wish Kids” and their families while also raising money for future wishes. As of Saturday, more than 200 kids in Southern Nevada alone were waiting for their wishes to be granted by Make-A-Wish Southern Nevada. (Rio Lacanlale/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
When Steve Round looked at the memorial that sprang up on the median of the Strip near the Route 91 Harvest festival grounds, he saw the faces. Melissa Ramirez, Steve Berger, Stacee Etcheber and Jordyn Rivera looked back at him in photographs. (Rio Lacanlale/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Sheriff Joe Lombardo told reporters that officers had reasonable suspicion to stop NFL player Michael Bennett in August after a shooting was reported on the Strip. “They did what they were trained to do,” Lombardo said at an afternoon news conference. (Rio Lacanlale/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
(Max Michor and Rio Lacanlale/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
