A judge set bail at $50,000 for Adolfo Orozco, the landlord of a downtown Las Vegas apartment building where six people died in a fire in December and ordered him to contract with a licensed management company for his other properties. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The under-construction Circa hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas gets its first exterior sign bearing its name Thursday morning. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Circa developer Derek Stevens confirmed that when the property opens on Oct. 28, persons under the age of 21 won’t be allowed. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A crane whisked the final beam in the construction of downtown Las Vegas’ Circa resort property into place Friday morning, June 19, and crews paused momentarily, then continued working to ensure the casino’s Oct. 28 opening. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
In December 2019, a fire at the Alpine Motel Apartments killed six people, injured 13 and left dozens homeless. After six months of waiting, some former residents were able to pick up their belongings Thursday morning. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
On Monday, June 1, people were busy cleaning up graffiti and repairing damage after the Black Lives Matter protests over the weekend on the Las Vegas Strip and in downtown Las Vegas. (Michael Quine & Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Locals then converged in the daylight downtown to clean up and see the aftermath following a second night of demonstrations and clashes between protesters and police, spurred by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody on Memorial Day.
Derek Stevens says that the D las Vegas is ready to reopen and breaks down what is in place to keep its customers safe. (Angus Kelly/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Two men were stabbed at a central Las Vegas home, Thursday morning, May 21, leaving both with life-threatening injuries. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
This weeks questions:
ARE THERE OTHER WAYS OF BEING TESTED FOR COVID-19?
HAS THERE BEEN AN INCREASE IN ANTIBODY TESTING IN NEVADA?
ARE THERE DIFFERENT STRAINS OF COVID-19?
AT WHAT RATE ARE NEW CASES BEING HOSPITALIZED?
CAN WE MEASURE THE COVID-19 CURE RATE?
The Clark County Marriage License Bureau at the Regional Justice Center in downtown Las Vegas reopens Monday, April 24, 2020. The bureau closed March 17 amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Review-Journal reporters Bailey Schulz, Alexis Egeland and Michael Scott Davidson talk about the top stories of the day, April 2. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A new isolation and quarantine center for homeless is under construction at the Cashman Center in downtown Las Vegas, March 31. (K.M Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Yesco workers remove the Pabst Blue Ribbon neon sign at Fremont Street and Las Vegas Boulevard on Monday, March 23, 2020. The sign, which has been at the location for five years, will be displayed at the Neon Museum. A museum representative said a replacement neon sign is in the works. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
The computer system, slot machines and video poker at the Four Queens and Binion’s in downtown Las Vegas were down on Friday afternoon, Feb. 28, 2020. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Nevada Department of Transportation wants to reconfigure a 4-mile portion of
U.S. 95 between Rancho Drive and Mojave Road at an estimated cost of $1 billion. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Rev. Courtney Edward Krier, a priest at St. Joseph Catholic Church, works with the needy in the shadow of the Alpine Motel in downtown Las Vegas. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Hundreds of people marched through downtown Las Vegas on Saturday as part of the Empowering Women March 2020.
The event coincided with the annual women’s marches that began in 2017 as a protest of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Many marchers wore pink hats or shirts, chanted and carried signs as the group snaked from Fremont Street up Ninth Street, then along East Ogden Avenue and finally down Las Vegas Boulevard to the Lloyd D. George Courthouse, where they rallied for about 90 minutes.
