Retired wildland firefighter Jerry Barton and nurse Becky Wrenn drove from Kalispell, Mont., to Las Vegas after reading about the Carpenter 1 Fire on Mount Charleston. They set up shop across the street from the firefighters’ command center at Centennial High School, and within four hours, they were open for business.
They’ve turned a dormant high school into an active war room, deploying firefighting units and planning their next attack on the enemy.
For all practical purposes, Nevada doesn’t have capital punishment. In the 36 years since Nevada reinstated the death penalty for its worst killers, just 12 inmates have been executed, none since 2006. Nevada’s only execution chamber was shut down when the state closed the Nevada State Prison. The Legislature won’t fund a new chamber, even though 83 men are on death row.
A man is in serious condition after he was thrown from a car that overturned Tuesday night near Fort Apache and Warm Springs roads, according to Las Vegas police.
A pedestrian who was hit by a car early Wednesday morning is in serious condition.
Three men were indicted in the April 29 slaying and robbery of Richard Blevins, prosecutors said Wednesday, over an apparent $50 debt.
On the third anniversary of the shooting of Erik Scott by Las Vegas police officers at a northwest valley Costco, family members are in town to attend a vigil in his memory.
The House on Wednesday turned away a request to speed the installation of a new $14 million security system around a key complex at the Nevada National Security Site.
