EP Renewable Inc., backer of a controversial waste-burning gasification power plant proposed in North Las Vegas, has withdrawn its application for a special use permit needed to build the facility off Losee and Lone Mountain Roads.
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A 53-year-old Henderson man could face the death penalty after he was convicted on Wednesday of fatally beating his mother in 2009.
The mother of the man shot by Las Vegas police late Tuesday after he flashed a handgun at officers says her her son didn’t deserve to be shot. “He’s no angel,” Barbara Sprouse said, “but he did not deserve this.” Her son, 29-year-old Jason Mahe, was shot outside a Dotty’s Casino at Rancho and Vegas drives just before midnight, police said.
The Clark County Commission Wednesday unanimously voted to allow a potbellied pig rescue operator to keep as many as eight porkers for purposes of adoption.
With more than 100 private ambulance employees glaring at his back Wednesday, Las Vegas Fire Chief Willie McDonald told City Council members that he has changed the balance of lucrative hospital transports so his department will handle 50 percent of the calls.
Animal welfare activists are “aggressively exploring” their legal options regarding the treatment of 27 puppies that survived a Las Vegas pet store fire, said Gina Greisen, founder of Nevada Voters for Animals. “We’re just doing our best to put up a fight against a huge injustice that we believe has occurred on behalf of the puppies,” she said.
The Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday is opening an enrollment center at McCarran International Airport for passengers to sign up for Pre-Check, a program that enables trusted travelers to move through TSA security lines faster.
Small-business backers of a proposed 2 percent margins tax on Nevada companies on Wednesday launched their campaign to promote the “Education Initiative,” or Question 3 on the Nov. 4 ballot.
The Clark County Commission introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would allow medical marijuana dispensaries to operate in the county, setting the stage for a public hearing and a possible commission vote on March 19.
Amy Bessey, 43, was sentenced Wednesday to more than a dozen years in prison for plotting to have her estranged husband killed in a 2012 highway shooting.