In 35 years since he was an Army private until when he retires July 30 as a full-bird colonel and Nevada’s highest ranking black Army National Guard officer, Col. James Walker Jr. can attest to changes in the military and its minority landscape. But when it comes to being a soldier, the virtue of being colorblind to someone’s skin has endured unchanged.
Storms moved into the Las Vegas Valley on Sunday and lit up the sky with lightning.
Democrat Bob Goodman is back in Nevada this week and ready to accept campaign contributions and begin his long-shot effort to replace GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval in the November general election.
A motorcyclist died Sunday afternoon after a two-vehicle crash in the east side of the valley, according to Las Vegas Police.
As Metro’s Search and Rescue team faced being re-accredited by the Mountain Rescue Association, they were called out on a series of Memorial Day weekend emergencies, including the rescue of a fallen climber at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
Two men are dead after a crash on U.S. Highway 95 north of the valley Sunday morning. Northbound lanes of the highway were closed near Corn Creek, about 30 miles north of the city of Las Vegas. The crash occurred just after 7 a.m.
Las Vegas firefighters responded to a fire at a vacant downtown apartment building Saturday night. Las Vegas Fire and Rescue spokesman Tim Szymanski said fire dispatchers received several calls at 10:29 p.m.
Police found missing 3-year-old Katies Battle late Saturday night. Katies was taken from her father’s apartment complex during a scheduled visitation on July 5 by her biological mother, 35-year-old Shelley Mitchell.
Nevada transportation experts say there’s no way to accurately predict wait times for motorists traveling through the lengthy Interstate 15 tie-up north of Las Vegas.
