Four refugees approved for resettlement and due to arrive in the Las Vegas Valley in the next two weeks have had their flights canceled following President Donald Trump’s executive order freezing the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, a representative of their sponsor organization said Monday.
The family of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson has withdrawn as investors in a proposed $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat domed football stadium intended to bring the NFL’s Oakland Raiders to Southern Nevada.
Las Vegas police are investigating a kidnapping Monday in which a woman was forcibly removed from a south valley apartment and “placed or thrown” into a vehicle.
In the the wake of a deadly shooting at a mosque in Canada, Metropolitan Police have stepped up their outreach efforts toward mosques in Las Vegas.
The 19-year-old shot and killed by a west Las Vegas Valley resident Saturday had burglarized a nearby home just prior to the shooting, Las Vegas police said Monday. Police added that the man killedhad also been in a confrontation with the shooter and had stolen the shooter’s cell phone just before shots rang out, shedding light on why the shooter is not currently facing charges.
A voluntary evacuation notice for Mount Charleston has been canceled, but avalanche risk persists in remote areas.
Sharon Gainsburg gently suggests newcomers’ next steps and helps more experienced students reveal in the stone what’s in their mind’s eye.
Workers at the Mexican Consulate of Las Vegas were greeted Monday morning by a large swastika defacing the side of their building.
The Las Vegas Valley can expect dry weather and warmer temperatures through the week, according to the National Weather Service.
Two-thirds of the completed applications for the state’s Education Savings Account program come from households making less than $50,000 a year, data provided Monday by the state treasurer’s office shows.
