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Charleston Boulevard crash leaves pedestrian dead

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By Mark Credico / Las Vegas Review-Journal

November 24, 2023 - 11:40 pm

A pedestrian died after being hit by a car on Charleston Boulevard on Friday night, according to Las Vegas police.

A car crashed into a pedestrian on the 2800 block of East Charleston Boulevard, near the intersection with Fremont Street just after 8:30 p.m. Friday night, according to Metropolitan Police public information officer Robert Wix.

He said the victim died at the scene, and police are still investigating the crash.

No further information was available.

Contact Mark Credico at mcredico@reviewjournal.com.

Months after UNLV shooting, professors face their own mental health struggles

By Katie Futterman / RJ

July 27, 2024 - 8:05 am

Almost eight months after the Dec. 6 shooting, university professors are citing their own mental health challenges and how to better care for themselves and colleagues.

High rents, added fees prompt calls for transparency in Vegas rental market

By Estelle Atkinson / RJ

July 27, 2024 - 7:20 am

It’s an issue prospective renters will be all too familiar with: the advertised rent on your apartment might not be telling the whole truth.

Wildfire smoke from California sends Las Vegas air to unhealthy levels

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

July 27, 2024 - 8:02 am

Nearly all air quality monitoring stations in the valley showed unhealthy levels for particulate matter at 5:30 a.m. Saturday. Conditions may improve later in the day.

2 Legionnaires’ disease cases investigated at Strip resort

By Marvin Clemons and Estelle Atkinson / RJ

July 26, 2024 - 6:35 pm

Two “travel-associated cases of Legionnaires’ disease” are being investigated at a Strip resort.

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By Estelle Atkinson / RJ

July 26, 2024 - 3:13 pm

The National Park Service is closing a camping site in Lake Mead after an influx of “residential-type visitors” led to damaged natural resources and high rates of crime.

I-15 traffic bound for Vegas still stopped nearly 24 hours after battery fire

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

July 27, 2024 - 6:42 am

“The fire re-ignited overnight,” a California Highway Patrol staffer said early Saturday. “Northbound traffic (to Las Vegas) is all stopped.”

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TikTok stars get tax money, free airfare to promote Las Vegas

By Eli Segall and Callie Lawson-Freeman / RJ

July 26, 2024 - 12:42 pm

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority paid more than $2.2 million to influencers to promote the city, but experts say results are hard to track.