Las Vegas celebrates the arrival of the new year better than most cities and part of the fun is turning Las Vegas Boulevard into pedestrians only. That’s why there are gates on the Strip’s major cross streets at the Boulevard.
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Cover up your pipes and plants and don’t over-water. Las Vegas is about to freeze. So says a meteorologist, who also forecasts high winds that will make Saturday, the weekend and the week beyond colder than the thermometer shows, and a local landscaper, who knows his plants well.
Clark County will pay its diversity director $150,486 to settle a federal wage discrimination lawsuit that the U.S. Department of Justice filed against the county.
A drugstore clerk was shot to death during a robbery in the northwest valley on Friday morning, Las Vegas police said.
Dozens of New Year’s 2015 events are scheduled to take place this week on the Strip, but one, featuring a three-time Grammy award winner, is getting extra attention.
A state commission is investigating Clark County School Board President Erin Cranor for actions that led to a lawsuit against her and the district, resulting in a $100,100 settlement paid without the approval of her fellow School Board members that got Cranor dropped in the lawsuit.
Clark County drug court recently stopped accepting new referrals, and the program may be full through this spring, according to Judge Linda Bell, who has presided over the county’s specialty court program for two years.
A rollover accident at the intersection of East Charleston Boulevard and North Christy Lane is causing traffic delays. Las Vegas police responded to a call at 3:05 p.m. about the two-car accident.
A Nevada blogger has asked a judge to toss an invasion of privacy lawsuit filed by Las Vegas personal injury lawyer Adam Kutner.
Las Vegas police are investigating a possible shooting in the central valley.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is again highlighting a program to recycle Christmas trees.
The man found mortally wounded in a burning home in an upscale Anthem neighborhood Tuesday has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Walter Zhongcheng Wu, 20, of Henderson.
An inmate died in Las Vegas on Wednesday of what Nevada Department of Corrections officials called a chronic medical condition.
Ten finalists are competing for $1 million in city-administered redevelopment grants funded through Strong Cities, Strong Communities to dream big about Las Vegas’s future.