The days of massive lane closures on Interstate 15 near downtown Las Vegas are coming to an end.
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A new road in the east valley is expected to open Wednesday morning and should move construction traffic away from a residential area, Clark County officials said.
Within hours of a gunman opening fire Saturday at a Pennsylvania synagogue, Greg Zanis already had promised to deliver a tribute he has grown all too accustomed to making.
Local Jewish leaders expressed sympathy Sunday, a day after a deadly shooting at a Pennsylvania synagogue, and said the Jewish community must stand strong and remain proud of their faith.
The longtime poet’s voice soared and dove as he performed his piece. The poet, a golden badge and a pair of captain’s bars pinned to his tan uniform, spoke of good and evil, of hatred and terror.
A boy who was accidentally shot by another child in the central Las Vegas Valley on Thursday afternoon is in stable condition, Las Vegas police said.
White Pine County sheriff’s deputies found Gregg McGruder, 25, Thursday morning inside a local truck stop bathroom, Nevada Department of Corrections spokeswoman Brooke Santina said.
Brynlee Ruiz died Aug. 6, about a week before she would have turned 2 months old, but investigators couldn’t determine how, the coroner’s office said.
Officers found Anthony Carter about 12:55 a.m. Wednesday near Sahara Avenue and Nellis Boulevard behind the wheel of a Nissan sedan sought in connection with the trio of robberies, a release said.
A 4-year-old boy was killed and his mother and two little sisters were injured after a crash Monday night in the central valley, Las Vegas police said.
A fire that damaged three under-construction houses in North Las Vegas caused about $750,000 in damage, a fire official said.
Three houses under construction caught fire Sunday evening in North Las Vegas, causing a pillar of smoke to be seen across the valley.
Two people were injured in a Saturday morning shooting in downtown Las Vegas, police said.
A woman is in critical condition after she was hit by a car Friday night in the central valley, Las Vegas police said.
A 2013 Kawasaki motorcycle, driven by a 43-year-old Las Vegas man, was traveling north in the left lane of Nellis Boulevard when it hit a car turning left, police later said.
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As of about 8 p.m., Ray Johnson of the U.S. Forest Service said residents who live in the area of the blaze had been evacuated and were not allowed to return to their homes.
Business owners say it’s been difficult to find customers as a busy stretch of Tropicana Avenue remained closed for several days after a major windstorm. The road reopened around 7 p.m. Saturday.
Las Vegas Fire & Rescue tracked emergency calls over a 10-hour period Friday into Saturday.
In a press release, officials said all three individuals were hospitalized — two of whom have since been released.
