47°F
weather icon Cloudy

Local

Local Las Vegas Valley breaking news from Nevada's most reliable source. Read about the latest updates happening in your region at Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Fire causes $45,000 in damage to vacant office

A vacant office on Boulder Highway near Sahara Avenue caught fire early Sunday morning, causing $45,000 in damage, according to Clark County officials.

This Week, May 3-9

The Regional Flood Control District Citizens Advisory Committee meets at 3 p.m. in Room 338 of the RTC/RFCD Administrative Building, 600 S. Grand Central Parkway.

Sterilization-for-cash activists work mean streets of Las Vegas

Barbara Harris climbs out of her rented SUV and surveys the sun-soaked streets of Naked City. Over here, a worn-out apartment complex with busted-out windows and graffiti-covered walls.

THE LATEST Local NEWS
Widow loses son in shooting by her school-age brother

Cristin Wacaser had been married for six months when her husband died in a car accident near Mount Charleston.
At 18, she thought she had experienced her share of tragedy.

North Las Vegas grants emergency powers; union contracts targeted

The North Las Vegas City Council unanimously granted its city manager virtually unheard of powers Friday night, powers that would enable him to discard portions of union collective bargaining agreements that were negotiated long ago.

Look, up in the sky! More celestial events coming

Get your funny glasses back out. Last month’s solar eclipse wasn’t the end of the celestial show. An even more unusual – if less spectacular – event will take place Tuesday evening, when the planet Venus crosses the face of the sun.

Obama returning to Las Vegas next week

President Barack Obama plans to make yet another trip to Southern Nevada on June 7, a White House official said Wednesday.

MOST READ
LISTEN TO THE TOP FIVE HERE