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Nevada lawmakers launched a new bid Tuesday to block a proposed gravel quarry at Sloan Hills outside Henderson. Similar bills to declare mining off-limits on 800 acres overseen by the Bureau of Land Management stalled and died in last year’s session of Congress.
Army Spc. Brian Tabada of Las Vegas was killed Sunday in Afghanistan after insurgents ambushed his patrol. Tabada, 21, was a fire-support specialist trained in calling in aircraft and artillery to quell attacks on NATO troops, according to the 101st Airborne Division in Fort Campbell, Ky.
Having predicted stable gasoline prices a couple of months ago, Peter Krueger is not about to repeat that mistake.
Whatever the reason, fewer employees nationwide are punching in late for work these days, a new study shows, and business owners say they’re seeing the same phenomenon locally.
Las Vegas police have identified the four SWAT officers who exchanged gunfire and killed a suspected burglar near Grand Canyon and Grand Teton drives in the northwest valley shortly after midnight Thursday.
While warplanes took off for another round of Red Flag air combat training at Nellis Air Force Base this week, next-generation leaders were being schooled in a building not far from the flight line.
The adage that time heals all wounds doesn’t apply to gas pipelines. So says Hal Bloch, who admits he’s not a pipeline expert but nonetheless is a mechanical engineer and president of the Summerlin North Homeowners Association.
The newly expanded Henderson Detention Center is attracting scores of new residents. Federal officials in recent weeks began moving some of their inmates into the facility, saying they needed more jail beds because of stepped up immigration enforcement.
Acrobat and juggler Tian Liang Ge can spin ceramic pots on his head, but one trick he has yet to master is getting his former employers to pay him.
Rain hit parts of the Las Vegas Valley today, but McCarran International Airport received only a trace. The Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort got about 6 inches.
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The valley will experience “sub-freezing temperatures for the first time this season,” the National Weather Service said.
Devyn Michaels was found guilty by a jury after a sensational trial in November. The victim was her on-and-off boyfriend.
Police have said Tyler Johns and the victim’s stepfather were arguing before the shooting that claimed the child’s life.
The valley, which saw northwest winds 20 to 30 mph, was under a wind advisory for much of the day.
