A climber was found alive a few hours after being reported missing at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on Wednesday, Las Vegas police said.
Search and rescue personnel located the man about 8:30 p.m., Lt. Barb Schmidt said. The climber's condition was unknown.
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She had worked as a reporter covering climate change and the environment for The New York Times’ Science section.
From local government meetings to Washington, D.C., policies, the Las Vegas Review-Journal took a close look to how ordinances, federal law and politics affected the lives of Southern Nevadans in 2025.
Here are five highlights from the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s breaking news reporter Akiya Dillon, who has covered police, crime, and courts.
In a year that the Nevada Legislature met twice, including a special session in November, legislators passed hundreds of bills. Some of the laws take effect the first day of 2026.
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced a court order blocking the Trump administration from imposing unlawful conditions on two federal emergency grants.
Nevada is among a group that will receive a nearly $150 million settlement with German automotive manufacturers accused of skirting emission regulations in vehicles
City of Las Vegas Communications Director David Riggleman’s final day is Feb. 2. He took his post on Oct. 4, 1999, in Oscar Goodman’s first term.
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that Donald Trump championed has mostly held, but progress has slowed recently.
CCSD’s Central Kitchen is the school district’s hub for producing and distributing meals that fed students an average of 238,000 meals per day last year.
When the crowd of over 340,000 revelers ring in the new year this week on the Strip, many roads in and around the resort corridor will be shut to traffic.
