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October 17, 2008 - 9:00 pm

• A story in Wednesday's Business section contained incorrect information about pay scales at the AT&T call center in Las Vegas. The starting pay range will vary from the low- to high- $20,000 per year range plus benefits.

• An editorial in Thursday's Review-Journal misspelled the name of District Court, Department 6 candidate Benjamin Boone Childs Sr.

• Mike Weatherford's Thursday column incorrectly stated the names of "Hypnosis Unleashed" hypnotists Terry Stokes and Michael Johns.

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This undated photo released by the U.S. Department of Justice shows Jeffrey Epstein. (U.S. Depa ...

Top Trump administration official defends partial release of Epstein files

By Aamer Madhani and Adriana Gómez Licón The Associated Press

December 21, 2025 - 10:26 am

Democratic lawmakers on Sunday hammered Trump and the Justice Department for a partial release.

At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

By Michael R. Sisak and David B. Caruso Associated Press

December 20, 2025 - 1:49 pm

At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department’s public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein — including a photograph showing President Donald Trump — less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public.

Metropolitan Police Department officers investigate the scene of a fatal car crash on Friday, D ...

Impairment suspected in crash that left man in ‘unhoused’ camp dead

December 20, 2025 - 1:42 pm

A 61-year-old man died after a vehicle crashed into an “unhoused encampment” near Sunset Park in Las Vegas, police said.

One of many signs erected near the abandoned McDermitt Mine, with the Cordero Mine nearby, on J ...

Cancer, mercury and extraction: Nevada mining town, near Thacker Pass, has polluted past

By Alan Halaly / RJ

December 20, 2025 - 10:28 am

It’s nearly impossible to find a family in McDermitt that hasn’t been scarred by a cancer death.

Rancher Ed Bartell walks his range land, inspecting water holes to ensure the water table has n ...

‘Force the table to come to you’: Nevada ranching town worried about lithium mine

By Alan Halaly / RJ

December 20, 2025 - 7:00 am

Here’s the inside story of how ranchers negotiated a deal with a powerful mining company.

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signs bills related to cybersecurity, health care and starting up a pr ...

Lombardo signs trio of special session bills in jovial bipartisan ceremony

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

December 19, 2025 - 8:33 pm

Gov. Joe Lombardo on Friday signed bills related to cybersecurity, health care and standing up a proactive state program that could supplement programs, such as food stamps, in case of future government shutdowns.

Jacqueline Flores, right, and Louis Koorndyk, left, founders of the Greater Las Vegas Short-Ter ...

Clark County’s restrictions on short-term rentals blocked

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

December 19, 2025 - 4:57 pm

A U.S. District Court judge has granted a preliminary injunction that prevents Clark County from enforcing some of its short-term rental ordinances following a court hearing.

Basin state commissioners offer their perspectives during the Colorado River Water Users Associ ...

With stakes sky high, 3 takeaways from this week’s Colorado River conference

By Alan Halaly / RJ

December 19, 2025 - 1:04 pm

State officials have less than 60 days to deliver a consensus agreement for the Colorado River.

An exterior view of Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. (Chase Stevens/Las V ...

Man suing Strip property for false imprisonment

By Emerson Drewes / RJ

December 19, 2025 - 11:48 am

A man is suing an MGM Resorts International property for false imprisonment after being detained by property security.

Henderson Police Officers Association President Michael Goodwin speaks during a joint press con ...

Henderson police unions call for censure of Councilwoman

By Casey Harrison / RJ

December 19, 2025 - 8:18 pm

Two Henderson police unions are calling for Councilwoman Monica Larson’s censure after she made ‘degrading’ comments about the department in an email renouncing an endorsement from one of them.