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September 20, 2008 - 9:00 pm

A story in Friday's Review-Journal misstated the location of the Henderson news conference where Democratic congressional candidate Dina Titus announced her jobs platform. It was held at Nevada State College.

In a Friday Review-Journal story about the Yucca Mountain Project, a comment about momentum building among some members of Congress toward reprocessing nuclear waste was misattributed. The comment should have been attributed to Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev.

A caption accompanying a photograph on Page 1D in Friday's Business section misidentified a gaming executive. The casino official standing with table-game inventor Anthony Ramirez is Glenn Casale, director of casino operations for Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel.

FILE - A container of ByHeart baby formula, which was recently recalled by ByHeart, in Flagstaf ...

Nevada company 1 of 2 firms that supplied dried milk powder linked to botulism

By Jonel Aleccia The Associated Press

January 28, 2026 - 3:36 pm

The powder was made from milk provided by Organic West Milk Inc., a California company, and processed at a Dairy Farmers of America plant in Fallon, Nevada, company officials said.

District Judge Jessica Peterson instructs the Review-Journal reporter to leave her courtroom du ...

Nevada Supreme Court sides with Review-Journal’s challenge against judge

By Spencer Levering / RJ

January 28, 2026 - 3:55 pm

The Nevada Supreme Court wrote in favor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s challenge against District Court Judge Jessica Peterson on Wednesday.

Shirley Raines livestreams while using a bedazzled bullhorn to organize one of her meals in the ...

‘Beauty 2 The Streetz’ founder, influencer found dead in Las Vegas

By Akiya Dillon / RJ

January 28, 2026 - 2:28 pm

A year ago, Shirley Raines, 58, relocated from Long Beach, California, to Las Vegas, where she continued her nonprofit’s mission to feed and provide cosmetic services to the homeless in the valley.

Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar speaks at the Clark County Election Department warehous ...

Nevada pushes back against DOJ’s lawsuit for unredacted voter rolls

By McKenna Ross / RJ

January 28, 2026 - 1:59 pm

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford asked a federal judge Wednesday to dismiss a Trump administration lawsuit that is trying to force Nevada to release unredacted voter registrations to the federal government.

This undated photo provided by Michael Pretti shows Alex J. Pretti, the man who was shot by a f ...

Family of Alex Pretti retains lawyer who helped prosecute the George Floyd case

By Michael Biesecker The Associated Press

January 28, 2026 - 2:06 pm

Prior to entering private practice, Steve Schleicher served as a state prosecutor and worked for 13 years in the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Gov. Lombardo breaks silence about fatal Minnesota shootings

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

January 28, 2026 - 12:22 pm

Gov. Joe Lombardo on Wednesday emphasized protest rights under the First Amendment but said he didn’t want to speculate on the recent killings of two Minnesota demonstrators by federal immigration agents.

FILE - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Federal Reserve, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2 ...

Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged even as Trump continues to press for lower rates

By Christopher Rugaber The Associated Press

January 28, 2026 - 11:11 am

The central bank said in a statement that there are signs the job market has stabilized while it also said growth was “solid,” an upgrade from last month’s characterization as “modest.”

Passengers catch rides during the opening of the Vegas Loop Westgate Station Wednesday, Jan. 22 ...

Boring Co. receives 1st Vegas Loop permit from city, opening up downtown Las Vegas expansion

By Mick Akers / RJ

January 28, 2026 - 10:09 am

Boring Co.’s Vegas Loop project received its first building permit in the city of Las Vegas’ jurisdiction, after five years of operations in Clark County.

Sen. Edgar Flores, D-Las Vegas, asks a question during a meeting of the Commerce and Labor Comm ...

State senator’s DUI case closed after no contest plea, reduced charge

By Noble Brigham / RJ

January 28, 2026 - 10:01 am

Sen. Edgar Flores, D-Las Vegas, was arrested in September after police found him “passed out” at a traffic light in the early morning.

Desert gold flowers bloom in the lowland areas in the Badwater Basin on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, ...

Death Valley could be weeks away from a wildflower bloom. Here’s what to know

By Alan Halaly / RJ

January 28, 2026 - 8:00 am

Keep an eye on upcoming temperature and rain patterns, one expert botanist says.