In brief

SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASH

25-year-old driver dies after motorcycle wreck

A 25-year-old motorcyclist died after crashing early Sunday on Cimarron Road just south of Buckskin Avenue, Las Vegas police said.

The motorcyclist, a Las Vegas resident whose gender and name were withheld by police, was speeding south on Cimarron on a 2007 Suzuki GSX-R about 5:30 a.m., failed to negotiate a curve and hit a curb on the east side of the road, police said.

FATAL ACCIDENT

Two killed, two injured in crash in intersection

Two people were killed about 8:20 p.m. Saturday when their 1993 Saturn was hit by a 2000 Jeep on Fort Apache Road at Saddle Road, Las Vegas police said.

The Saturn was eastbound on Saddle, and its 48-year-old Las Vegas driver had stopped at the stop sign at Fort Apache but then drove out into the intersection in front of the southbound Jeep, which had the right-of-way, police said.

The passenger in the Saturn was a Las Vegas resident, but police withheld that person's name and the name of the driver and said they did not know the passenger's age.

The driver of the Jeep, 26-year-old Lindsay Wells, and Wells' passenger, 25-year-old Keri Plummer, suffered minor injuries, police said.

WILD HORSES

Agency to conduct roundups in two areas

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has announced plans to remove nearly 1,000 wild horses from public land in northeastern Nevada, citing insufficient forage caused by drought conditions.

Plans call for the removal of about 400 wild horses from the Antelope Valley Herd Management Area and about 550 of the animals from the Antelope HMA.

John Ruhs, the BLM's Ely field manager, said the appropriate levels are 23 to 38 horses for Antelope Valley and 194 to 324 horses for Antelope.

HISTORIC BUILDING

City to buy mansion, convert it for offices

The Fallon City Council has approved the purchase of a historic mansion across the street from City Hall.

Mayor Ken Tedford Jr. said the 2,605-square-foot Douglass Mansion, built in 1904, would be renovated for use as city offices.

An adjacent eight-unit apartment building will be torn down for more downtown parking, he said.

Council members last week approved the purchase of the two buildings for $665,000.

Owners Jerry and Suzanne Noonkester, who bought the house in 1996, had operated a bed and breakfast in it.

The house was built for R.L. Douglass, who lived in it for only two years with his wife.