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RJTV: 8th graders at UNLV and Dino Museum turns 20

By NATHAN TANNENBAUMLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

July 13, 2011 - 5:21 pm

RJtv for Thursday, July 14th is online now at www.lvrj.com/rjtv featuring photos of local 8th graders living on campus for a week at UNLV. You'll also see a giant bird-like dinosaur as a local museum celebrates a big anniversary. And find out about an upcoming story about methane gas from a lake bed near Ely that may help us better understand Mars. These stories and more, all just a click away at lvrj.com/rjtv - and don't forget our iPhone-friendly version at www.lvrj.com/rjtvip.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth salutes during a ceremony at the US cemetery to commemorate ...

Transgender troops face a deadline and a difficult decision: Stay or go?

By Lolita C. Baldor Associated Press

June 6, 2025 - 10:00 am

As transgender service members face a deadline to leave the U.S. military, hundreds are taking the financial bonus to depart voluntarily. But others say they will stay and fight.

A University Medical Center public safety vehicle waits outside the hospital in Las Vegas Thurs ...

Nevada legislation to establish nurse, patient ratios goes to governor

By Emerson Drewes / RJ

June 6, 2025 - 7:30 am

Two sides are warring over the passage of a bill mandating nurse-to-patient ratios and increasing transparency in work protections.

Stephanie Garcia-Vause, left, and Hollie Chadwick (courtesy/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Stop ‘getting defensive,’ Henderson city manager told police chief before firing, emails show

June 6, 2025 - 10:13 am

The rift between Henderson’s then police chief Hollie Chadwick and her new boss Stephanie Garcia-Vause was evident in emails between the two in the weeks before Garcia-Vause fired Chadwick.

Amid higher ed culture wars, UNLV climate change researcher doubles down

By Alan Halaly / RJ

June 6, 2025 - 11:26 am

In response to a climate change denier’s recent challenge to debate him, UNLV professor Ben Leffel had one condition: The debate had to be held “in the form of a WWE professional wrestling match.”

John Mejia, a Desert Research Institute scientist, presents his group's ideas on heat-related d ...

In the country’s fastest-warming city, extreme-heat planning is just beginning

By Alan Halaly / RJ

June 6, 2025 - 6:00 am

The Nevada State Climate Office held its first-ever Northern Nevada Heat Summit in Reno.

Henderson Police Captain Jonathan Boucher speaks at Henderson City Hall in December 2021. (Bizu ...

Henderson’s deputy police chief put on leave and given ultimatum, sources say

By Casey Harrison / RJ

June 5, 2025 - 8:31 pm

It’s a similar proposition that was given to former chief Hollie Chadwick, who was fired in March after the city manager lost confidence in Chadwick’s ability to improve the department.

This undated photo provided by Hostage's Family Forum shows Israeli hostage Judih Weinstein and ...

Israel says it has recovered the bodies of 2 Israeli-American hostages from the Gaza Strip

By Melanie Lidman, Natalie Melzer and Wafaa Shurafa The Associated Press

June 5, 2025 - 4:51 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the remains of Judith Weinstein and Gad Haggai were recovered and returned to Israel in a special operation by the army and the Shin Bet internal security agency.

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the ...

Trump threatens to cut Musk’s government contracts as their public feud escalates

By Michelle L. Price The Associated Press

June 5, 2025 - 12:45 pm

The rancorous breakup happened less than a week after they appeared together at the White House and the president thanked the tech billionaire for his brief but tumultuous time in the U.S. government.