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RJtv: Angry crowd opposes Blue Diamond Hill plans, plus It’s not a giant Ferris wheel

August 17, 2011 - 6:16 pm

RJtv for Thursday is online now at www.lvrj.com/rjtv featuring video from Wednesday’s meeting of the Clark County Commission, where some 300 people gathered to oppose a plan to build homes near Redrock Canyon. RJtv also has video of a 500-foot-tall Ferris wheel-like project from Caesars Entertainment. These stories and more are just a click away at lvrj.com/rjtv and don’t forget our iPhone-friendly version at www.lvrj.com/rjtvip

A giant dust storm approaches the Phoenix metro area as a monsoon storm pushes the dust into th ...

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MDMA contributed to the deaths of an Electric Daisy Festival attendee and a second man who trav ...

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Vassiliadis Elementary School in Las Vegas, seen in March 2021. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-J ...

Coyote sighting report puts Summerlin elementary school on hold

By Spencer Levering / RJ

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Steve Grammas, president of Las Vegas Police Protective Association, speaks outside the LVPPA h ...

Police union president to run for Las Vegas City Council

By Jessica Hill / RJ

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President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order requiring the Justice Department to in ...

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By Jessica Hill / RJ

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Eastbound traffic passes by highway signage without power on the Summerlin Parkway Monday, Aug ...

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Jennifer Vasquez Sura, front left, and her husband Kilmar Abrego Garcia, front center, attend a ...

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Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford smiles during his governor campaign kick off event at the Ea ...

Ford says Lombardo ‘afraid to stand up to Trump’ in RJ interview

By McKenna Ross / RJ

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Cars traveling back to California after the Labor Day holiday weekend sit in traffic on Interst ...

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By Mick Akers / RJ

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