WEEK IN REVIEW: Top news
An accident Monday 600 feet underground killed a construction worker at the site of a new water intake being built at Lake Mead.
Thomas Albert Turner, 44, was killed when he was struck in the head by a jet of pressurized grout, mud and rocks.
Work on the $800 million project has been shut down until investigators identify and correct the cause of the accident and verify the safety of the tunnel.
Turner's death is bringing new scrutiny to the difficult and dangerous tunneling project, which has suffered several setbacks over the past two years and is running 20 months behind schedule.
Monday
Teachers get pink slips
Layoffs that loomed large all school year became a reality four days after the last day of school, as 419 pink slips were mailed to teachers.
Those who were laid off won't be returning to classrooms in the fall, but schools actually will be making do with about 1,015 fewer teachers next year.
In addition to the layoffs, about 600 other positions are being vacated this summer by retiring or relocating teachers. Those slots will not be filled by the district, which needs to plug a shortfall in its $2 billion budget.
Tuesday
Tarkanian advances
Danny Tarkanian won a 930-vote victory over state Sen. Barbara Cegavske in a crowded Republican contest for the state's new 4th Congressional District seat. Tarkanian will face Steven Horsford in the general election.
In other results, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., and U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., easily won their Senate primaries and will face one another in November.
U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., will face Democrat John Oceguera in the 3rd Congressional District in Southern Nevada.
Former Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., will face Republican Chris Edwards in the 1st Congressional District in Las Vegas, and U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., will face Democrat Samuel Koepnick in Northern Nevada's 2nd Congressional District.
Wednesday
Floyd remains in jail
A Las Vegas judge denied a motion from boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. to be released from jail and allowed to serve out his three-month sentence under house arrest.
Justice of the Peace Melissa Saragosa dismissed claims made by Mayweather's attorneys that the boxer is experiencing physical deterioration caused by "inhumane" conditions at the Clark County Detention Center. If kept jailed, Mayweather might never be able to fight again, the attorneys warned.
Saragosa said Mayweather has ample access to food, water and opportunities to exercise.
Thursday
Health officer out
Dr. Lawrence Sands is out as chief of the Southern Nevada Health District.
Sands, who started the job overseeing the regional health entity in March 2007, announced his resignation in a news release.
Clark County Commissioners Steve Sisolak and Chris Giunchigliani welcomed the news, noting that several of Sands' decisions soured relations with the district.
Friday
Three kids die in fire
Three children under the age of 3 were found dead in a mobile home that was destroyed by fire.
The Clark County Fire Department was called to a blaze at two mobile homes at Van’s Trailer Oasis, 3610 Las Vegas Blvd. North, near Lamb Boulevard.
Two adults and the three children were in one of the mobile homes. The adults escaped .
NUMBERS
$1,500
How much Las Vegas resident Jennifer Gorman paid to have a gram of her husband's ashes sent into orbit around the Earth.
53
Number arrested for drug-related felonies during the Electric Daisy Carnival, the electronic music festival that drew at least 100,000 people on each of its three nights.
12
Number of days in jail boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. served before his attorney asked that he be released to serve out his three-month sentence under house arrest.
16.2
The percentage of Clark County registered voters who cast ballots in Tuesday's primary election. Turnout statewide was less than 19 percent.
QUOTES
"I went back and forth quite a bit. I saw Manny Pacquiao took the last two rounds off, and that's why I think he lost the fight."
C.J. Ross, one of two judges who awarded Timothy Bradley a controversial split-decision win over Manny Pacquiao June 9 at the MGM Grand. The decision has been widely questioned. Even U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has weighed in against the ruling.
"For some reason we're a frisky town. Sometimes I shake my head and think, I can't believe where I am.'"
Tony DeMeo, sheriff of Nye County, after a group of disgruntled Republicans tried and failed to execute a citizen's arrest of three members of the Pahrump Town Board because of a vote they took at Tuesday night's meeting.
"That's a clown question, bro."
Bryce Harper, after a Toronto TV reporter asked the 19-year-old baseball phenom if he has a favorite Canadian beer and planned to take advantage of Canada's lower drinking age after belting a home run in a win over the Blue Jays.
"graduataion"
The unfortunate typo that found its way onto the diplomas of about 200 graduates of Spring Creek High School near Elko.
MULTIMEDIA
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VIDEO: Electric Daisy Carnival fans leave satisfied with three-day event
