Las Vegas Morning Update – Monday, May 21, 2018
 
Las Vegas Morning Update – Monday, May 21, 2018

Monday’s headlines: Fiery crash on US 95 northwest of Las Vegas kills 5, man shot and killed in his car, and new Golden Knights gear is going fast.

Fiery crash kills 5 northwest of Las Vegas
 
Fiery crash kills 5 northwest of Las Vegas

Five people died Sunday in a fiery crash about 85 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Police received a call about a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 95 near Amargosa Valley in Nye County around 4:30 p.m. A northbound car was attempting to pass a pickup and when it moved into the southbound lane to pass, it collided head-on with another car, then hit the side of the truck.
The truck flipped over, and the man driving died at the scene. The woman in the truck was hospitalized and is expected to survive. The northbound car burst into flames, killing both people inside. The southbound car also had two people inside who died at the scene.
U.S. 95 was closed until shortly after midnight when it reopened.

MAY14-MAY20: See the week’s best photos from RJ photographers
 
MAY14-MAY20: See the week’s best photos from RJ photographers

Photo by Richard Brian Photo by Benjamin Hager Photo by Chase Stevens Photo by Chase Stevens Photo by Richard Brian Photo by Erik Verduzco Photo by Andrea Cornejo Photo by Andrea Cornejo Photo by Rachel Aston Photo by Richard Brian

Golden Edge: Knights Make It To Stanley Cup Finals
 
Golden Edge: Knights Make It To Stanley Cup Finals

Golden Edge host Bryan Salmond recaps the Golden Knights game five win against the Winnipeg Jets. The win for the Knights puts the team in the Stanley Cup Finals where they will face the Lightning or the Capitals.

Gerard Gallant talks before Game 5
 
Gerard Gallant talks before Game 5

Golden Knights head coach Gerard Gallant talks to the media ahead of Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals.

Las Vegas Morning Update – Sunday, May 20, 2018
 
Las Vegas Morning Update – Sunday, May 20, 2018

Sunday’s headlines: The secretary of state’s web portal leaves more than a million business entities vulnerable to fraud and scientists from Desert Research Institute have pioneered a way to pinpoint pivotal moments using ancient lead pollution.

Cybersecurity education in Nevada
 
Cybersecurity education in Nevada

A Cheyenne High School teacher has been active in getting students interested in cybersecurity as a career.

Highlights from the state track meet
 
Highlights from the state track meet

Centennial’s girls track and field team won its eighth consecutive Class 4A state championship on Saturday. Bishop Gorman’s boys track and field team won its first Class 4A state championship. Liberty’s Gabby Carson equaled a state record in the pole vault, clearing 13 feet, 6 inches. Bishop Gorman’s Jalen Nailor (left) won four state championships over the course of the weekend. Rancho’s girls 400-meter relay team posted a new state record time of 45.84.

Palo Verde captures Class 4A state baseball title
 
Palo Verde captures Class 4A state baseball title

Palo Verde defeated Basic 4-2 on Saturday to win the Class 4A state baseball title. It was the first state baseball title in school history. Nate Bartlett drove in a pair of runs for the Panthers. He also had several key defensive plays, including a game-ending double play. Jaret Godman went the distance, allowing five htis, to get the win. Godman had four wins and three saves in Palo Verde’s eight postseason wins.

Indian Springs rushes the field after winning state
 
Indian Springs rushes the field after winning state

The Indian Springs baseball team celebrates winning the Class 1A state title after a 12-2 victory over Pahranagat Valley on May 19, 2018 at North Valleys High School in Reno.

Las Vegas shooting survivor has surprise reunion
 
Las Vegas shooting survivor has surprise reunion

Oct. 1 mass shooting survivors Taylor Stovall and Parker Gabel meet for the first time since Gabel helped the injured Stovall to an ambulance the night of the shooting. Stovall, then 17, was shot in the arm. They met Friday at the Tropicana.

Small businesses struggle to find qualified candidates
 
Small businesses struggle to find qualified candidates

A 2018 survey found that over two-thirds of small businesses in Nevada find it somewhat to very difficult to recruit qualified candidates. Bailey Schulz/Las Vegas Review-Journal

Southern Nevada softball teams falter at state tournaments.
 
Southern Nevada softball teams falter at state tournaments.

Southern Nevada teams did not have the best run in the state tournament. First Basic lost to Douglas Thursday. The Wolves were eliminated by Shadow Ridge on Friday. Shadow Ridge lost a three-run lead in the seventh to Spanish Springs on Thursday, then got bounced by Douglas on Friday. Boulder City and Pahrump Valley were both eliminated from the Class 3A tournament Friday. Needles and Laughlin were eliminated from the 2A tournament. Indian Springs got bumped form the 1A tournament. Pahranagat Valley is the only team still alive entering Saturday.

Hawaii volcano presser
 
Hawaii volcano presser

Talmadge Magno of Hawaii Civil Defense gives an update on the Kilauea volcano