Officials said crews are “working feverishly” to get make sure the power is back on, water is running, and access via the roads on the mountain is restored.
Brett Clarkson
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Brett Clarkson was born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada and graduated from Humber College's journalism program in 2002. He has lived in various places including Toronto, Los Angeles, South Florida, Northern Virginia, and now, Las Vegas. Before joining the Review-Journal in 2022 he worked at the Niagara Falls Review, Toronto Sun, and South Florida Sun Sentinel, contributing to the Sun Sentinel's coverage of the 2018 Parkland shooting, which earned the paper the Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal For Public Service. He is the father of two children and has a dog named Julio.
About 150 Mount Charleston residents were left without power and water after 8 inches of rain from tropical storm Hilary fell in Lee and Kyle canyons.
Las Vegas residents came out to witness the first tropical storm to hit the U.S. Southwest since 1939.
Murder suspect Devyn Michaels — the victim’s on-again, off-again girlfriend — told police that he was abusive to her and a child.
Charles Anthony Falsetta Jr. has been found dead by Las Vegas police.
In each burglary, the armed individuals broke in through a rear sliding door, Las Vegas police said.
A senior homicide investigator said police were trying to find the woman’s husband, calling him a “person of interest.”
Isaac Flores, 25, was among the group of minibike riders who were there when Angel Naranjo, 16, died.
Angel Naranjo, 16, was on his minibike July 30 when he was killed after hitting a steel cable.
A grief-stricken Rudolfo Naranjo is adamant. The steel cable that led to his 16-year-old son’s death was intentionally tied across the path, he said.
The wildfire that erupted in the Mojave National Preserve is 93 percent contained.
Police said the death of a 16-year-old boy who struck a cable while riding his minibike appeared to be accidental. But his father and brother strongly disputed that.
Angel Naranjo, 16, was killed when he rode his minibike on a Las Vegas bike trail and struck a cable that had been strung across the trail.
The Clark County School District Police Department is stepping up K-9 searches for guns in schools.
Firefighters revealed the date by which they expect to fully contain the wildfire that erupted in the Mojave National Preserve and spread into Nevada.