Fire caused heavy damage to a home in the western Las Vegas Valley early Monday.
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The Nevada Highway Patrol is experiencing a mass exodus of troopers in 2021, according to the union that represents them.
A teenager killed in a northeast Las Vegas crash Thursday morning has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Vernon Curry, 14.
A Rolls-Royce SUV with six people inside flipped in central Las Vegas early Friday, killing one of the passengers.
The A-frame building that has long been a favored escape from the heat for Las Vegas locals replaced the previous lodge, which was destroyed by fire in 1961.
A Las Vegas family shed tears Thursday at a police news conference as they remembered a 17-year-old girl who died of a fentanyl overdose in February.
A man in his 20s threatened a woman with a handgun and demanded her car keys late Wednesday night. She complied, Las Vegas police said.
Las Vegas police say they came across approximately 30 boa constrictors in a home in the Southern Highlands community.
Erik Hofmeyer, director of communications for Spirit, said the crew “opted to not takeoff out of an abundance of caution due to a potential maintenance issue.”
A man has been arrested on a warrant charging him with murder in a 2020 slaying in central Las Vegas.
A water line leak shut down traffic on a portion of the Las Vegas Strip for more than two hours early Tuesday.
Three fire departments battled a massive fire at a Republic Services recycling plant Monday.
Schoolteacher Barbara Edwards died 20 years ago on 9/11. She was the only full-time Las Vegas resident killed in the terrorist attacks.
Fisticuffs at Valley High School in Las Vegas prompted a police response and a subsequent e-mail from the school’s principal to parents about problems with pupil behavior.
An airline passenger who was videotaped Monday growling like a dog and screaming at a flight attendant has been identified by authorities as 61-year-old Timothy Armstrong.