Locally adored and nationally recognized, the Las Vegas Aces are featured on a new mural in the heart of the city.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Local Government Reporter
Email: rtorres@reviewjournal.com
Ricardo Torres-Cortez covers the city of Las Vegas and Clark County. He returned to the Review-Journal, where he’d interned, after a five-year stint at the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. A Mexican-born graduate of UNLV, he’s passionate about soccer, video games, books and coffee.
Both Las Vegas and Henderson have signed onto a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court challenging a pair of lower court decisions that could reshape camping laws nationally.
The North Las Vegas City Council tapped one of its own members to the Clark County School District Board of Trustees.
The Las Vegas City Council voted unanimously to approve the measure, which will be a condition of obtaining an already-mandated pet license.
The candidate forum, held in a packed room at the East Las Vegas Library, was hosted by the Clark County Chamber of Commerce.
An investigation started by Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German before he was slain was recognized last week by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
Food trucks and mobile food trailers will be able to station at five designated locations in the Arts District, the city of Las Vegas announced this week.
Six days a week, public libraries offer air-conditioned spaces to study, work, surf the internet, or simply catch up with a friend — as long as it’s done in hushed tones.
The city is developing an ordinance to permit and regulate street vendors, and the City Council could vote on it later this year.
The Las Vegas Justice Court visit — followed by an afternoon session at North Las Vegas Justice Court — was part of a court monitoring program launched Tuesday by the Nevada Housing Justice Alliance.
The mammoth nonprofit last year distributed more than 2 million pounds of food to nearly 30,000 people who visited the pantry.
BabyStacks Cafe is opening its eighth locale at the current site of MTO Cafe, 500 S. Main Street.
Nevada-licensed cannabis establishments mostly rely on cash-only transactions and face restrictions over the drug’s legality at the federal level.
Born in the aftermath of the Oct. 1 mass shooting as a resources hub for survivors, the center is moving locations, being renamed and expanding services.
Anita Wood, a veteran public servant who formerly served as deputy mayor for North Las Vegas, died Saturday at 59, the city announced Thursday.