Drug overdose deaths among Nevadans under the age of 25 nearly tripled from 2019 to 2020, according to a report released this month.
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.
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A male was killed in a hit-and-run crash early Tuesday at Sahara Avenue and El Camino Road.
