LVMPD gives update about suspect in homicide at Sunset Park (Blake Apgar)
Update from LVMPD on Sunset Park homicide. Releasing suspect’s name (Blake Apgar)
Parents of autistic child talk about their experience waiting for care. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Researchers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Death Valley National Park came together at Devils Hole, about 90 miles west of Las Vegas, for a biannual count of the Devils Hole Pupfish, an endangered species. Their count this time – 87. (Video by Patrick Connolly)
The Las Vegas Aces host a WNBA draft party at the Mandalay Bay for season-ticket holders, and have the number one overall pick.
Across the Valley, parents face wait lists up to several months to obtain behavioral services for their autistic children. At the UNLV Ackerman Center, there are about 2,500 people waiting to get care. We’ll talk to the Ackerman Center’s director and child neuropsychologist.
Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, has acquired the Hard Rock Hotel with partners and plans to turn it into a Virgin-branded property by the end of 2019.
Samantha O’Brien, whose three-year-old daughter attended the Calvary Christian Learning Academy daycare, found out Monday night when her daughter’s teacher called about the school closing.
Tya Mathis-Coleman, director of of recruitment at the Clark Coutny School District, talks about a hiring fair held by CCSD at Coronado High School in Henderson. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
An event to address permanent home needs for growing foster children population in Nevada. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal
A drizzly Thursday could drop as much as a quarter-inch of rain on the Las Vegas Valley. Chances of rain will be between 60 and 70 percent for most of the day before diminishing at night. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal
UNLV students march on campus in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, as part of a nationwide protest against gun violence. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
The ninth annual Black History Month Festival at Springs Preserve. (Briana Erickson)
Jeni Panars, project architect for Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects in Henderson gives a sneak peek of the inside of a new student union for the Charleston campus of the College of Southern Nevada. Natalie Bruzda/Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Westside Las Vegas residents gathered at Harrison House Tuesday to celebrate the African American history of the neighborhood and discuss the future. (Madelyn Reese)
The Fund Our Future Nevada campaign launched in February hopes to push legislators and the public to lobby for better education funding in the state. (Amelia Pak-Harvey/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Capt. Robert Plummer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department briefs the media on the recent shootings of four homeless men.
F.R.E.E. International, a human trafficking advocacy group, organized The Big Search where hundreds of volunteers hit the streets with fliers of missing children. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A public task force has been created and will be led by Caleb Cage, chief of the Nevada Division of Emergency Management, to improve the state’s oversight of casino emergency response plans.
Two slates of candidates have formed in the CCEA elections, plus two individual candidates running alone. By Amelia Pak-Harvey
The Harbor youth assessment center offers coordinated mental health and other intervention services for children. The Harbor has moved to a new location and expanded. The center will be open 24/7 by mid-February. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
More than 1,800 students, parents and families celebrated National School Choice Week on Tuesday at UNLV. (Meghin Delaney/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Lake Mead, a manmade reservoir, supports a diverse selection of animals, including the emblem of the United States – the bald eagle. A team of wildlife biologists from several agencies, including the National Park Service, fanned out in boats for their annual survey of the national bird. The numbers are put into a national database, which helps monitor the once-imperiled species. (Andrea Cornejo)
UNLV graduate students spent a week writing their dissertations during a new writing boot camp hosted by the university. Natalie Bruzda/Las Vegas Review-Journal.
A new forecast for the Colorado River says the outlook for the coming year is bleak. The National Weather Service predicts the river will flow at about 54% of its average volume from April to July. That’s when the river usually swells with snowmelt from the Rockies and other ranges, but precipitation this winter has been well below normal across the region. There’s still plenty of time for conditions to improve. The river basin tends to accumulate much of its snowpack in January, February and March. Lake Mead ended 2017 almost 2 feet higher than a year ago, as use of Colorado River water by Nevada, Arizona and California hit its lowest level since 1992. The lake can use all the help it can get. Its surface has dropped more than 130 feet since drought started in 2000. Projections for the lake are almost certain to get worse.
Cliven Bundy’s attorney Bret Whipple talks about the prospect of a mistrial for four main defendants, including lifelong rancher Bundy, in the Bunkerville standoff case. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Long lines and eager customers waited outside the Apple store inside the Fashion Show Mall as the iPhone X made its debut Friday morning. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Adam Laxalt officially announced his bid for governor for the 2018 election. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Golden Knights continue their strong opening for their inaugural season, heading to a 8-1 record off of Friday’s 7-0 win over the Colorado Avalanche. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign just filed a lawsuit seeking to rewrite Nevada’s constitution and restrict your ability to hold politicians accountable. (Victor Joecks)