Las Vegas Morning Update – Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Gabriel Allred, co-founder of Tokes Platform, talks about his cryptocurrency for use in the cannabis industry. Pisos marijuana dispensary in Las Vegas accepts Tokes for payment for products. K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Over 2,000 people marched through Downtown Las Vegas Saturday in the March For Our Lives to advocate for gun control.
Las Vegas Morning Update – Saturday, March 24, 2018
Sunday’s headlines: Man injured after falling from escalator in downtown Las Vegas, Pot amnesty boxes greet travelers at Las Vegas airport (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Saturday’s headlines: Las Vegas Valley gets first touch of white winter, Student arrested over threats against Las Vegas middle school, 51s break ground on Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin (Rochelle Richards/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A mysterious software firm is buying more than 67,000 acres of land in Northern Nevada with plans to showcase its technology there. Blockchains LLC — whose website does not list any executives, a phone number or clear explanations of what its software does — is acquiring the land at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. It buying a landmass triple the size of Summerlin, Las Vegas’ largest master-planned community. The seller, developer Lance Gilman, says a major announcement from the company is expected by the end of February.
McCarran International Airport has unveiled its $30 million face-lift of Terminal 1 Passengers are now greeted with brighter lights, new terrazzo flooring, silver-colored wall panels and digital signs throughout Terminal 1 Terminal 1 is home to market-leader Southwest Airlines, along with Spirit, American, Delta and Las Vegas-based Allegiant. Work wrapped up in November in sprucing up the airport’s baggage claim area, ticketing lobby and restrooms, but airport officials waited to unveil the final product until Wednesday.
An explosion rocked the TIMET plant near downtown Henderson on Wednesday, Jan. 24. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Wednesday’s headlines: police arrest suspects in Best Buy carjacking, slot jackpots hit on consecutive days, mixup warned ambulances to avoid UMC after Las Vegas shooting. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sunday’s headlines: Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run, man and woman shot at home, suspect charged in triple homicide had previously been charged with murder, and rainfall record tied.
Victims of the Las Vegas shooting: by the numbers 67: The age of the oldest victim, a grandmother of nine 33: Victims from California 33: Victims who were parents 16: Victims in their 20s 7: Victims who lived in Nevada 6: Victims who had jobs working with children 5: Victims who were college students 4: Victims from Canada 4: Victims who worked in law enforcement 2: Victims who were retired 58: Lives taken too soon
After the mass shooting in Las Vegas, 87 children are coping with the loss of a parent. Of the 58 people killed at the Route 91 Harvest festival, 33 were parents. The youngest child to lose a parent was just six weeks old when his mom, Rocio Guillen-Rocha, was killed. Losing a parent in such a public and traumatic way can send a child into a tailspin, UNLV clinical psychologist Michelle Paul says.
After the mass shooting in Las Vegas, 87 children are coping with the loss of a parent. Of the 58 people killed at the Route 91 Harvest festival, 33 were parents. The youngest child to lose a parent was just six weeks old when his mom, Rocio Guillen-Rocha, was killed. Losing a parent in such a public and traumatic way can send a child into a tailspin, UNLV clinical psychologist Michelle Paul says.
Friday’s headlines: Sheriff says more than 1,100 rounds fired in Las Vegas shooting, 60-year-old dies after being hit by car on Las Vegas Strip, Shoppers crowd Las Vegas stores for Black Friday deals
New video of the Las Vegas Mass Shooting from Forbes Riley on Facebook.
Tuesday’s headlines: federal agencies assisting in Las Vegas shooting investigation, dentist dies 6 months after husband, Southern Nevada voters frustrated by recall petitioners’ behavior. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The mermaids swim among the fish and interact with kids watching from the outside at the Silverton aquarium. These mermaids also twirl, flip, dance and do other fun stunts. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A new nurse call line pilot program Las Vegas Fire & Rescue started last month for low-level medical calls. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)