“The Voice of the Rebels”, Dick Calvert reflects on his time working for UNLV as the official announcer for the school over the past 48 years. He also remembers times calling games at Sam Boyd Stadium and what future looks like playing at Allegiant Stadium. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The City Council on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill to ban toy and replica firearms in the city’s hallmark entertainment district and on the public sidewalks bordering the area.
Tom Steyer talks about how climate change is his number one priority if elected president, how the current way the government is run is broken and how he was the first candidate on stage to suggest impeached President Donald Trump.
Resorts World Las Vegas will open its doors several months later than planned, but the multibillion-dollar Las Vegas Strip megaresort will have more to show for it when it does.
The Malaysia-based parent company, Genting Group, has upgraded plans, increased capacity, expanded its budget and aims to get into the music residency business when Resorts World opens in 2021.
A man is in surgery after being shot by a Metro police officer on the tarmac at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas early Thursday. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
One man was shot and wounded by Las Vegas police on the tarmac at McCarran International Airport on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Smoke from an electrical fire at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. (Jennifer Marcial)
A woman fatally shot by Henderson police at an apartment complex has been identified.
After losing to the Green Bay Packers Jon Gruden spoke from Raiders HQ ahead of the practice week and preparing for the Houston Texans. (Le’Andre Fox/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Raiders head coach Jon Gruden announced on Monday that cornerback Gareon Conley had been traded to the Houston Texas just a few days before the two teams play. (Le’Andre Fox/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A memorial mass was held for Paula Davis at St. John Neumann Roman Catholic Church, Saturday. (James Schaeffer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Lincoln County Emergency Services Coordinator Eric Holt updates the media on the past 24 hours during the Storm Area 51 event in rural Nevada.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IS RECAPPING ALL THE INCIDENTS SO FAR AND ACCORDING TO ERIC HOLT, LINCOLN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER THIS HAS BEEN RELATIVELY SMOOTH.
SO FAR, SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR SECURITY GATE-RELATED INCIDENTS. MOST OF THE ARRESTS WERE FOR TRESPASSING AND ONE FOR INDECENT EXPOSURE. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO ROLLOVER CRASHES AND TWO CRASHES INVOLVING VEHICLES STRIKING COWS
Area 51 Basecamp in Hiko is canceled after a lackluster Day 1, according to event executive producer Keith Wright. Alienstock in Rachel will go on for its third day. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Johnathan Abram starts his rookie journalist career interview Raiders running back Josh Jacobs about playing for the NFL, having Jon Gruden as a coach and what it’s like being a rookie.
The Happy Place popup at Mandalay Bay intends to capture all things happy in one brightly-lit, hyper-photogenic venue. (Mat Luschek / Review-Journal)
Scooter Christensen, who grew up in Las Vegas, will play with the Harlem Globetrotters at The Orleans in Las Vegas Sunday, Aug. 25. (Mat Luschek / Las Vegas Review-Journal)
One hundred and fifty years ago on August 30, 1869, John Wesley Powell’s 10-man expedition completed a 3-month journey to make the first descent of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
Prosecutors have charged 23 people tied to a violent white supremacist Nevada prison gang with more than 150 counts, ranging from murder and robbery to drug trafficking and racketeering.
A Las Vegas officer shot at a dog after it charged at police Wednesday morning as they investigated a possible shooting at a business complex in the Spring Valley area.
SuperZoo 2019 show for pet retailers brought pet products of all description to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. (Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Police investigate after a person was struck and killed by a train near downtown Las Vegas near West Owens Avenue and Stocker Street on Wednesday. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Paul Browning greets his mother, Betty Browning, after being released from Ely State Prison. Browning served 33 years on Nevada’s death row. (Rachel Crosby/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Scheduled to open in 2021, it is expected to be busier than Madison Square Garden in New York. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Las Vegas Aces came away with a 79-74 win over the Minnesota Lynx, despite being down one of their leading scorers in A’ja Wilson (ankle injury). Dearica Hamby stepped up in Wilson’s place, making her first season start and notched 14 points. LVRJ host Cassie Soto and Aces beat writer Sam Gordon break down the win and discuss how long Wilson will be out.
The 40-year-old boxer, Manny Pacquiao, claimed the WBA welterweight championship belt when he defeated Keith Thurman by split decision at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night.
Members of the media are getting a first look at Encore Boston Harbor Friday, ahead of its Sunday opening. The $2.6 billion, 671-room resort has 3,158 slot machines, 143 table games, and 88 poker tables. Once Encore opens, only three commercial casinos will exist in the state, including a slot-machine parlor operated by Penn National Gaming at the Plainridge Park Race Track in central Massachusetts. (Nathan Asselin/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
In the early morning hours of Monday, June 17th, a massive fire destroyed an 84,000-square-foot office complex on Paradise Road near East Twain Avenue.
The Raiders stadium in Las Vegas is still on track to be complete by 2020 when the team arrives.
