Grant to help North Las Vegas buy body cameras for police

By Art Marroquin / Las Vegas Review-Journal

August 2, 2018 - 5:10 pm

North Las Vegas City Hall (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

North Las Vegas was awarded a $145,807 federal grant to help pay for cameras that will be worn by the city’s on-duty police officers.

The City Council on Wednesday night formally accepted the U.S. Department of Justice’s Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, which is awarded for a “broad range of activities to prevent and control crime,” according to a report by Acting Police Chief Justin Roberts.

Contact Art Marroquin at amarroquin@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0336. Follow @AMarroquin_LV on Twitter.

Sandy Escalante posted a video to TikTok after her daughter allegedly received a death threat f ...

Mom’s video goes viral after death threat against daughter at NLV school

By Annie Vong / RJ

November 23, 2024 - 9:16 am

The mother posted a video to TikTok after her daughter allegedly received a death threat from a classmate.

North Las Vegas City Hall is shown. North Las Vegas’ City Council could get two new seats und ...

North Las Vegas appoints city attorney

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

November 20, 2024 - 6:10 pm

North Las Vegas’ acting city attorney was officially appointed to the role Wednesday.

Here’s where Las Vegas Valley residents can get free Thanksgiving turkey

By Caitlin Lilly / RJ

November 19, 2024 - 8:40 am

The city of North Las Vegas is offering free turkeys to help residents ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.

North Las Vegas police say a black Lexus sedan similar to this one was involved in a fatal hit- ...

North Las Vegas police seek driver in fatal hit-and-run crash

By Tony Garcia / RJ

November 18, 2024 - 2:47 pm

It marked the second fatal hit-and-run crash in a matter of hours Monday morning in the Las Vegas Valley.

‘It’s like air’: Inmates at Nevada prison say cosmetology program can change lives

By Estelle Atkinson / RJ

November 18, 2024 - 3:34 pm

Inmates at a women’s prison are learning the same skills as any other cosmetology student in Nevada, except they are doing it while incarcerated.

North Las Vegas City Council candidates Ruth Garcia Anderson and Robert Taylor. (Sam Morris/Las ...

Only 9 votes separate candidates in North Las Vegas race

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

November 14, 2024 - 11:19 am

Councilwoman Ruth Garcia-Anderson pulled ahead of entrepreneur and community organizer Robert “Twixx” Taylor in the race for a North Las Vegas City Council seat.