Las Vegas afternoon update – July 17, 2017

• A threatening letter was left at the Las Vegas office of Senator Dean Heller. Police won’t say what was in the letter. They were notified after a burglary alarm went off but determined a burglary did not occur.
• If you’re driving from Las Vegas to Hoover Dam, you’ll get to zoom along two miles of the new Interstate 11 by the end of this month. Vehicles will get to use a new 600-foot-long flyover bridge. However, it’s not open for northbound drivers yet.
• A 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Nevada National Security Site this morning. That’s about 33 miles southeast of Yucca Mountain. No injuries or damage were reported.
• And UNLV’s medical school starts its first classes today. The first class includes 60 students.