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Clark County coroner to star on TV

About 14,000 people die each year in and around Las Vegas. The Clark County coroner’s office investigates about 3,500 of those deaths and conducts about 1,500 autopsies.

Developer has plans for Latino music venue downtown

Arnold Stalk’s plan to revive the rundown intersection at Fremont Street, Eastern Avenue and Charleston Boulevard is more than a redevelopment proposal. It’s redemption play.

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Nevada State Museum opens at new home

Clad in a candy-corn-patterned witch hat for Halloween, 4-year-old Ember focused on putting together pieces of a fossil puzzle Friday morning at the newly opened Nevada State Museum.

Opening of new NLV city hall brings praise, criticism

North Las Vegas employees will move into a spacious new City Hall next month, but comparatively few of them are left to fill it thanks to layoffs and a hiring freeze.

Supporters gather at vigil for girls struck in crosswalk crash

The lyrics of Justin Bieber’s pop hit “Baby” blared through the sound system on Friday night at Eldorado Park . Some of the more than 200 in attendance danced, others giggled. The song may have seemed out of place for another candlelight vigil, but here, mixed with tears, it somehow fit.

Operation Trick-or-Treat nets 21 arrests in Nevada

Authorities arrested 21 fugitives, including 14 related to sex offenses, this week in Nevada’s fifth annual Operation Trick-or-Treat.

Woman injured in Sun City Summerlin house fire

An accidental attic fire on Friday morning gutted the kitchen and family room of a duplex in Sun City Summerlin, leaving an estimated $175,000 in damages and an elderly woman with minor smoke-inhalation injuries.

Valley works to ensure safe Halloween fun

In recent memory, Halloween holiday weekend in Las Vegas has been a safe one, full of more treats than tricks.

Officials lament loss of girl hit by car despite safety project

With the number of pedestrian fatalities in Nevada nearly double the national average, traffic experts became more aggressive in their attempts to improve not only crosswalk markings but the contentious relationship between pedestrians and motorists.

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