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Hiker rescued at Red Rock Canyon

January 27, 2014 - 7:14 am

Members of the Las Vegas Metro Police Search and Rescue Unit load an injured fifteen year old girl onto a rescue helicopter near the Calico Tanks trail in the Red Rock National Conservation Area west of Las Vegas on Jan. 26, 2014. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Las Vegas’ police isn’t just a unit that stops crime.

Las Vegas Metro Police Search and Rescue Unit rescued a 15-year-old hiker who fell and injured her leg Sunday while hiking on the Calico Tanks trail in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

A new survey sent out Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, by the Clark County School District offers the ...

‘Tell the truth this time’: Teachers outraged over budget

By Katie Futterman / RJ

October 1, 2024 - 9:04 am

Special education teacher Leann Silvia, who works at Steele Elementary School, grew so upset over the crisis that she sent a letter to the trustees and Interim Superintendent Brenda Larsen-Mitchell.

Israeli army tanks maneuver in a staging area in northern Israel near the Israel-Lebanon border ...

Israel on alert for possible missile attack from Iran

By Aamer Madhani, Julia Frankel and Bassem Mroue Associated Press

October 1, 2024 - 9:04 am

A senior U.S. official said a missile attack on Israel from Iran could come “imminently,” and Israel said it would retaliate against such an attack from Hezbollah’s ally.

Sunrise ceremony honors Las Vegas shooting victims

By Paul Pearson / RJ

October 1, 2024 - 7:49 am

The 60 people who were killed in a mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip on Oct. 1, 2017, are being remembered at a sunrise ceremony.

The Clark County School Board meets at the Edward A. Greer Education Center in Las Vegas on Thu ...

District B Trustee candidates face unusual election process

By Katie Futterman / RJ

October 1, 2024 - 7:00 am

Former special education teacher Eileen Eady and former U.S. Air Force and Moms for Liberty member Lydia Dominguez are vying for District B Trustee.

An election worker prepares mail-in ballots at the Clark County Election Department on Nov. 8, ...

How many mail ballots make it through the signature verification machine?

By Jessica Hill / RJ

October 1, 2024 - 6:00 am

Mail ballots go through a lengthy process once they’re submitted. What are the perimeters ballots must meet in the signature verification process?

Joan Madriaga and her husband Alec Madriaga look at paintings on display with their daughter An ...

‘I cried’: Oct. 1 shooting survivors embrace healing at Las Vegas exhibit

By Estelle Atkinson / RJ

September 30, 2024 - 11:46 pm

Five survivors, gathered at an exhibit in honor of the Oct. 1 shooting, remembered both the tragedy and the healing they’ve experienced since.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, center, talks with John Modlin, t ...

SAUNDERS: Kamala Harris goes to the border. All hat. No policy.

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

September 30, 2024 - 7:55 pm

The vice president talks tough about illegal immigration now, but it’s too little, too late. The numbers say Biden-Harris made the problem much worse.

FILE - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks in Greenwich, London, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo ...

U.S. sending more troops to Middle East to boost security

By Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor The Associated Press

September 30, 2024 - 6:14 pm

The U.S. is sending a “few thousand” troops to the Middle East to bolster security and to defend Israel if necessary, the Pentagon said Monday.

Debris is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. ...

Helene toll: 130 dead, 600 missing: Supplies arrive by plane and mule in N. Carolina

By Jeffrey Collins The Associated Press

September 30, 2024 - 5:29 pm

During a briefing Monday, White House homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall suggested as many as 600 people hadn’t been accounted for, saying some might be dead.

A photographer documents damage in a building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's ...

Israeli military says ‘limited’ operation in southern Lebanon has begun

By Matthew Lee, Samy Magdy, Abby Sewell and Natalie Melzer Associated Press

September 30, 2024 - 4:53 pm

The Israeli military says it has begun a “limited, localized” operation against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.