Eshaan Vakil recalled riding a bus to a quiz bowl-related event with students from other states. “They said, ‘Oh, we didn’t know people studied in Las Vegas,’” Vakil said.
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Originally from San Jose, Calif., Rachel Spacek graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2017 with a B.A. in Journalism. Following graduation, Rachel worked as a business intern at the Los Angeles Times, a staff reporter with The Record-Courier and a freelance reporter for the Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, before starting at the Las Vegas Review-Journal in November 2018.
Green Our Planet, the southwest Las Vegas-based crowdfunding platform that began in 2013 and became the largest school garden program in the U.S., started as a small side project for Ciara Byrne and Kim MacQuarrie.
A Nevada Army National Guard soldier with the Las Vegas-based First Squadron, 221st Cavalry Regiment, died late Tuesday during an exercise in California.
Police said Stephen Andrews, 50, of Las Vegas, died Tuesday evening on the 7000 block of Certitude Avenue after colliding with a car.
One of two lawsuits accusing international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo of obstructing the criminal investigation into claims of sexual assault in Las Vegas has been dismissed, but an identical lawsuit in federal court remains active.
Let’s hope we’re not in for a repeat of 1940, when the city saw 100 days of 100-degree or higher temperatures.
Denaugio Scarlett, who is charged with the murder of a 3-year-old girl, told police detectives he forcefully grabbed her, squeezed her and threw her on the ground, according to police arrest documents.
Gina Kido of Honolulu was transported to University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries after the crash May 22, Las Vegas police said.
Richard Ocanas was last seen in the 6100 block of Vegas Drive, wearing an orange shirt, black pants and gray sandals.
Temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley are expected to climb into the 90s by the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
After Yuhan Jiang, 18, and her father moved in with her stepmother, who had been living in the Las Vegas Valley for years, Jiang took summer school for two years to catch up.
Traffic delays are expected Monday on southbound Interstate 15 with visitors leaving Las Vegas as the holiday weekend comes to an end.
Las Vegas police are searching for a suspect in a robbery on Friday in which he used a knife to steal money from a business.
Memorial Day could have few scattered showers throughout the Las Vegas Valley with a 30 percent chance of rain Monday afternoon.
The Clark County district attorney’s office found insufficient evidence to proceed with child neglect changes against Eloina Avalos-Perez.