The California man who drowned Sunday at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area has been identified by the Mohave County medical examiner’s office.
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Rio Lacanlale, whose work for the Review-Journal ranges from crime reports to video storytelling, joined the newspaper in October 2016. Before that, the UNLV broadcast journalism graduate contributed to newsrooms in central Italy and Washington, D.C. Rio is also a passionate traveler who enjoys living out of a backpack for months at a time.
A wildfire that broke out Friday morning in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area scorched about 20 acres and is not expected to be extinguished until late Saturday.
A DUI suspect was jailed early Sunday after allegedly fleeing the scene of a crash near the Strip that left one pedestrian dead and another seriously injured.
Two people were killed and several others were injured in a crash early Sunday in the central Las Vegas Valley.
The exact meaning behind the message and the motives of a suspect whose actions sparked a roughly 90-minute standoff Friday near the Hoover Dam with law enforcement officials remained unclear Saturday.
A total of seven officers fired their weapons Thursday when a robbery suspect was shot and killed , Las Vegas police announced Saturday.
A cold front this weekend in the Las Vegas Valley will provide some relief from the triple-digit temperatures.
Matthew Minkler, the teenager whose body was found inside an abandoned Henderson house late Friday, was killed during a modified game of “Russian roulette,” according to police records.
The two juvenile suspects in the killing of 17-year-old Matthew Minkler, whose body was found inside an abandoned Henderson house, have been identified.
At least one person suffered minor injuries in a Tuesday morning fire that forced some guests to evacuate from an off-Strip hotel.
A driver killed Monday morning by a suspected DUI red-light runner has been identified by the Clark County coroner.
The juvenile whose body was found Friday in an abandoned Henderson home has been identified as a 17-year-old Las Vegas boy.
The two men gunned down in separate but related shootings inside a North Las Vegas fourplex have been identified.
The driver of a Toyota pickup died in a Monday morning crash after another driver ran a red light in the eastern Las Vegas Valley. The other driver, Alberto Banuelos, 32, fled the scene but later called 911 and surrendered, police said.
The week ahead in the Las Vegas Valley will be another sunny and dry one as temperatures heat up midweek, according to the National Weather Service. The weekend will wrap up with a 97-degree high. The valley should see triple-digit highs thereafter.