A relative of the Nye County public administrator was one of the five victims killed Sunday in a fiery multivehicle crash about 85 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
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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.
An elementary school in the far northwest Las Vegas Valley was evacuated Tuesday morning after a fire alarm was activated.
Maria Hernandez’s eyes shot open and she began blinking rapidly to adjust to the unfamiliar surroundings. Every bone inher body felt like it was on fire.
Las Vegas police found Dennis Keith Dillard Jr., 50, about 12:30 a.m. Monday on the 4900 block of Rogers Street, near Tropicana Avenue and Arville Street, where he had crashed his SUV.
Sgt. Duane Downing, who also serves on the Tonopah Town Board, was struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 95 as he responded to a car fire Monday evening, rendering him unconscious.
The eight-day march will cover more than 370 miles, ending near Fernley in Northern Nevada. About 170 veterans and residents are expected to participate.
Thirty-five people ended the second day of Electric Daisy Carnival behind bars — 33 on drug-related felony charges — according to Las Vegas police.
The high will top out at 91 degrees Sunday afternoon, with a 71-degree morning low as the three-day Electric Daisy Carnival music festival ends early Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
One suspected drunken driver on Friday night did all the work for the Nevada Highway Patrol when he was found asleep at the wheel at the agency’s command center.
That includes 29 narcotics-related felony arrests, three misdemeanor arrests and one alcohol-related DUI arrest made between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday, according from the Metropolitan Police Department. Last year on the Friday of EDC, Metro made 29 narcotics-related felony arrests and four misdemeanor arrests, including two arrests for battery on a police officer.
Mild weather will continue to bless festivalgoers in the Las Vegas Valley this weekend for the Electronic Daisy Carnival.
The September death of a man, who for hours threatened to jump from the roof of an apartment building, was ruled an accident Friday by the Clark County coroner.
Henry Aparicio, 23, faces charges of driving under the influence and reckless driving in the deaths of Jean residents Damaso Puente, 39, and Christa Puente, 33, on Tuesday.
A Las Vegas man faces a terrorism charge after police accused him of entering the the Boulevard Mall on Thursday evening while wearing a mask and carrying what appeared to be a long rifle.
Hannah Johnson, 56, and Ryder Plea-Mediros, 9, were reported missing after they failed to return from a trip to run errands on Wednesday evening, police said.
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