Local Las Vegas
A driver who died after his vehicle collided head-on with a semi-truck on state Route 160 Wednesday was identified as 70-year-old Kent Ralston of Las Vegas, the Nevada Highway Patrol said Thursday.
Nevada residents still have time to register to vote in the Nov. 6 election if they visit their local registrar’s office by 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Cheyenne Avenue from Rainbow Boulevard to Tenaya Way, as well as the Cheyenne onramps and offramps to U.S. Highway 95, will be closed this weekend for a Nevada Department of Transportation repaving project.
About 150 taxi drivers took to the Strip on Wednesday evening to voice their displeasure over contract talks with Las Vegas’ largest cab company.
Gov. Brian Sandoval and Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto complained for an hour Tuesday before agreeing to pay $10.6 million for 2.85 acres in downtown Las Vegas that had been appraised at only $4.7 million last year as part of a massive Spaghetti Bowl road project.
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board members, after a long discussion, voted 10-3 on Tuesday to grant a four-year lease extension to the current tenants at Cashman Field, Stars Las Vegas LLC, owners of the Las Vegas 51s.
He lurks at the front entrance all day, scaring small children. But instead of calling the cops, officials at the Nevada State Museum are holding a contest for the guy.