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Mountain Fest at Lee Canyon — PHOTOS

A crowd enjoys the Mountain Fest on Rabbit Peak at Mount Charleston on Saturday, June 29, 2024, in Las Vegas.

Police: Woman found dead on road in suspected homicide

A woman was found dead on the road near an east Las Vegas Valley intersection in what the Metropolitan Police Department has called a suspected homicide.

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Input sought on health insurance exchange plan

Residents and business owners who want a say in how Nevada will enact provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have a chance to speak up several times in the coming weeks.

Las Vegas Army retiree familiar with Gadhafi

Retired Army Col. Bill Olds knows how Col. Moammar Gadhafi operates. After all, the Libyan tyrant put a $500,000 bounty on his head after Olds led Egyptian forces in the capture of Libyan hijackers in 1985.

Best of Las Vegas honors old, new

Holly Madison is the readers’ pick for Favorite Female Las Vegan in the 30th annual Best of Las Vegas poll, which was conducted by the Review-Journal.

Outage at Alaska Airlines causes delays at McCarran

Passengers flying on Alaska Airlines are advised to check the status of their flight before heading to the airport as a system-wide computer outage has caused delays and cancellations on both Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.

Kidnapped Henderson girl found safe in California

A 7-year-old Henderson girl who went missing from her father’s apartment early Saturday was found safe in Barstow, Calif., shortly after the Henderson Police Department issued an Amber Alert on Saturday afternoon.

Man alleges Las Vegas police officer beat him

Mitchell Crooks made national headlines in 2002 when he videotaped a brutal police beating in Inglewood, Calif.
Nine years later, Crooks, now a Las Vegas resident, is again involved in a videotaped police beating — except this time he is the subject.

Nevada team helps Japan during nuclear crisis

Keeping people safe from Japan’s nuclear crisis hinges on radiation measurements that a team of experts from Nevada have been taking for 10 days from aircraft flying a relatively close but safe distance from the crippled reactors, said the response team’s co-founder in an interview Friday.