Dee Wirth knows what it’s like to live on the street. She knows what it’s like to struggle with drugs and alcohol and feel powerless to change that. She also knows what it’s like to survive, recover and fight addiction with a vengeance.
Southwest
No one was was injured Monday morning after three inmates threatened guards and tried to tip over a prisoner transport van in the southwest valley.
State and county officials plan to begin work April 2 to back-fill several dozen abandoned mine shafts peppering the future park site on county-owned land west of Fort Apache and Warm Springs roads.
Sou Ngo had no choice on a recent Monday but to turn away loyal customers.
The identity has been released of the 14-year-old boy killed Wednesday when an SUV struck him near Desert Breeze Park.
As an influx of professional sports teams begins to reshape tourism in the Las Vegas Valley, Clark County plans to harness America’s Pastime to attract even more fans for college and high school teams.
At about 11:40 a.m., emergency personnel with Clark County and Las Vegas fire departments responded to reports of a propane leak near West Flamingo Road and El Capitan Way.
Starting in early April, crews will begin back-filling at least 40 mine shafts at a long-abandoned gypsum mine on county-owned land near Fort Apache and Warm Springs roads.
Of Nevada’s 58 dispensaries, one is African-American-owned, according to the Las Vegas Medical Marijuana Association. While about 47 percent of industry employees are minorities, said Kema Ogden of Top Notch THC, there is work to be done.
Four middle school students were pepper-sprayed moments after exiting a school bus at a southwest valley stop Wednesday afternoon, a Las Vegas parent said.
In the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day, stores are lined with pink and red candy, stuffed animals and bouquets of roses denoting love and romance.
A southwestern valley neighborhood was evacuated early Sunday during an hourslong barricade situation involving a suicidal man, Las Vegas police said.
Three people are in custody Tuesday morning after a Subway clerk was beaten and his car stolen in the southwest valley.
While thousands of men, women and children gathered at the Women’s March Power to the Polls rally Jan. 21 at Sam Boyd Stadium, about 50 sex workers and their advocates gathered to show solidarity, inform the public about their work and claim their place among the marchers.
Daniel Liberti makes his living flying high above beautiful landscapes.