Jimmy Vega, who last year unsuccessfully ran for North Las Vegas constable, has been charged with crimes related to his campaign, including falsifying records about where he lived.
Blake Apgar
Blake Apgar joined the Review-Journal as a general assignment reporter in January 2017 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. He interned at the Review-Journal in the summer of 2016, and now covers North Las Vegas and Henderson government. He was raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas filed lawsuits last week against opioid manufacturers and distributors in Clark County District Court.
Henderson Councilman Dan Shaw owed the federal government millions of dollars from a failed business venture. And he still might.
North Las Vegas intends to hire outgoing state corrections chief James Dzurenda as a consultant to help re-open its jail. Dzurenda’s resignation was announced last month.
Former Henderson City Attorney Josh Reid responded to allegations from the city that he filed costly anonymous records requests and false complaints.
North Las Vegas recently provided a 12-month notice to end the contract to house up to 315 of its inmates — mostly men — in the Las Vegas Detention Center.
Beto O’Rourke, the former congressman from Texas, made brief comments shortly after learning of a mass shooting in his hometown of El Paso.
The Arizona Diamondbacks want to stay in their home state, but the team is not completely ruling out the possibility of relocating to another city, including Henderson.
Last year, Henderson officials quietly began a push to lure the Arizona Diamondbacks from the team’s Phoenix home to their city, records obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal show.
A group of developers want to buy land in downtown Henderson to construct a six-story development that would be home to apartments, office space and a restaurant.
An outside law firm hired by the city of Henderson accuses former City Attorney Josh Reid of anonymously submitting public records requests and false complaints that ran up city bills.
A North Las Vegas assistant police chief resigned Wednesday, four days after he was arrested by the Nevada Highway Patrol on suspicion of driving under the influence.
North Las Vegas officials are touting the city’s new residential video inspection program as a first among municipalities in the Las Vegas Valley.
North Las Vegas Assistant Police Chief Clint Ryan was arrested Sunday night on suspicion of DUI, a city spokeswoman confirmed.
Former Sen. John Ensign, whose political career began to unravel in 2009 after an affair with a top aide’s wife came to light, has divorced his wife of 31 years, Darlene.