Two more wrongful death lawsuits have been filed against the owner of the Alpine Motel Apartments — the site of the deadliest residential fire in Las Vegas history.
Briana Erickson
Reporter: Homeless and veterans issues
Email: berickson@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-387-5244
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Briana Erickson covers homeless and veterans’ issues for the Review-Journal. A proud “Florida Woman” living in the desert, she centers her reporting around people living in the shadows.
Before joining the Review-Journal in 2017, the University of Florida graduate wrote for the North Central Florida NPR affiliate and the South Florida Sun Sentinel. She was named College Journalist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists.
Just shy of a year after he became “Patient Zero” in Nevada’s COVID-19 outbreak, Ronald Pipkins is still battling the lingering effects of the coronavirus.
Nevada U.S. Attorney Nicholas Trutanich reflects on his two-year tenure and some of the cases he is proudest to have worked on.
Federal prosecutors are taking over a drug and weapons case filed in Las Vegas against the original bassist for Panic! at the Disco, according to the musician’s attorney.
An unknown number of skilled nursing homes and assisted living facilities that didn’t qualify under the federally run program have been left to fend for themselves.
The mothers of three special-needs students filed a lawsuit that accuses an elementary school teacher of using a long, wooden yardstick to poke and strike their children.
Nevada Medicaid and the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Nevada have teamed up to help kids overcome barriers to behavioral health treatment.
An Arizona tourist has filed a lawsuit that claims he was injured while under hypnosis at the Marc Savard Comedy Hypnosis Show in 2019.
The Justice Department is investigating whether Nevada unnecessarily relies on institutions — both in and out of state — to treat children with behavioral health conditions.
An Arizona man pleaded guilty Wednesday in Las Vegas to possession of more than $200,000 in unemployment benefits from fraudulent claims.
A former Nevada postal worker pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing more than $30,000 worth of coins from five mail packages. He is set to be sentenced in May.
Two tourists have sued the Grand Canyon tour company whose bus rolled over last week about 70 miles southeast of Las Vegas, killing one person and injuring dozens more.
Former Clark County District Judge Don Chairez, a longtime Nevada attorney, died Thursday from COVID-19. He was 65.
The longtime friend of a suspected boogaloo member was sentenced Wednesday to more than nine years in prison for possessing child pornography.
Mariachi Joya will represent Nevada in the inauguration’s virtual “Parade Across America,” which features performances from communities in all 56 states and territories.
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