An armed man died after being shot Tuesday by two Green Valley Ranch security guards, police said.
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.
Otis Tanner, 43, allegedly lured the woman to a house in July after she was kicked out of the Shade Tree shelter in North Las Vegas, then sexually assaulted her and held her prisoner until she was able to escape.
The company behind the Siegel Suites brand is growing a charitable initiative that helps tenants scrape by and also works with other philanthropic groups in Nevada and across the nation.
United States veterans and active-duty military will receive free admission for themselves and a guest to Opportunity Village’s winter wonderland.
A candlelight vigil was held Thursday to remember the 179 homeless people who died from November 2017 through November of this year in Clark County.
The demonstration Tuesday at Veterans Village in downtown Las Vegas set in motion the first phase of a project focused on housing veterans closely together.
Twenty-eight contestants from across the country are in Las Vegas to compete to be crowned 2019 Miss Rodeo America.
Las Vegas residents Edward Hall and Winifred Kamen share a connection to the “day of infamy” when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. But one has no memory of the attack while the other will never forget.
A 93-year-old World War II Army veteran says he was “roughed up” and arrested by police at the VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas after a dispute over a tardy shuttle.
Authorities issued at least 17 citations to motorists who parked illegally on Foremaster Lane near the city’s homeless courtyard to hand out food. The city says the tickets are for creating a hazard, not helping the needy.
Coffin said that the valley’s homeless issue is one of public safety, and goes far beyond social services and “lending a hand up” and requires a steady revenue to solve the problem.
A rodent caused more than 13,000 buildings to lose power in Henderson on Thanksgiving night.
Thousands in the Las Vegas Valley spent Thanksgiving shopping, hours before they would have dinner themselves.
Employees from Wynn Las Vegas served about 170 residents at the Shade Tree shelter for women and children in downtown Las Vegas. It was the first time the hotel, which brought its own flatware, tables and chairs, had catered for the organization.
The Shade Tree has embarked on an extensive renovation project at the North Las Vegas shelter. While the renovation effort has many sponsors and partners, its main catalyst comes from a $1.5 million donation from Wynn Las Vegas.
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