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Briana Erickson

Reporter: Homeless and veterans issues
Phone: 702-387-5244

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.
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Las Vegas veteran injured in Iraq to be honored at event in Henderson

Adam Poppenhouse, a 33-year-old Las Vegas veteran who served in the Army after he graduated from high school in 2004, will be honored from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday at Henderson Events Plaza amphitheater at an event sponsored by the city of Henderson and One Hero At A Time, a local volunteer group.

Nevada woman has new reason for hope on MIA/POW Day

Diana Brown Sanfilippo, 70, of Stateline at Lake Tahoe says she has new hope that she’ll one day be reunited with her father, Nevada Air National Guard 1st Lt. Frank Salazar, after witnessing the return of MIA remains from North Korea.

 
Mother of Pahrump woman killed in stabbing testifies at hearing

Donna Liebig testified in front of Justice of the Peace Kent Jasperson during a preliminary hearing Thursday for Michael Wilson and Dakota Saldivar. The 17-year-olds are accused of fatally stabbing and beating Dawn Liebig, her daughter and their mother, in July.

Teen gymnasts from Henderson represent Nevada in competition

The two were the sole Nevada representatives this past weekend at the Championships of the USA gymnastics meet at TD Garden in Boston. Twenty-five athletes nationwide qualified for the meet, with spots on the women’s USA Gymnastics Junior Team on the line.

Donated grills keep Henderson firefighters well-fed

The firefighters unanimously agreed that the job of cooking during their shifts, usually left to the responsibility of the truck company, had recently been made easier, thanks to a donation from BBQ Concepts. The 10 grills cost a total of $9,820.

Real estate fraud charges dropped against Las Vegas father of 11

Deon Derrico, the father of Las Vegas quintuplets, is officially free of all real estate fraud charges. The two charges hanging over his head after his April acquittal of various real estate fraud charges were dropped Tuesday by the Nevada attorney general’s office.

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