A man died Friday night in a single-vehicle crash in the far northwest valley, Las Vegas police said.
Julie Wootton-Greener
Education reporter
Email: jgreener@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-387-2921
Julie joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in July 2019 as a reporter for The View, covering the southwest/Henderson area. She grew up in southern California, and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. She worked as an education and health reporter at the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho for eight years. Before that, she was an education and county government reporter for two years at the Elko Daily Free Press in Elko, Nev.
“Henderson Hope Squad” began Dec. 12 at seven middle and five high schools. It’s a peer support program used by schools in more than a dozen U.S. states and Canada.
The minature parks — each one taking up one parking space — will likely open in July. They’ll be up temporarily for six to 12 months.
The proposal calls for leasing 10 acres of public land in southwest Las Vegas to the Clark County School District to use as a future elementary school site.
The fire was reported at 3:08 p.m. at 1200 Observation Drive, Las Vegas Fire Department wrote in a post on Twitter.
Alexis Nava was taken into custody Friday by the Criminal Apprehension Team — an FBI-led task force staffed by Metro’s major violators bureau.
Tenants of a downtown Las Vegas apartment building jumped from second- and third-story windows to escape an early-morning fire Saturday that killed six and injured 13.
Harriet Trudell died Thursday night. She was a civil rights activist during the 1960s, ran political campaigns, and was a foreign affairs aide for then-Sen. Harry Reid.
The Nevada Department of Public Safety opened the office on East Tropicana Avenue to help make it easier for area residents to comply with reporting requirements.
Construction on the project — estimated to cost about $14 million — will likely begin in summer 2020. The overhaul includes a pool, splash pad, walking paths and turf area.
More than 130 children got a chance to go holiday shopping for toys and necessities Saturday during the Metropolitan Police Department event, held at a Walmart store in Las Vegas.
The road will be closed in the area for several hours while an investigation is underway, the Henderson Police Department said on Twitter.
A 40-year-old woman stabbed her husband multiple times, Metro homicide Lt. Ray Spencer said. Three young children were present, but uninjured.
It is the third officer-involved shooting in Henderson this week and the eighth this year.
Shenmei Wu, 13, and Shenlone Wu, 12, started taking college classes in spring 2018 when they were in elementary school. Shenlone is the youngest student enrolled at UNLV.
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