An on-duty Metropolitan Police Department crime scene analyst suffered only minor injuries early Friday when she was hit by a wrong-way driver suspected of driving under the influence.
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Marvin joined Reviewjournal.com in March 2019 after a 7.5-year stint on the assignment desk at KSNV News 3. He started his newspaper career (via school of hard knocks) several decades ago in Utah after service in the U.S. Air Force, and eventually spent 25 years in the Chicago newspaper market before the industry downsizing in 2011 made him and wife Julie move West. They have six children and 12 grandchildren still enjoying Midwest winters/summers.
Relief from a long week of excessive heat will likely arrive on Labor Day, says the National Weather Service.
Relief could arrive Sunday or Monday, when moisture flowing from the New Mexico area is expected to enter the area, said National Weather Service meteorologist John Adair.
The temperature reached 110 degrees Wednesday in the Las Vegas Valley, tying a record high for the date, and an excessive heat warning was extended into the weekend.
A man suffered at least one gunshot wound in a shooting north of downtown Las Vegas early Tuesday.
There is no relief this week from the blistering late-summer weather conditions affecting the Las Vegas Valley.
Two Metropolitan Police Department officers were injured early Monday when a suspected DUI driver hit their vehicle in northwest Las Vegas.
An excessive heat warning has been issued starting at noon Monday in the Las Vegas Valley, says the National Weather Service.
Temperatures slightly above normal will be accompanied by some gusty winds in the Las Vegas Valley this weekend.
An excessive heat warning for the Las Vegas Valley was canceled early Thursday — not that it will do a lot to change the above-normal heat.
Wednesday reached 109 degrees, and Thursday’s high is set to drop slightly to 106, the National Weather Service said. Thursday is expected to have winds from 15 to 25 mph.
A 65-year-old Las Vegas man died after the car he was driving struck a wall in the west valley Tuesday morning, Las Vegas police said.
Las Vegas Valley residents will live with another excessive heat warning beginning at 11 a.m. Tuesday and lasting through Thursday night.
A brush fire outside of Laughlin was about 75 percent contained Monday evening.
Light winds might be the only respite from the above-average temperature conditions that have a strong grip on the Las Vegas Valley.