The Nevada Highway Patrol was called at 8:09 p.m. to the westbound 215 Beltway at Valle Verde Drive.
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A blanket of hazy smoke from California wildfires prompted the closure of schools Thursday in Reno-Sparks for the second time this week due to the unhealthy air as officials urged residents to limit outdoor activity.
Members of the LGBTQ community and allies gathered outside the LGBTQ Center of Southern Nevada on Maryland Parkway to remember the nearly 30 transgender people who have been killed in 2020.
The Clark County School District is using Canvas, an online learning management system, for distance education. Teachers are facing a crunch to get virtual classrooms set up by Monday.
The move, aimed at ensuring federal student privacy laws are observed, will force teachers to take extra steps before recording their live lectures during distance learning.
Frank Cullotta, the former Chicago mobster who was a consultant on the movie “Casino,” has died. He was 81.
An environmental group said it is suing two federal agencies to block a ski resort expansion that could lead to the extinction of the Mount Charleston blue butterfly.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the 8-year-old boy killed in a fiery crash on Interstate 15 that left three dead last week.
Nevada reported 556 new cases of COVID-19 and a record 38 deaths on Thursday, as the death toll in Clark County surpassed 1,000.
The site is open until 4 p.m. and has a walk-up testing station that offers testing on a first-come, first-served basis.
A record-setting heat spell will continue Thursday in the Las Vegas region, according to the National Weather Service.
Las Vegas police responded to three crashes Wednesday night, including a three-vehicle crash that killed a motorcyclist.
The Clark County School District unveiled its final food distribution plan Wednesday, saying it will expand drive-thru meal service for students to more than 300 sites.
Nevada’s jobless rate ticked lower last month but remains elevated.
Sofia Hall, a third grader at Indian Springs School, is the statewide winner of the Doodle for Google art contest and is now in the running for a national prize.
