Las Vegas Review-Journal
‘I’m glad that we have them’
Anthony Tyson spent years running a landscaping business in Connecticut before addiction upended his life. After entering drug rehabilitation in California, his health insurance expired. Without coverage or stable housing, Tyson became homeless and...
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Witnesses: Victim no threat
Three men inside a van who witnessed the fatal shooting of the driver by an immigration officer in Houston said the Mexican man was shot through a passenger window and that the officer was never threatened, a lawyer who has spoken with them said...
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2 days of U. S. strikes kill 14
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As the United States launched new airstrikes against Iran on Thursday, sirens sounded at least three times in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters, and Iranian missiles targeted Kuwait and Qatar. Sirens...
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Colangelo’s name emerges on LV list
FORMER Phoenix Suns and Arizona Diamondbacks owner Jerry Colangelo is in the mix to land a Las Vegas NBA expansion team. Colangelo, 86, leads a group called the Las Vegas Jacks that Wednesday announced an $8 billion plan to bring the NBA to Southern...
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Trump arrives at NATO talks
ANKARA, Turkey — President Donald Trump on Tuesday insisted that the United States should be in control of Greenland rather than NATO ally Denmark, renewing tensions in Europe even as the trans-atlantic military alliance was announcing billions in arms...
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Stars, stripes and sadness
Chris Haynes, left, and Marlene Recinos of Las Vegas raise their flags for the national anthem during a watch party at Stadium Swim at Circa for the United States-belgium World Cup round of 16 match on Monday. Belgium won 4-1 to eliminate the U.S.
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Documenting ‘Depletion’
THE trip was the ultimate test of their bromance, and they passed. But it had a deeper message. It has been months since Alex Harper, 37, and Austin Williams, 35, began a 112-mile journey from the Spring Mountains to Lake Mead that most rational people...
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READ THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and...
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Wagging tail his telltale tell
Ace Alley of Mount Charleston competes with his toy poodle Pancho Villa during Day 1 of the World Series of Poker Main Event at the Paris Ballroom inside the Paris on Thursday.
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Proud to be an American
Dave Csik reacts to game action Wednesday at Circa during a World Cup match between the United States and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The United States won 2-0 to advance to the round of 16.
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Possible attack thwarted
A heavily armed suspect who authorities said had planned a mass shooting was arrested in a Henderson casino parking garage over the weekend, police announced Tuesday. Allison Howlett was arrested Saturday on suspicion of making a threat related to an...
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Alleged gang members guilty
Las Vegas federal jurors returned guilty verdicts Monday against three men accused of being MS-13 gang officials and committing a series of murders. But the jury did not return a guilty verdict on each count or for every one of the 11 killings that...
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Off Strip, A’s ballpark rises
SLOAN — More than 1,000 custom-cast concrete risers for the Athletics’ Las Vegas ballpark are taking shape some 15 miles away from where the $2 billion stadium is being built on the Strip. Western Pacific Precast is crafting the risers — known in the...
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Searching for miracles
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — Venezuelans took the search for missing loved ones into their own hands Friday in the aftermath of back-to-back earthquakes, citing the scarcity of government rescuers, as the human toll of the disaster climbed to at least 920...
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Friends held doubts for years
Four women who were friends with Bernadette Vander Meer said Thursday they were suspicious of her husband after she fell to her death during a hike with her spouse at Zion National Park in 2006. Three of the women, Kristina Riccio, Kari Krute and...
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Trump irate over Iran war vote
President Donald Trump berated Senate Republicans face to face Wednesday for allowing a vote to block his war in Iran. Invited by Florida Sen. Rick Scott to speak at a GOP luncheon in the Capitol, Trump had signaled ahead of time that he would use the...
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Arrest in 2006 death
A Las Vegas charter school counselor has been arrested on murder and insurance fraud charges in the death of his first wife, who tumbled off Angels Landing nearly 20 years ago during an anniversary trip to Zion National Park. David Vander Meer, a...
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Foley makes NBA bid
Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley has officially launched a bid to bring an NBA expansion team to Las Vegas, he announced Monday. Foley has hired Morgan Stanley & Co. to be his exclusive financial adviser as he looks to build an ownership group...
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Dam opinions flow both ways
WHEN the Bureau of Reclamation announced it would cut releases into Lake Mead in an effort to prop up Lake Powell, the messaging was clear, and it acknowledged a problem some in the Western water world have raised for years. “If Glen Canyon Dam...
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United States beats Australia 2-0, clinches World Cup knockout round Trans athlete limits sought
Should he win re-election in November, Gov. Joe Lombardo would push for legislation to limit the participation of transgender athletes in state-funded sports, he said Friday. Lombardo’s announcement came a day after the Nevada Supreme Court — in a 6-0...
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‘His time is now’
Ryan Craig knows he’s taking a job with unique pressure. Yes, he’s familiar with most people in the Vegas Golden Knights locker room. He has worked with some of those players from the beginning. But now the former longtime assistant is walking into...
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Street takeover cars crushed by shredder
Street takeover participants: Beware the shredder. The shredder, in this case, is a massive auto shredding device at SA Recycling on North Nellis Boulevard. It can fragment vehicles in a matter of minutes, turning once-speeding cars into piles of...
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Tortorella not coming back
As quickly as it began, the John Tortorella era with the Vegas Golden Knights is over. Tortorella will not return as coach of the Knights next season after getting them two wins from a Stanley Cup championship, the team announced Tuesday. Tortorella,...
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Now we’re cooking with gas
At last! After 15 years, Vegas has a James Beard Award winner. Sarah Thompson, executive chef of Casa Playa at Wynn Las Vegas, won the Best Chef: Southwest category on Monday at the 2026 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards ceremony held...
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Graney on Game 6
Gotta hand it to the Hurricanes, who proved their mettle and were the better team after falling behind in the series ▶ Page 9C
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‘Dream come true’
AS the Athletics continue their Las Vegas homestand this weekend, crews are steadily making progress on the team’s $2 billion future home. • A’s star first baseman Nick Kurtz and his teammates toured the ballpark site on Tuesday, before the team’s 7-5...
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Ruggs denied parole in crash
Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs could remain in prison for another year after the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners denied his bid for parole. Ruggs, 27, was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison in 2023 for causing the death of...
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Some victories in reach
Las Vegas Councilwoman Nancy Brune and a handful of other candidates appear poised for outright victories after incomplete election results showed each receiving more than 50 percent of the vote in their respective races. Meanwhile, Henderson Mayor...
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Election Day in Nevada
With Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final and a Major League Baseball game featuring the soon-to-be Las Vegas Athletics, one could be forgiven for forgetting that today is also a big day for Nevada politics. Yes, it’s Election Day, and voters have one last...
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2-year-old vanished 20 years ago
Wednesday will mark 20 years to the day since toddler Everlyse Cabrera was reported missing in North Las Vegas. Cabrera’s disappearance is one of 35 reported missing child cases in Nevada that remained unsolved as of last week, according to the...
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24k ‘Golden Pipes’
HOCKEY has taken over a sizable portion of Carnell Johnson’s life. The man known as “Golden Pipes,” who rose to prominence while singing the national anthem during the Golden Knights’ inaugural playoff run in 2018, also plays in a weekly game. “By no...
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New Primm partner teased
A representative of the Primm family said Thursday an announcement is likely within a week about a new partner to take over the hotels, casinos and other assets of the small community on the California-nevada border, south of Las Vegas. Cory...
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‘Hand it over’: County must produce records
A district judge admonished Clark County officials Wednesday to turn over “any and all” records related to their investigations into a conflict of interest in the Public Works Department. “Hand it over,” Judge Bita Yeager told attorneys for the...
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Floyd found ‘heavily involved’
A now-fired Clark County manager was “heavily involved” in public works projects that included his wife’s firm, which likely resulted in the firm receiving preferential treatment, according to a summary of an early investigation into...
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$18B bid for MGM
Less than a week after a multibillion-dollar deal for one of the country’s largest casino operators was announced, another gambling giant could soon be acquired. Billionaire media mogul Barry Diller’s People Inc. is presenting an $18 billion offer to...
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Gold mining could remake small town
IN one of the nation’s most remote deserts, Chloe Novak has a front-row seat to what she says is an extinction crisis of Southern Nevada’s rare plants. Novak, a master’s student at the California Botanic Garden, rarely finds herself in California these...
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No name on center, no fund for payouts
WASHINGTON — A Washington federal judge blocked the Kennedy Center board from closing the decades-old performing arts venue and ordered President Donald Trump’s name to be removed from the building. In a separate case, U.S. District Judge Leonie...
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Caesars to Fertitta in $17.6B purchase
Four years ago, Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta gained a big foothold on the Las Vegas Strip with a highpriced real estate purchase. He then acquired shares in Wynn Resorts and became its largest stockholder. And now, with a blockbuster deal...
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UFC at the White House
Workers are pictured Wednesday constructing a fighting octagon ahead of an Ultimate Fighting Championship match on the South Lawn of the White House grounds in Washington. President Donald Trump is hosting a UFC match June 14.
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Sweep to Stanley
For the third time in nine seasons, the Vegas Golden Knights are headed to the Stanley Cup Final. The Knights punched their ticket with a 2-1 win against Colorado on Tuesday night at T-mobile Arena. It culminated an improbable 4-0 sweep in the...
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‘We owe them this day’
For Marine Corps veteran Richard “Tony” Marshall, Memorial Day is a time to pause and reflect. Marshall, who spoke at a ceremony honoring those who paid the ultimate sacrifice at Palm Mortuary-downtown in Las Vegas on Monday, reminded the dozens who...
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Those who gave their all
On his trips to Washington, D.C., former Green Beret Fred Horne could never bring himself to get up close to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Confronting the etched names of men he served with required a courage that the 20-year military veteran said he...
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911 call: Busch coughing up blood
Las Vegas native Kyle Busch was down on the ground and coughing up blood the evening prior to his death, according to a newly released 911 call. The call, provided by the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina on Friday morning, relays the...
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Historic school celebrates last day
The warm sun toasted the air of the asphalt playground at Goodsprings Elementary School, bringing a heat that could only signify the beginning of summer. While the start of summer break represents the end of a chapter for most schools, this year it...
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Knights start Final with win in Denver
DENVER — Dylan Coghlan knew he wasn’t guaranteed an NHL roster spot when he came back to the Vegas Golden Knights. But there was comfort coming back to the team that gave him his start in the league. It didn’t matter if it didn’t result in a ton of...
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Details out on Colo. River plan
The Trump administration is nearing intervention in the yearslong standstill among the seven states that share the Colorado River at a historic point of crisis. A 10-year federal plan would require the states to return to the negotiation table every...
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‘Great couple’ remembered
When Vincent Lopez walked to the front of the Smith’s Food and Drug near the intersection of Maryland Parkway and Silverado Ranch Road on Monday, he never expected so many people to be watching him. Roughly 200 people watched as Lopez took a...
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Town’s little secret
Primm has been Nevada’s lotto town for decades. For some, though, the real jackpot is spotting a rare bird. A stopover on the drive into Las Vegas from Los Angeles, Primm was once a thriving outpost for travelers, complete with themed casinos, an...
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‘Everybody started running’
Irma Velasquez and her daughter Brianna endured a terrifying experience at Legacy High School late Thursday morning. Irma Velasquez was in front of the school in North Las Vegas just after 11 a.m. to pick up her daughter when she noticed a handful of...
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Victim sought to reconnect with sons
One of the victims in Tuesday’s shooting at a southwest valley grocery store tried to reconnect with his estranged teenage sons just hours before the killings. Victor Frias Rosas and his wife, Amanda Frias Rosas, were killed while shopping at the...
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Cheers: Vegas gets another pro team
How did we get here? It’s a broad question with many answers, some that aren’t the easiest to come up with. Which is the perfect transition to talking about the Vegas Golden Knights. How did they get here? How did they get to within one win of a...
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Shooting leaves 2 dead
Police said a man armed with multiple weapons shot and killed the mother of his children and her current partner inside a busy south Las Vegas grocery store Tuesday before several witnesses tackled and subdued him. The suspect in the shooting, which...
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Parole board could free Ruggs
Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs told Nevada parole commissioners Monday that he knows he will never be able to alleviate the pain he caused when he killed a young woman in a 2021 crash. “I take full responsibility for my actions that led to...
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From polluted to paradise
For decades, petroleum and arsenic seeped into the groundwater aquifer below a Union Pacific Railroad rail yard a stone’s throw from Fremont Boulevard. Today, after the city of Las Vegas leveraged millions in Environmental Protection Agency funding...
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From Spirit Airlines to dispirited outlook
Jamie Patzer would have celebrated her 20-year anniversary at Spirit Airlines as a flight attendant on Friday. Now, she is a part of the 999 Las Vegas-area workers laid off by the company. “I was supposed to work that evening,” said Patzer, 47, about...
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Downtown Las Vegas ascends
Artist Cliff Garten looks at his sculpture, “Harmonic Ascension,” on Wednesday at Las Vegas Civic Center. “I wanted something that was dynamic and celebratory,” he said. The public was invited to a lighting and dedication Thursday night.
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Lotto Store, last resorts in Primm to close July 4
Primm will soon become even quieter, with several resorts and businesses preparing to shut down permanently on July 4. A representative for The Primadonna Company confirmed Wednesday that the following properties will permanently close, marking the...
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$1B for upgrades
A top Senate Republican has proposed spending as much as $1 billion for U.S. Secret Service security adjustments and upgrades, including for President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom. The funding would come in legislation authored by...
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Spirit lays off 999 in LV
Spirit Airlines will lay off 999 Las Vegas-area workers as part of its Saturday shutdown, according to an official notice filed with state and local officials. Florida-based Spirit abruptly stopped operations just after midnight Saturday, abandoning...
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Water body controls hit church turf
FOR some 40 years, churchgoers at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church have enjoyed a grassy oasis tucked off Windmill Lane in southeast Las Vegas. The towering trees and green grass keep them cool in blazing summers. The longevity of those peaceful...
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Basic baseball loses appeal for playoffs
A last-ditch effort to get Basic’s baseball team into the Class 5A Southern Region playoffs failed as a judge ruled against a request for a temporary restraining order by an attorney representing the team’s parents and players Friday. District Judge...
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Sentencing ends fatal 2015 Strip crash case
Leila Valenzuela was 8 when her mother was killed in a 2015 crash on the Strip. “At that age, you don’t think that your parents are ever going to be gone,” she told a judge Thursday. “You always think that they’re going to be there.” More than 10...
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Taking heat for heat fears
Despite extreme heat claiming more lives in the Las Vegas Valley than any weather event, officials have fallen behind in helping the region adapt, attendees of the first Southern Nevada Heat Summit said Wednesday. They pointed to what they described...
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The royal treatment
WASHINGTON — King Charles III marked the 250th anniversary of American independence from Britain with gratitude that the two countries united to build “one of the most consequential alliances in human history” while urging “that we ignore the clarion...
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Actor gets 37 years to life
Siera Begaye told a judge on Monday that Nathan Chasing Horse robbed her of her innocence. “Instead of being allowed to grow into my own person, he tried to shape me into something for his own desire and control,” she said in a packed Las Vegas...
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Hoover Dam: Trouble ahead
Federal water managers are putting the nation’s largest dam in a precarious position as they try to balance out the Colorado River system in a year of record low snowpack. Toward the bottom of the Bureau of Reclamation’s marquee announcement last week...
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Raiders’ QB of the future is present
Las Vegas Raiders general manager John Spytek insists the evaluation period that led to the selection of quarterback Fernando Mendoza with the top pick in the NFL draft was a thorough one that wasn’t finalized until fairly late in the process. Coach...
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The future begins
There were no curveballs nor surprises once the Las Vegas Raiders were officially put on the clock to start the NFL draft Thursday night in Pittsburgh. General manager John Spytek decided to play it straight as the worst-kept secret in sports over the...
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Quite the site
Construction on the Athletics’ $2 billion Las Vegas ballpark has hit multiple milestones of late, with more to come over the next few months. With heavy work on the project beginning last June, the ballpark is starting to show its shape, with just...
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Students enjoy fruits of labor
With pruning shears in her hand, fifth grader Chanel Ray snipped stems of fresh dill from a garden bed at Priest Elementary School last week, passing handfuls of the herb to classmate Nikolas Philbert. Dill is just one of many crops that students at...
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State grass ban suit lives
The Nevada Supreme Court has denied the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s attempt to derail a lawsuit challenging the agency’s enforcement of a ban on using Colorado River water to irrigate “nonfunctional” grass. Justices Kristina Pickering, Ron...
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Heat death leaves deep scar
Agroup of five wide-eyed, young hikers with one small water bottle between them walked past Tina-marie Cox on April 13 , embarking on the more than 2.5-mile journey to hot springs nestled along the Colorado River. In their path were two old,...
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Feds step in on river crisis
On the heels of a snow season that alarmed water managers across the Colorado River Basin, the Bureau of Reclamation is taking action to keep levels stable in Lake Powell. In an announcement Friday, the agency tasked with managing dams and water in...
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‘It’s great to be back’
President Donald Trump touted his signature tax cuts at a Las Vegas roundtable discussion Thursday, declaring that the U.S. economy was “booming.” The president was flanked by local workers who thanked him after he highlighted provisions in the “One...
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Supermax for super ‘one of one’
Four-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson has agreed to a supermax contract to return to the Las Vegas Aces, the team announced Wednesday. After leading the Aces to their third championship in four years with a historic 2025 campaign, Wilson became an...
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Plea: ‘Save the Amargosa River’
The mighty-but-littleknown Amargosa River gained dubious national recognition this week. Without intervention preventing mining and solar farm development, the river that makes life possible in one of America’s harshest deserts is in grave danger, the...
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