President Joe Biden is set to make two appearances this week in Las Vegas, with speeches at the NAACP National Convention and the UnidosUS Annual Conference.
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Before returning to the Review-Journal in 2022, Jeff spent seven years as a content development specialist at the Mob Museum. Before that, he worked as a reporter for the Bay City News Service, the Las Vegas Sun, UPI, Los Angeles Times and others, including the RJ from 1991-1995. He also has considerable experience teaching at UNLV, San Jose State and DeVry University. Jeff was a Fulbright Scholar in 2011.
Boosted by southwest winds and the center of high pressure moving closer, the record of 117 was tied at 1:56 p.m. Just over 30 minutes later it rose to 118 and then 119 and 120.
About 94 percent of all bettors in the state do so without difficulties, but the other 6 percent have a problem, a percentage that’s higher than the national average.
About 75 people attended her outdoor memorial ceremony at Winterwood Park in eastern Las Vegas, held to raise funds for her family.
A Nevada prison inmate serving a sentence of 12 years to life died May 13 at Sunrise Hospital, the state’s department of corrections said.
Lopez worked at the Las Vegas Review-Journal for 10 years. He leaves behind his wife and 4-year-old son.
After a gunman killed five people in North Las Vegas, mourners gathered to remember the victims. About 100 attended the vigil at the Craig Ranch Villas complex.
The injured son of a man killed in the crash on a Las Vegas highway said everyone was “hitting the brakes and swerving” to avoid the wrong-way driver.
Amid the oil embargo, President Richard Nixon asked for stringent energy conservation measures, and Nevada Gov. Mike O’Callaghan asked the resort industry to cut back on power usage.
Michael Guardian’s death in a motorcycle crash came just before his three children were to come over from the Philippines to join him and his mother.
Three bike riders, each suffering from Parkinson’s disease, rode through Red Rock Canyon as part of a mission to raise awareness about Parkinson’s disease.
Angel Naranjo died from blunt force injuries in what was considered an accident after striking a metal cable on the ground of the trail, based on a Clark County coroner’s report.
Mary Salamy, newsroom office manager for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, adored by reporters and other staff members died at age 79.
Nevada is the nation’s third-most earthquake active state, behind Alaska and California, the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology reports.
Mike Henle was a Review-Journal sports writer who reported on UNLV basketball and motor sports while suffering a decades-long bout with epilepsy.
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