TRUMP EFFECT: Violent Crime Falls 8% in Las Vegas as America Heads Toward Historic Murder Low

Reported violent crime in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s jurisdiction fell 8.2 percent during the first half of 2026, joining a broad national decline that the White House says proves President Donald Trump’s law-and-order agenda is delivering safer streets. The local progress is substantial but uneven. Las Vegas recorded...

Metro Police Identify Officer Wounded in Southwest Valley Ambush and Barricade Incident

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) has officially identified 36-year-old Officer Zaira Venegas-Hernandez as the officer who was wounded during a domestic violence call and subsequent barricade situation in the southwest valley. The incident—which marks LVMPD’s 10th officer-involved shooting of 2026—left Officer Venegas-Hernandez hospitalized, an...

FEMA Approves Emergency Fire Management Grant as Stallion Fire Surges Past 30,000 Acres in Washoe County

RENO, NV — Federal disaster officials approved emergency funding on Wednesday to bolster wildland firefighting operations across northern Nevada, as the Stallion Fire expanded past 30,000 acres near Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal Land. The Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG)—authorized by the Acting Regional Administrator for FEMA Region 9—enables federal funds...

WOKE 2.0: SacAnime Blacklists Halo Legend Marty O’Donnell From Reunion Over Being a Republican

Marty O’Donnell, the legendary composer behind the music of Halo and the Republican nominee for Nevada’s Third Congressional District, says SacAnime disinvited him from next month’s 25th-anniversary reunion because convention staff felt “uncomfortable” with his political statements. The decision did not follow an incident at the convention, a dispute with another...