Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

LAS VEGAS, NV — Southern Nevada emergency management teams are mobilizing ahead of a severe weather anomaly, as a massive high-pressure ridge building over the Western United States pushes valley temperatures to dangerous heights. Meteorologists warn that the incoming weather system will create critical public health conditions across Clark County...

LAS VEGAS, NV — A federal jury has handed down sweeping guilty verdicts against three men for running a major multi-year narcotics distribution ring that flooded the Las Vegas valley with bulk quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl. The convictions mark the culmination of a massive, multi-agency wiretap and surveillance operation...

LAS VEGAS, NV — Federal meteorologists dropped a comprehensive weather directive on Monday morning, placing the entire Las Vegas valley under an aggressive, multi-day environmental safety alert as an intense high-pressure system locks over the desert southwest. The extreme weather system is expected to trigger the most dangerous, triple-digit ambient...

LAS VEGAS, NV — A local couple made an emotional initial appearance in court on Monday morning, facing severe felony allegations after their unsupervised young child was struck by a passenger vehicle on a busy Las Vegas roadway. The arraignment underscores a troubling rise in regional pedestrian accidents involving unattended...

LAS VEGAS, NV — A local youth gymnastics instructor made a high-stakes court appearance downtown on Monday morning following his pre-holiday arrest on multi-victim juvenile sexual misconduct allegations. The courtroom battle highlights an aggressive push by state prosecutors to enforce strict protective barriers around regional youth athletic facilities. The CCDC...

MESQUITE, NV — All northbound lanes on Interstate 15 near the Nevada-Arizona border have officially reopened to traffic following an extended closure caused by a catastrophic, multi-vehicle chain-reaction crash that resulted in one fatality and sent three others to regional trauma centers. Clean-up crews and investigators cleared the structural wreckage...