TheNevadaGlobeStaff, Author at Nevada Globe

Catastrophic Grand Canyon Flash Flood Leaves 2 Dead, 15 Missing; Severed Pipeline Prompts Lodge Evacuations

August 31, 2026 12:07 pm

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, AZ — A catastrophic flash flood fueled by multi-wave monsoon storms tore through Bright Angel Creek over the weekend, leaving at least two people dead, roughly 15 missing, and the primary water delivery artery of Grand Canyon National Park severed. The disaster has sent shockwaves through...

Vice President JD Vance Touches Down in Las Vegas, Triggering Rolling Strip Roadblocks and Airport Gate Holds

August 31, 2026 10:58 amAugust 31, 2026 11:02 am

LAS VEGAS, NV — The arrival of Vice President JD Vance in Southern Nevada on Monday morning, August 31, 2026, initiated substantial air traffic delays and rolling street closures across the Las Vegas Valley as law enforcement escorted the executive motorcade to campaign engagements throughout Clark County. The visit—focusing on...

SPACE CADETS, REPORT FOR DUTY: Trump Moves to Build U.S. Space Academy as America Prepares for New Frontier

August 31, 2026 6:00 amAugust 31, 2026 5:33 am

President Donald Trump is moving to create a new federal academy dedicated to producing the astronauts, engineers, warfighters and technical leaders America will need to dominate the next great strategic battlefield: space. Trump signed an executive order Friday establishing the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy, a NASA-led...

HORMUZ WHO’S BOSS: Trump Says U.S. Controls World’s Oil Chokepoint as Iran’s Lifeline Gets Strangled

August 29, 2026 1:27 pm

President Donald Trump is declaring victory in the battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz, with the White House pointing to newly released U.S. military figures showing American forces have cleared Iranian mines, escorted nearly 1,500 commercial vessels and choked off Tehran’s oil exports through one of the most...

Two Dead, One Wounded After Domestic Dispute Erupts into Shooting at West Reno Avenue Apartment

August 28, 2026 3:50 pm

LAS VEGAS, NV — A late-night domestic argument involving an armed man and two women escalated into gunfire inside a West Las Vegas apartment, leaving two people dead and a third hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Homicide Section was called to investigate the...

LVMPD Officer Shoots Woman Armed with Edged Weapon in CSN West Charleston Parking Lot

August 28, 2026 3:22 pm

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) is investigating an officer-involved shooting after an officer shot and wounded a woman who approached police with an edged weapon and demanded to be shot early Friday morning in a parking lot on the College of Southern Nevada (CSN)...

Hawk Fire Reaches 95% Containment in Reno; Gov. Lombardo Requests Presidential Disaster Declaration for Destroyed Homes

August 28, 2026 2:24 pm

CARSON CITY, NV — With multi-agency firefighting crews expanding containment on the Hawk Fire to 95%, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo formally petitioned President Biden and the White House on Friday, August 28, 2026, for a Presidential Emergency Declaration to unlock federal recovery funds for Washoe County. The request comes as...

Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

Catastrophic Grand Canyon Flash Flood Leaves 2 Dead, 15 Missing; Severed Pipeline Prompts Lodge Evacuations

Vice President JD Vance Touches Down in Las Vegas, Triggering Rolling Strip Roadblocks and Airport Gate Holds

SPACE CADETS, REPORT FOR DUTY: Trump Moves to Build U.S. Space Academy as America Prepares for New Frontier

HORMUZ WHO’S BOSS: Trump Says U.S. Controls World’s Oil Chokepoint as Iran’s Lifeline Gets Strangled

Two Dead, One Wounded After Domestic Dispute Erupts into Shooting at West Reno Avenue Apartment

LVMPD Officer Shoots Woman Armed with Edged Weapon in CSN West Charleston Parking Lot

Hawk Fire Reaches 95% Containment in Reno; Gov. Lombardo Requests Presidential Disaster Declaration for Destroyed Homes

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