Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

LAS VEGAS, NV — A terrifying dashcam video has gone viral across Southern Nevada, showing a local school crossing guard putting his own life on the line to shield a mother and her two young children from a speeding vehicle outside Pinecrest Academy St. Rose. The near-miss occurred during a...

NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV — The North Las Vegas Police Department (NLVPD) is investigating a fatal roadway collision after a commercial semitruck struck and killed a 32-year-old male pedestrian on Thursday morning. Patrol officers and medical personnel were dispatched at approximately 9:30 AM to the intersection of East Lone Mountain...

LAS VEGAS, NV — Detectives with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) Homicide Section have arrested and charged 76-year-old Orvil Grimes with open murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a man found in a commercial parking lot along South Eastern Avenue earlier this week. Grimes was taken...

RENO, NV — In a major development for statewide disaster readiness, the Nevada Seismological Laboratory (NSL) at the University of Nevada, Reno, has entered into a new cooperative planning agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to chart the expansion of the federal ShakeAlert® earthquake early warning system into Nevada....

WASHINGTON, D.C. / CARSON CITY, NV — The federal government has officially approved a Presidential Emergency Declaration for the State of Nevada, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to deliver direct disaster assistance to supplement ongoing wildfire recovery across Washoe County. The executive action—designated as FEMA Release HQ-26-124—follows an...