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Posts from ‘March, 2010’

Police: Tree Killer Threatens Gibbons

A 63-year-old Arizona man convicted in 2007 of destroying 546 trees in an age-restricted community in a Las Vegas suburb is now accused of making related death threats to Nevada’s governor and others.

Official: ‘Boot Drives’ Not Appropriate

A Clark County lawmaker says he doesn’t think area firefighters should be soliciting charitable donations at malls and supermarkets while they’re at work.

Search for suspect in sexual assault in the Northwest Valley

Police are looking for a suspect in a sexual assault in the Northwest part of the Valley. The assault happened Tuesday around 6am. Police are not releasing exactly where the attack happened.

Minimum Wage To Rise July 1

Minimum wage workers in Nevada will be getting a raise under new requirements announced by the state labor commissioner.

Death Penalty Sought In Strangling

Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a California man charged with sexually assaulting and strangling a Las Vegas woman at her home in January.

Secretary of State in Las Vegas to push for Census

Secretary of State, Ross Miller, is making the rounds to areas of Nevada in which the exact population is tough to count, urging people to fill out their census forms.

Sketch released of man sought in sex assault of mother, daughter

Metro Police are searching for a man wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a mother and her juvenile daughter Tuesday at a home in the northwest valley.

Homeowner shot during robbery near Craig & Durango

A valley man is recovering from a shooting after a frightening confrontation with a robber inside his home. It happened overnight near Craig and Durango. The homeowner was shot in the hip and is

St. Rose cites economy in laying off 57 workers

St. Rose Dominican Hospitals on Wednesday said it eliminated 57 of its 3,500 jobs in Southern Nevada as part of a restructuring aimed at reducing costs.

400 Nevada soldiers return home from Afghanistan

More than 400 soldiers returned to Las Vegas today and were reunited with friends and family after a one-year deployment to Afghanistan. Hundreds at the Mandalay Bay ceremony applauded as bag pipers kicked off the ceremony, welcoming the Nevada Army National Guard’s 1-221st Cavalry Squadron back home.