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Smoke from the York Fire, south of Interstate 15 and near Mountain Pass, drew the attention of weekend commuters heading to and from Las Vegas. The vegetation fire was reported at 12:09 p.m ...
Las Vegas Fire & Rescue provides fire service and emergency medical services to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the second largest fire department in the state of Nevada after the Clark County Fire Department. The Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department is responsible for preserving life and property for a population over 600,000 in an area ...
Walter Plankinton opened the Nevada Chicken Ranch in 1976, as close to Las Vegas as legally possible. He encountered strong opposition from local law enforcement and other brothel owners. In 1978, the Chicken Ranch was burned to the ground, allegedly by arsonists. The twelve prostitutes and two employees barely survived.
On May 4, 1988, a fire followed by several explosions occurred at the Pacific Engineering and Production Company of Nevada (PEPCON) chemical plant in Henderson, Nevada. The disaster caused two fatalities, 372 injuries, and an estimated $100 million of damage. A large portion of the Las Vegas Valley within a 10-mile (16 km) radius of the plant ...
May 2—LAS VEGAS, N.M. — On Thursday evening, people who live around the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire burn scar gathered to tell Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham about the hardships their ...
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion of Nye County, Nevada, about 65 mi (105 km) northwest of the city of Las Vegas.
The duo’s firing comes a day after Las Vegas’ 26-14 loss to the Detroit Lions in which the team could only muster 157 total yards – Lions rookie running back Jahmyr Gibbs on his own had more ...
KLAS-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Nexstar Media Group.The station's studios are located on Channel 8 Drive near the northern portion of the Las Vegas Strip in the unincorporated community of Winchester (though with a Las Vegas mailing address), and its transmitter is located on Mount Arden in Henderson.