North Las Vegas

A house for Mother's Day, a viral video for Las Vegas son: Tuesday, May 21, 2013; By Paul Takahashi; Dao Vahn lost nearly everything to cervical cancer. The 52-year-old mother lost her health, her house and almost her business. Vahn's youngest son, Michael Luangrath, did everything he could to help his single mother. Luangrath dropped out of college and quit his job to care for his mother.

Children find rabid bat in North Las Vegas: Friday, May 17, 2013; By Ed Komenda; At least two rabid bats have been found in the Las Vegas Valley this year, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.

A month after wife's death, Nellis technical sergeant confesses, police say: Friday, May 17, 2013; By John Taylor; After being told he failed a lie-detector test earlier this week, an Air Force technical sergeant at Nellis Air Base confessed he shot his wife last month after an argument in a bar escalated into a fight at their North Las Vegas home, according to an arrest report.

One dead in blast at Las Vegas truck repair facility: Friday, May 17, 2013; By Joe Schoenmann; One man is dead after an explosion Friday morning at truck-repair operation near Nellis Air Force Base. The explosion at Nevada Truck & Repair, 4915 N. Sloan Lane, is under investigation.

North Las Vegas throws out bids on project to raze vacant apartments: Wednesday, May 15, 2013; By Brian Nordli; The abandoned, boarded-up Buena Vista Apartments in North Las Vegas will stand for at least a little while longer.

City rolls back fine on Silver Dollar Avenue condos, issues stern warning: Wednesday, May 15, 2013; Las Vegas City Council:; By Conor Shine; A Las Vegas property owner will get a steep discount on the nearly $600,000 in outstanding fines tied to 19 condominium units near Valley View Boulevard and Sahara Avenue so long as he makes regular monthly payments to reimburse the city for its cost of cleaning up the property several years ago.

Police say man, woman apparently stabbed each other: Monday, May 13, 2013; By Sun Staff; A man and woman suffered multiple stab wounds after an altercation Sunday at a home in North Las Vegas.

Portable, personal shelter units make their way to valley's homeless: Monday, May 13, 2013; By Brian Nordli; Ginger Smith sips on her iced coffee underneath the partial shade outside a Starbucks as a hot April sun beats down on her. She’s at a table with four people from a group called Project Aqua for a meeting. Smith reaches down to pet Chico – a cocoa brown Chihuahua, her “angel doggie” – sunbathing next to her as she listens. Smith’s hands are leathery and worn and covered in a thin layer of grime, but Chico nuzzles them regardless. A black grocery bag of food sits on Smith’s lap, and another grocery bag with a folded up cardboard sign ...

Electrical wiring causes fire at North Las Vegas plant: Monday, May 6, 2013; By William D'Urso; A fire Sunday at a glass recycling plant that sent flames 50 feet into the sky was caused by electrical wiring, North Las Vegas Fire Department officials said.

In biggest deal of year, North Las Vegas mall sells for $50.5 million: Monday, May 6, 2013; By Eli Segall; A sprawling North Las Vegas shopping center has been sold for more than $50 million, the valley’s most lucrative real estate deal of the year.

Commissioners consider property tax hike to 'get everybody paying' for financially challenged UMC: Monday, May 6, 2013; Clark County:; By Conor Shine; More than a third of all patients treated at University Medical Center each year come from nine ZIP codes that surround the valley’s urban core and stretch into North Las Vegas. Still, each year hundreds of thousands of patients from outlying areas make their way to the hospital for treatment.

Man killed after car hits tree and splits in two: Thursday, May 2, 2013; By William D'Urso; A man riding in a 2002 Honda Civic was killed early Thursday morning when the car spun out of control and split in two after smashing into a tree. The car was traveling north on Camino Eldorado Road about 4:30 a.m. when the driver lost control.

Anthony Marshall still doing his job as an ambassador for UNLV basketball: Thursday, May 2, 2013; from the press box:; By Ray Brewer; About 20 students at Clifford O. "Pete" Findlay Middle School were peeking through the windows of the school’s theater Wednesday afternoon hoping to get a glimpse of Anthony Marshall. For children of the North Las Vegas school, the former UNLV basketball guard is a rock star and someone whose path in life they strive to duplicate.

Controversial rescue of underwater NLV homes to be decided in June: Wednesday, May 1, 2013; By Conor Shine; The North Las Vegas City Council will decide in June whether to endorse a controversial and complex plan to use its powers of eminent domain to help refinance underwater home mortgages after receiving more information on the proposal during a workshop Tuesday night.

Suits in space? A North Las Vegas company is working with NASA to recruit executives for space missions: Tuesday, April 30, 2013; By Eli Segall; Just months after reaching a deal with NASA to build an inflatable space room, local entrepreneur Robert Bigelow is working with agency officials to find ways for business executives to participate in missions that could include trips to the moon and Mars.