Today's News

On Monday afternoon, a few Highlands University students saw something interesting happening along the Gallinas River. And true to their generation, they texted the information to others.

The news: The state was putting rainbow trout in the river.

As part of a pilot project, the state Game and Fish Department put 400 trout into the river — the average length being 13 inches. It was the first time in years the state has stocked the river in town with trout.

It was to be Ralph Garcia’s last meeting as a West Las Vegas school board member after nearly three decades of service.

Last week, a cake with his name and punch were available to celebrate the service of the outgoing member, who leaves at the end of the month.

A plaque was to be presented in his honor.

Guess who didn’t show up to the meeting.

Ralph Garcia.

But all was not lost. There were more than a dozen people in the audience to enjoy the refreshments.

It was a sometimes eerie peek into Las Vegas’ past. Historic figures began appearing in different windows of the under-construction Ilfeld building, and nighttime passersby were often taken off guard by the sight.

Everybody knows about the ghost that resides comfortably at the Plaza Hotel, but when the images also began to speak, the gig was up. No, it wasn’t a practical joke, even though there were reports of 911 calls reporting strange and unusual sightings in the darkened building.

The family of a man who was killed trying to cross railroad tracks has sued the railroad, among other entities, for its suffering since the accident.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in state District Court in Las Vegas, names as defendants Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Amtrak, the city of Las Vegas, San Miguel County and the Ride to Pride Partnership, which owns land next to the crossing.