From the Las Vegas Optic Editor’s note: The following is part three of a series exploring the role street gangs, prison gangs and organized crime play in violence, drug trafficking and addiction within Las Vegas and its surrounding communities. Agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency arrived in Las Vegas on Aug. 13, 2019, although…
From the Las Vegas Optic The coronavirus pandemic has prevented people from doing a lot of things they love, but reading books is not one of them. While the Carnegie Public Library isn’t currently open to the public, it does offer a curbside pickup option which allows residents of the Meadow City the opportunity to…
From the Las Vegas Optic Police have arrested a woman accused of robbing two area Allsup’s convenience stores late last month. Bonnie Amber Burhans, 38, faces one count of felony armed robbery, and one count of felony robbery in two robberies at stores between Dec. 27 and Dec. 29, 2020. The first robbery was reported…
From the Idaho Business Review While the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the way Idahoans live, it has not slowed the demand for multifamily housing in Idaho. In fact, demand continues to rise as developers and multifamily housing operators plan new development projects. Boise-based real estate development company Thomas Development Co. recently completed a 48-unit affordable…
From the Las Vegas Optic Editor’s note: The following is part two of a series exploring the role street gangs, prison gangs and organized crime play in violence, drug trafficking and addiction within Las Vegas and its surrounding communities. Sweeping raids by federal law enforcement agencies in August of 2012 resulted in 14 Las Vegas…
From the Idaho Business Review The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we think about nearly everything in our daily lives, and it’s no different for those who design and manage student housing at Idaho’s largest universities. It’s also meant universities are taking on fewer student housing projects. At Boise State University, the most recent…
From the Las Vegas Optic Since the 1920s, an electric clock has adorned the sidewalk along Douglas Avenue in downtown Las Vegas. That is, until 2013, when strong winds broke the clock free from its base. Thanks to the hard work of many people in the community, the clock has now been restored and returned…
From the Las Vegas Optic Las Vegas police ended an hours-long standoff New Year’s Day with the arrest of a man accused of holding a man hostage inside a west side home, according to Chief of Police Adrian Crespin. Estevan Alarcon, 26, was arrested around 12:30 a.m. Jan. 2 following a standoff that began some…
From the Las Vegas Optic Editor’s note: The following is the first in a series exploring the role street gangs, prison gangs and organized crime play in violence, drug trafficking and addiction within Las Vegas and its surrounding communities. Federal agents and officers from multiple agencies converged on Las Vegas in the summer of 2012…
From the Las Vegas Optic New Mexico continues to have one of the highest rates of suicide in the country, and experts worry the COVID-19 pandemic could cause the state’s suicide rate to increase in 2021. In 2019, New Mexico lost 515 people to suicide, according to research by the Legislative Finance Committee released this…
