Metro crackdown on illegal fireworks is off with a bang in Southern Nevada

Officials with Metro Police’s fireworks task force have a message to residents: Don’t bring dangerous illegal fireworks into Clark County.     [METRO CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL FIREWORKS IS OFF WITH A BANG IN SOUTHERN NEVADA]( [Officials with Metro Police’s fireworks task force have a message to residents: Don’t bring dangerous illegal fireworks into Clark County. “You live in the desert. It’s extremely dry, the fire hazard is very, very high, and depending on your neighbors, you might be disturbing some of our sensitive individuals,” said Metro Capt. William Matchko, the bureau commander for South Central Area Command, who doubles as the incident commander for Metro’s 2024 fireworks task force.]( [MT. CHARLESTON STUDENTS’ STATUS STILL IN LIMBO AFTER CCSD BOARD ‘NO’ VOTES]( [The Clark County School District board took no action Thursday night on a proposal to permanently close the storm-damaged Mount Charleston elementary school. This came after separate votes on rejecting and accepting closure failed and more than 20 people offered impassioned defenses for the tiny Lundy Elementary School.]( [NHL DRAFT GOES IMMERSIVE FOR LAST RIDE, LAS VEGAS-STYLE, AT SPHERE]( [The National Hockey League’s annual entry draft hasn’t been known to be a spectacle. Most reiterations of the event have taken place in a dimly lit arena with general manager after general manager taking the stage to read off which prospect his team will select. In what could be the league’s final centralized draft, the NHL is taking a risk and doing something no professional sports league has previously done.]( [LAS VEGAS NATIVE PAYTON TALBOTT SOARS AS FASTEST-RISING STAR AT UFC 303]( [Payton Talbott was eating at a sushi restaurant while a senior at Reno High School in the fall of 2016 when he caught a glimpse of a commercial that he couldn’t look away from. The ad was promoting the upcoming UFC 205 pay-per-view, and more specifically, a main event starring Conor McGregor’s attempt to become a two-division champion in a bout against then-lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez.](   MOST READ: [Police release additional details in shootings that left five dead](  [Wilson leads trio with at least 20 points as Aces top Sky 95-83](  [NHL opens up marquee weekend with awards at Fontainebleau Las Vegas]( [Harris acknowledges Biden had a ‘slow start’ in debate and tries to calm Democratic fears]( [Singer, songwriter, provocateur and politician Kinky Friedman dies at 79](   [Facebook](  [X](     Greenspun Media Group | 2275 Corporate Circle Suite 300 | Henderson, NV 89074 US [Unsubscribe]( | [Update Profile]( | [Our Privacy Policy]( | [Constant Contact Data Notice](