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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Most of Nevada is under a flash flood watch until 9:00 tonight as unseasonably cool weather pushes rain across the region on the heels of one of the state's hottest Julys ever. Flash flooding closed some streets in northwest Las Vegas during the morning commute. The flash flood watch covers parts of Clark and southern Nye county, and in northern Nevada in portions of Elko, Lander, Eureka and Humboldt counties.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge in Reno has seated a jury to hear competing lawsuits between Amtrak, Union Pacific Railroad and a Nevada trucking firm over a train-truck crash that killed six people 70 miles east of Reno three years ago. Judge Howard McKibben told the three-man, seven-woman jury Monday that the trial will begin promptly at 8:15 a.m. tomorrow. He expects it to stretch into September.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Health officials say they've detected the first mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus so far this year in southern Nevada. The Southern Nevada Health District reports today that mosquitoes with the virus were found in the zip codes 89103, 89107, 89129, 89138, and 89149. Officials say no human cases of the virus have been reported so far this year.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities have identified a man and a woman from Georgia who were hit and killed near the Rio hotel-casino in Las Vegas. Clark County coroner's officials say 71-year-old Terry Westbrook and 74-year-old Charlotte Westbrook died while trying to cross a street late Friday. Police say the driver of a dark-colored Nissan sedan did not stop.
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