http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/nevada/clark/ Clark, NV News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/nevada/clark/content/177958753697aa8c17f6c890e7e22be5.html Clark County firefighters are investigating the cause of an overnight fire that destroyed a pair of trailer offices at a luxury Las Vegas vehicle dealership No injuries were reported after the 2:10 am Thursday blaze at Land Rover of Las Vegas several miles west of the Las Vegas Strip http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/nevada/clark/content/8e2a798c7efd8141f53c2f0d70f659bf.html Clark County firefighters are investigating the cause of an overnight fire that destroyed a pair of trailer offices at a luxury Las Vegas vehicle dealership http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/nevada/clark/content/638632f0595849eeadfb54d78751ad58.html An earlymorning fire at a Land Rover dealership that took 26 firefighters more than an hour to knock down is under investigation according to a fire department officialClark County firefighters discovered smoke and flames about 2:10 am today at the dealership at 5255 W Sahara Ave said Scott Allison of the Clark County Fire DepartmentThe fire burned two singlewide trailers parked in the back lot of the dealership Allison saidThere were no injuriesThe cause of the fire is unknown and it is under investigation Allison said http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/nevada/clark/content/82ea007dbd45393ac8bb0342c68c0d43.html Beyond the SunNevada Department of Public SafetyA man suspected of committing home burglaries in Clark County was shot to death by officers Tuesday afternoon in HawthorneThe Nevada Department of Public Safety said the man whose name wasn't being released pending notification of family was under investigation by federal state and local law enforcement agencies for crimes that included burglary and stolen weaponsAuthorities said the man committed four home burglaries in Mesquite about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas then left the area in a stolen 2005 Cadillac The vehicle then was spotted traveling on Highway 95 east of Hawthorne investigators saidThe man stopped at one point after a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper pursued his vehicle then he fled and drove into the town of Hawthorne which is about 310 miles northeast of Las Vegas Authorities said the man likely abandoned the stolen vehicle in Hawthorne but was found with help from citizens and the Mineral County Sheriffs OfficeThe Nevada Department of Public Safety said the man failed to comply with orders to surrender and give up his weapon An unknown number of shots were fired at the man by at least one member of the Mineral County Sheriffs Office at about 3 pm TuesdayNo officers were shot or injured The officers involved in the shooting weren't being identified while the case remains under investigationThe mas was taken to Mount Grant General Hospital in Hawthorne where he was pronounced dead An autopsy by the Washoe County Coroner's Office indicated he died as a result of gunshot woundsThe Nevada Department of Public Safety's Investigation Division is investigating the shooting at the request of Mineral County authorities http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/nevada/clark/content/1de58d638547790c94befb4d350c4453.html Pilot dies after plane crashes in Las Vegas neighborhood8282008Plane crash's victims were elderly couple8232008The Clark County Aviation Association board will meet at 6 pm today to discuss airport safety in the wake of two fatal plane crashes near the North Las Vegas Airport in less than a weekThe pilots association scheduled a board meeting after about 50 neighbors of the North Las Vegas Airport gathered in a church Wednesday said David Lerner who is president of the associationThe two crashes the first on Aug 22 involving an experimental airplane that crashed into a house killing three and the second a Piper Navajo Chieftain which also crashed into a house Aug 28 killing the pilot have raised concerns among the public and aviation expertsLerner said growth encroaching near airports has been a concern and not just at the North Las Vegas Airport which opened on Dec 7 1941Our concerns include the Henderson Airport as well Lerner said pointing to the growth of apartments homes and businesses near Lake Mead Drive and Las Vegas Boulevard South where the Henderson Executive Airport is locatedLerner noted that National Transportation Safety Board records from 1982 through now show 37 accidents over those 26 years Of that total eight were fatal killing 18 peopleClark County Aviation Director Randall Walker said he plans to meet with state and federal officials and elected representatives to explore ways to make airports safer including more local control of air traffic Current aircraft operations are governed by federal rulesWalker is not planning to attend tonight's meeting a spokesman for the Clark County Department of Aviation said A county aviation representative will attend the meeting but isn't planning to speak the spokesman said http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/nevada/clark/content/c61b004320265169f1c7be5c593012bd.html The Nevada Supreme Court is considering complaints about the way a state judge in Las Vegas handles hearings about the mental competency of defendants to stand trial Deputy Clark County public defenders Christy Craig and Howard Brooks told justices during a http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/nevada/clark/content/db9c98dfc3f4c078ca2e55ec17ac4eff.html Coal Power Plant Debate Turning desert green comes with caveats 8282008Summing up the summit: No grand plan but many ideas 8242008A coalfired discussion 542008Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal WarsSierra ClubEnvironmentalists said it was a sign that a wave of coal plant proposals across the country was finally ebbing when an unlikely coalition of environmentalists smalltown mayors ranchers and other citizens persuaded a Texas utility company to scrap plans for eight of 11 new coalfired power plants last yearThis year theyre saying the coalitions success is more than an inspiration its a game planCoal opponents including the Sierra Club and the Nevada Clean Energy Campaign next week are hosting seven screenings in Nevada and Utah of a movie about the Texas triumphTheyre hoping the film Robert Redfords Fighting Goliath Texas Coal Wars inspires ordinary Nevadans who oppose the three coalfired power plants proposed here Narrated by Redford the film follows the Texas coalition throughout its effort to kill the coal plantsFighting Goliath is an inspiring movie of people from all walks of life fighting for clean air and future energy stability said Lydia Ball a local representative of the Sierra Club Just like in Texas the state of Nevada has a diverse group of labor womens faith and environmental groups working together to defeat the proposed coal plantsRedford said Wednesday there are definitely messages in the film for Nevadans not just about how to kill a project but also about what their alternatives areI dont think we get anywhere by just saying no The American way is cando the Academy Awardwinner said The fact is Nevada and Utah can do much better than coalfired power Without burdening the residents and businesses with coals financial risks both states have bountiful worldclass clean energy resourcesThe Texas coalition succeeded he said by bringing together strange bedfellows such as environmentalists and ranchersIt wasnt too long ago you couldnt get a rancher and an environmentalist to speak to one another he said Over the years Ive seen over and over again the power of grass roots movements When they come together they form something strong enough to defeat a giant power companyThe fight isnt over in Texas or Nevada Three coalfired power plants are proposed in Nevada and 11 are still planned in TexasRedford said utilities are trying to push through coal plants in the last days of the Bush administration which he characterized as ideologically stuck in the pastAmerica should have been researching renewable energy 30 or 40 years ago he addedBut he also said Fighting Goliath is a hopeful film Redford saw an early version of Al Gores An Inconvenient Truth and warned the former vice president that he needed less gloom and doom and more time for solutionsYou have to give space to what we can do about it Redford saidThe film is to be shown at 6:30 pm Tuesday at the Theatre des Artes at Paris Las Vegas and is to be followed by a panel discussion on the potential for a clean energy economy in Nevada and how the state can move beyond using coal to provide electricity Panelists are to include Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani; Chris Brooks renewable energy director at Bombard Electric; Tim Hay former Nevada consumer advocate; Nevada Treasurer Kate Marshall; and Rose McKinneyJames a former Public Utilities Commission member http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/nevada/clark/content/f4d5f859c1da3b37dbc46a01327e8c13.html To end the infighting over taxes and services in unincorporated Washoe County a Reno bill request for the upcoming session of the Legislature calls for a county vote on imposing a new suburban tax which could affect up to 107000 residents who live outside of Reno and Sparks