Mesquite News

Clark County commissioners listen to a speaker during a meeting at the Clark County Government Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 19, 2013.

Norvic Demolition, a subcontractor with Lunas Construction Cleanup out of Las Vegas, is scheduled to begin tearing down the closed Oasis Casino/Hotel on Mesquite Boulevard in the next few days, according to Aaron Baker, interim director of Mesquite's Economic Development and Redevelopment Department.

The Susan G Komen Race for the Cure takes place Saturday, May 4. Metro Police says it is prepared to keep people safe in light of the recent bombings in Boston.

A jury on Thursday convicted a home builder from Mesquite of stealing from a federal housing grant program intended to assist the Navajo Nation, Nevada's U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden said.

Mesquite Police officers arrested three adults on methamphetamine-related charges Tuesday after a routine traffic stop.

The family of 57-year-old Mark Parenti, who was suffocated with plastic bags in a Mesquite home 17 days ago and then stuffed in a hole in the basement wall, was "horrified and shocked" to learn of killing.

Do-it-yourselfers who self-report during the month of May won't face penalties on unpermitted projects from Clark County, or the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson, Mesquite and Boulder City.

A recent news story about a possible bill in Congress to designate Gold Butte as a National Conservation Area suggested that there was a lack of local support for the idea.

The horrific story of how two men suffocated Mark Anthony Parenti, 57, and then stuffed his body in a basement hole in the wall at 280 Mesquite Blvd.

Today's Mesquite City Council agenda resembles a traffic jam with 25 items requiring action.

These incidents were responded to Saturday. Mesquite Police Department * Fraud on Mesa Boulevard.