The las vegas veterans day parade means so much to him. He just finished a personal goal to ride more than 2thousand miles to raise awareness about veteran suicide. The va says every day about 20 veterans committ suicide. Down from 22 just a couple years ago. Guidry who once contemplated taking his own life. Doesnt want anyone to think about hurting themselves. peter guidry forgotten not gone man my story is a little embarrassing but four years ago i wanted to end it all. I was in the hospital for 11 days. Mauricio Marin thanks to help from his docr feels good. peter guidry forgotten not gone we just need a hand up and thats what these trikes do. Get these veterans out of the house and get them out of isolation and help them avoid depression. Mauricio Marin guidrys wife says the therapy tricycle has made a world of a difference. Kelley Guidry forgotten not gone within two months he was a different person. He was back to the person i married. His anxiety level went down the depression d
Your commute weather. More clouds tomorrow with winds on the increase especially by afternoon where gusts to reach 40 or more. Locally higher in the mountains. Work has been going on since april out here. But work has been halted for the time being. We drove by the construction site today. And there was some staff out here. But the grading work largely appears to be done. Preparing the site for building the massive billiondollar electric car factory. The company said in a statement to the Associated Press that it is slowing down work to essentially focus on getting a production car built in time for ces in january. The state treasurer. Who has been skeptical of the dollar tax incentive and infrastructure deal passed 11 months ago. Says its a sign the company has run out of money. But North Las Vegas Officials Say thats not true. dan schwartz r state treasurer i think this is just an example, he didnt pay his construction bills, hes going to put this car out at ces, i dont know if its g
On scaffolding along the eastside of this grey buildingey. When it collapsed. Other employees told las vegas fire and rescue. The dust was so thick they couldnt see anything but they knew something was wrong. Tim szymanski with las vegas fire and rescue tells me two of the three men jumped to safety. Escaping without injuries. The third one was the person they found dead under the scaffolding. Outside this site. Premier cm is listed as the construction project. Under oshas website. It says premier cm is based in las vegas. They had an osha inspection back in march. But the case has since been closed. Our calls were not returned this afternoon. Tivoli management did release this statement tivoli statement graphic monday, august 22, 2016 4 44 pm we are incredibly shocked and saddened by todays tragic construction incident. On behalf of our partners and construction team, we express our heartfelt condolences. Out of respect for the victim and those investigating, all Construction Activity
Christianne Klein since june this neighborhood has been rocked by several planned explosions as part of an expansion of highland hills. Dozens of residents say their homes have been damaged by the blasts. From foundations, retaining walls to ceilings, even cracks through stone. Including Richard Travis granite counters. Richard Travis resident two of them have cracks and the one blast that went off today widened the one crack a lot more Howard Mccarley resident we were assured throughout all of this that the county would be i to existing houses did that happen . Absolutely not this is the first time weve seen anybody from the county out there when theyre getting ready to do a blast Christianne Klein several residents have hired a local attorney because of the damage they say they suffered. And theres another issue that concerns some neighbors. The Third Party Company monitoring the blasting. Called vce. Howard Mccarley resident on the vce website they say their specialty is protecting
Explosions coming from the house on fire. Once firefighters arrived on scene. They went inside to try and rescue a person after getting reports of someone trapped. At the same time. More crews arrived to extinguish the blaze. But before fire engines could show up. Neighbors tell us the woman who lived at the house was screaming frantically so they tried to help. Sury Hernandez witness entonces me dijo tengo que volver por mi pero y le dije aqui esta. Pero me dijo tengo otro en la yarda y le dije espere ahorita lo sacamos usted salga. Yo la jale, forsujamos un poco pero ella me enpujo. Estaba fuerte. Then she told me i have to go back inside for my dog. I told her heres the dog. But she told me i have another one in the back yard. I told her wait we can help you get the dog you need to get out. I pulled her, forcibly for a bit but then she pushed me. She was strong. the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. But neighbors tell us the victim may have been trying to burn trash o