KLAS-TV Channel 8 News Las Vegas1A* I-Team: Investigative Reports
Fears of nuclear terrorism prompted representatives from at least 26 countries, including Russia and China, to make a quiet visit to Las Vegas recently. They were in town to check out a highly sophisticated, but little known, operation that would be critical in the event of a nuclear disaster. More>>
Former Andre Agassi Middle School principal Bevelyn Smothers will go before the Nevada Board of Education August 13th to face a petition for suspension or revocation of her teaching license. More>>
A middle school principal who resigned because of a cheating scandal and still remains under investigation by the State of Nevada will go to work next week at a new school. More>>
A sales tax hike meant to grow police ranks valley-wide, failed to put substantially more cops on the streets in North Las Vegas. The I-Team first reported the shortfall last year, and now the city defends its use of more than $34 million in taxpayer money. More>>
Imagine having to make a choice between keeping your home or keeping your dog. A Boulder City man faced that conundrum after his 6-year-old dog bit a man. The man's insurance company gave him an ultimatum. If you own a dog, the same thing could happen to you. More>>
Police and prosecutors charged with investigating child abuse and neglect say the Clark County Department of Family Services isn't doing enough to protect kids. Two lists created by law enforcement detail specific examples of the agency's failures. More>>
The bombs have dropped, the U.S. government has fallen apart and Las Vegas has devolved into a post-apocalyptic battleground. It's the setting for a new video game called Fallout: New Vegas coming out this fall, but how could we live in that world? More>>
Police and prosecutors, charged with protecting southern Nevada's most vulnerable victims, are accusing the Clark County Department of Family Services of failing its children. The I-Team has obtained lists compiled by the Clark County District Attorney's office and Metro Police that detail specific examples of kids who weren't protected by the system. The lists contain at least 80 cases. More>>
Before Kenny Guinn was governor, he had already served as the superintendent of schools and the interim president of UNLv. He was also in business for a while. Political analyst Steve Sebelius talks about the highlights of Guinn's public service. More>>
A wild horse roundup in northern Nevada has ended, for now. Phase one of the Tuscarora Gather captured 636 horses, but 21 mustangs died during the operation, mostly from a combination of stress, heat, and dehydration. More>>
They are the hottest new trend in Las Vegas -- massive pool parties -- with escalating admission prices, the hottest music and celebrities by the bucket full. But what's happening in the water? More>>
A Hollywood talent broker convicted twice of deceptive business practices is searching for that star quality in southern Nevada. Advertisements seeking cute kids and babies have appeared locally in print and online, attracting the attention of parents and law enforcement. More>>
Wild horse advocates have accused the Bureau of Land Management of contempt, because the agency went to extraordinary lengths to keep the public from being able to observe a horse roundup over the past few days in which 21 mustangs died. More>>
For months, the 8 News NOW I-Team has been profiling the rise of medical marijuana use in Las Vegas. Supporters raise an interesting point -- if you have your card, you can possess pot, you just can't buy it. So why is there a cannabis conundrum? More>>
This week, the I-team is poring through public records to examine salaries paid by taxpayers. I-Team Reporter Jonathan Humbert looks at the salaries of professors and administrators at UNLV. Some university earnings are facing scrutiny, but not for the reasons you might expect. More>>
The Clean Water Coalition was created to coordinate programs to treat and return wastewater to Lake Mead. The agency has been charging residents millions per year for future projects that are now all but dead. So why is the CWC considering huge raises and other goodies? More>>
Six figure salaries, millions in overtime, big paychecks for public employees, while others are losing their jobs. All this week, the I-Team is examining public salaries throughout Southern Nevada. I-Team Reporter Colleen McCarty takes a closer look at who's making what in North Las Vegas. More>>
Critics say taxi officers are not doing enough to enforce existing laws against long-hauling. By some estimates, thousands of long-hauls take place every day. So what are all those taxi officers doing if they're not policing cabs and cab drivers? More>>
The I-Team has been exposing long hauling for years and finally the Taxicab Authority brought the power players into one room to stop it. More>>
The 8 News NOW I-Team is back again, investigating salaries and the decisions made by people in power. Tonight, Reporter Jonathan Humbert tells how some of the valley's most powerful agencies are cutting back. More>>
Nevada Republicans held their state party convention in Henderson over the weekend. Highlights included national Republican Chairman Michael Steele's explanation of his recent controversial comments about the president and the war in Afghanistan. I-Team Political Analyst Steve Sebelius has more on the meeting. More>>
The public feud between Nye County's top lawmen has left some wondering who wears the white hat. The district attorney and a sheriff's deputy both face criminal charges. As the I-Team discovered, at least one political candidate counts himself among the casualties. More>>
President Obama finished his two-day stop in Las Vegas on Friday. I-Team Political Analyst Steve Sebelius breaks down the president's speeches and their potential effect on the mid-term election. More>>
Nevada has always been known for its mineral riches, especially gold and silver. Now, oil experts are predicting a liquid bonanza is in Nevada's future. I-Team Chief Investigative Reporter George Knapp and Photojournalist Matt Adams have the details. More>>
The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has put a laser focus on BP and their operations all over the planet. Turns out, the oil giant has left a trail of toxic waste in Nevada. But is there also a BP link to wild horse roundups? More>>
New figures show BP Oil is falling short of what it promised it could do to clean up spills in the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf might seem like a long way from Nevada, but our state has also been on the receiving end of BP promises, and they didn't work out well either. More>>
Reports about a raucous party at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City are overblown, according to the man behind the event. The retired associate warden says the fundraiser sponsored by Vietnam veterans did not exceed the bounds of decency. More>>
Republican Senate nominee Sharron Angle has redesigned her website following her primary election victory. But, her opponent recently re-launched Angle's original website to showcase content her campaign eliminated. Angle's lawyers threatened to sue. I-Team Political Analyst Steve Sebelius has more on the legal wrangling. More>>
A month after the Primary Election decided Nevada's candidates for Governor, the first salvo of the attacks have started. More>>
As cash-strapped states like Nevada struggle to fill ever expanding budget deficits, opponents of society's most permanent punishment have crafted a new argument -- abolish the death penalty to cut costs. Inside, see a slideshow of the men of Nevada's death row. More>>
The Nevada Department of Corrections is investigating a fundraiser held at the Nevada State Prison over the weekend. While the department won't discuss the allegations, the I-Team has learned they involve dancing girls performing at the men's institution in Carson City. More>>
Fewer Nevada corrections officers are now standing between you and some of the state's most violent criminals. Beginning Thursday, Nevada prison workers are required to take monthly furloughs. They are meant to save the state money, but the state corrections chief insists furloughs threaten the safety of the officers, the inmates and the public. More>>
It's a tactic the I-Team has been exposing for years: taxi cab long hauling. That is taking tourists from McCarran Airport through the tunnel and on the highway, jacking up rates and breaking the law. More>>
Nevada Democrats gathered for their political convention over the weekend. I-Team Political Analyst Steve Sebelius breaks down the convention and Democrats' strategy heading into the general election. More>>
In the race for governor, one candidate is trying to stake out a position as the education governor. Rory Reid started talking education on the day right after the primary, and now he's got a new ad that touts his plan for schools. The I-Team's Steve Sebelius takes a look. More>>
The Senate ethics investigation into John Ensign appears to be heating up and causing problems for his future. A newspaper reports staff members gave bombshell testimony that directly ties Ensign to plans to break Senate rules. More>>
A former North Las Vegas police officer who claimed his badge stopped a bullet now stands accused of making the whole thing up and endangering the public. Former officer Bryan Kolstad turned himself in Tuesday morning on misdemeanor charges related to his story. Inside, read the police report against Kolstad. More>>
After Sharron angle's big win, she's mostly been out of the spotlight, appearing only on a few shows which some critics say were hand-picked. Is it smart strategy, or something else? More>>
It was a controversial counseling program used by casinos to root out petty crooks, make them waive rights to an attorney and pay up on the spot. But Las Vegas police continues to target U.S. Justice Associates for what court documents call "extortion." More>>
The annual return of the Ringling Brothers circus is a depressing ritual for local animal activists who see traveling circuses as inherently cruel to exotic animals, especially elephants. More>>
Nevada's budget hole is growing, and more cuts are likely in the coming year. But voters won't get a say on at least one solution. A ballot question about increasing mining taxes will not be there in November because the group behind it could not get enough signatures. More>>
The I-Team introduces us to one local couple who refuses to register their domestic relationship in Nevada. They choose instead to advocate for same sex marriage and they are doing it on a whirlwind tour through several states. More>>
A Colorado doctor who performed lasik eye surgery in Nevada has been disciplined by the state medical board. More>>
This Thursday marks four years since the disappearance of Everlyse Cabrera. The two-year-old went missing from her North Las Vegas foster home. Though a legal battle over her loss has yet to be resolved in its entirety, one piece of it promises to impact the lives of other at risk kids. More>>
It's a race that sometimes doesn't get as much attention as others, but the fight for lieutenant governor has become a lot tighter than some expected. Jonathan Humbert looks at four of the four vying for get the state's most important economic position. More>>
A Las Vegas lawyer at the center of the Medical Mafia scheme was sentenced in federal court Thursday morning. As part of a plea deal, Noel Gage pled guilty earlier this year on a charge of obstruction of justice. More>>
More than 50,000 people have already cast their votes in the primary in Clark County. That may sound like a lot, but it's actually down from previous years. With some hotly contested races and big seats up for grabs, those numbers could spell trouble for candidates come Tuesday. More>>
Can you remember the days when guitar legend Jimi Hendrix was the opening act for the Monkees? Rock photographer Robert Knight can. More>>
No matter what happens the night of June 8, 2010, for Governor Jim Gibbons, history will be made. If he wins the Republican primary, he will be coming back from nearly insurmountable odds. If he loses, he will be the first sitting governor to lose a primary for re-election. More>>
Soldiers have been creating works of art since as far back as the Roman Empire, often using what's at hand -- the tools of war. One of the world's greatest collections of Trench Art is in Las Vegas for the next 10 days, most of it created by soldiers trying to survive World War I. More>>
The 19-year-old responsible for a deadly drunk driving crash in Henderson is scheduled to begin her prison sentence in the next two weeks. Anita Mann faces a minimum of two years behind bars for the collision that killed a local couple. Yet, as she awaits her fate, she tells the I-Team her thoughts are not focused on herself. They are focused on the families, both hers and her victims'. More>>
As the summer unofficially gets underway this weekend, there is a buzz in backyards all across the Las Vegas valley. But in Henderson, some residents are worried about the buzz of giant new power lines that may be going up right next to their porches. More>>
Thousands of people are arrested for drunk driving, then wind up right back on the road, getting busted again. While the startling numbers help raise awareness, a program is putting a human face on those figures. The program aims to break the vicious cycle. More>>
Over the last two years, some casino companies in Las Vegas have been using a private counseling service to reform people causing trouble on their property. But police are investigating alleged backroom deals and kickbacks, saying United States Justice Associates went too far. More>>
Terrorists, drug cartels, and investment swindlers have all used Las Vegas to launder their money over the years, and the IRS wants to put a stop to it. Casinos have largely cooperated with the IRS when it comes to reporting large transactions, now the tax agency has turned its attention to night clubs and pool parties. More>>
The troubled Las Vegas Monorail, now in bankruptcy, is bleeding money and losing millions every year. It has never turned a profit, but certainly has been profitable for the insiders who sold the idea to the public. More>>
Fears of nuclear terrorism prompted representatives from at least 26 countries, including Russia and China, to make a quiet visit to Las Vegas recently. They were in town to check out a highly sophisticated, but little known, operation that would be critical in the event of a nuclear disaster. More>>
Imagine having to make a choice between keeping your home or keeping your dog. A Boulder City man faced that conundrum after his 6-year-old dog bit a man. The man's insurance company gave him an ultimatum. If you own a dog, the same thing could happen to you. More>>
A wild horse roundup in northern Nevada has ended, for now. Phase one of the Tuscarora Gather captured 636 horses, but 21 mustangs died during the operation, mostly from a combination of stress, heat, and dehydration. More>>
Wild horse advocates have accused the Bureau of Land Management of contempt, because the agency went to extraordinary lengths to keep the public from being able to observe a horse roundup over the past few days in which 21 mustangs died. More>>
The Clean Water Coalition was created to coordinate programs to treat and return wastewater to Lake Mead. The agency has been charging residents millions per year for future projects that are now all but dead. So why is the CWC considering huge raises and other goodies? More>>
Critics say taxi officers are not doing enough to enforce existing laws against long-hauling. By some estimates, thousands of long-hauls take place every day. So what are all those taxi officers doing if they're not policing cabs and cab drivers? More>>
Nevada has always been known for its mineral riches, especially gold and silver. Now, oil experts are predicting a liquid bonanza is in Nevada's future. I-Team Chief Investigative Reporter George Knapp and Photojournalist Matt Adams have the details. More>>
The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has put a laser focus on BP and their operations all over the planet. Turns out, the oil giant has left a trail of toxic waste in Nevada. But is there also a BP link to wild horse roundups? More>>
New figures show BP Oil is falling short of what it promised it could do to clean up spills in the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf might seem like a long way from Nevada, but our state has also been on the receiving end of BP promises, and they didn't work out well either. More>>
One of the world's best known Las Vegas sports bettors is at the center of a multi-million dollar rip-off. More>>
