”Interstate 15” News

Las Vegas gets record Dec. snowfall, 3.6 inches

LAS VEGAS – Flights resumed in and out of Las Vegas , but schools and highways were closed Thursday after a record-setting snowfall coated marquees on the Strip, weighed down palm trees and blanketed surrounding mountain areas.
12 22 2008 3:01PM (...more)

1 dead in Calif. highway plane crash

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A small plane crashed early Friday on a California freeway median, killing one person in the aircraft and slowing rush-hour traffic, fire officials said.
10 6 2007 3:12AM (...more)

Police piece together clues from tragic bus crash

BOISE, Idaho – State Police say they are piecing together information to understand just how a bus carrying a Utah high school band veered off a southeastern Idaho interstate, killing a 33-year-old band teacher and injuring dozens
10 12 2009 8:21PM (...more)

Cliffs and canyon at Utah's Zion Park

ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah - Late each winter, when the snow gets sloppy and the streams get muddy, the same thought begins creeping ever more insistently into my mind: I need green. I need warm. I need spring.
03 18 2008 11:21AM (...more)

Fire strikes Las Vegas hotel-casino

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Fire forced guests and staff toevacuate the 3,000-room Monte Carlo Resort & Casino in LasVegas on Friday, quickly engulfing parts of the upper floors,facade and roof before being brought under control.
01 26 2008 1:37PM (...more)

Southern California forest fire destroys 3 homes

LYTLE CREEK, Calif. – A fire driven by winds of more than 40 mph destroyed three homes and threatened dozens of others in a rugged warren of mountains and canyons northeast of San Bernardino on Saturday. As a huge wall
10 5 2009 3:10AM (...more)

Levitating train from L.A. to Las Vegas gets boost

WASHINGTON - Plans for a levitating train from Las Vegas to Disneyland can move forward under a transportation bill signed by President Bush on Friday that frees up $45 million for the futuristic project.
06 7 2008 12:27PM (...more)

Storm dumps rain and snow across California

LOS ANGELES – A winter storm blanketed California with heavy rain and snow on Monday, forcing the temporary closure
02 19 2009 9:01PM (...more)

Some Calif. survivors return to rubble

SAN DIEGO - Patty Thompson's mouth was dry, her hands shaking, as she stepped out of her car in front of the hulking, blackened piles of concrete and twisted metal that were once her home.
10 25 2007 1:03PM (...more)

Calif. wildfires losses reach $1 billion

LOS ANGELES - Losses from the wildfires ripping across Southern California have reached $1 billion, and economists said Wednesday the tally could be pushed even higher when the final costs of rebuilding and lost tourism are determined.
10 25 2007 10:40AM (...more)