🌱 Plane Has 'Hard Landing' At LAS + Weekend Road Closures

Good morning, Las Vegas! Let's get you started this Saturday with everything you need to know going on today in Las Vegas.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and cool. High: 62 Low: 42.

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Here are the top 4 stories today in Las Vegas:

1. Passengers flying on a red-eye flight early Friday morning have quite the story to tell as a landing gear issue reportedly caused their plane to experience a "hard landing" at Harry Reid International Airport. According to an airport spokesman, a Sun Country plane heading to Minneapolis, Minnesota, turned around mid-flight to make a hard landing just before 1:30 a.m. after the landing gear collapsed. Fortunately, none of the 56 people on board were hurt. (Las Vegas Patch)
2. Clark County announced a weekend closure is coming to a southwest valley intersection to prepare new flood channel installations. The closure was announced on Friday, stating that parts of Silverado Ranch Boulevard and Arville Street will be closed from Friday, Feb. 4, through Sunday, Feb. 6. (3 News)
3. A 20-year-old woman, Aundria Bateman, was arrested this week after police said she forced a runaway Las Vegas girl into prostitution. According to court records, Bateman has been charged with sex trafficking a child under 16, child abuse or neglect, and living from the earning of a prostitute. The 14-year-oldvictim was brought to Summerlin Hospital last September due to being under the influence of narcotics. At the time, hospital staff suspected that the girl had been the victim of trafficking and alerted authorities. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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Today in Las Vegas:

• Bilingual Family Fun Storytime At Summerlin Library (10:30 AM)
• Vitalant Blood Drive At Sunrise Library (10:30 AM)
• Music & Movement At Sahara West Library (11:00 AM)
• Let's Play Chess! At Rainbow Library (2:00 PM)
• Makershop Sewing At Sunrise Library (2:30 PM)

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From my notebook:

• The City of Las Vegas announced some downtown road closures for this weekend for the Spring Festival Parade, including Fremont Street from Maryland Pkwy. to 7th St. (Facebook)
• The Las Vegas Valley Water District reminds residents that winter watering restrictions are still in effect and landscape irrigation should be limited to one assigned day per week. (Facebook)
• Spending some time outdoors this weekend? The US National Weather Service Las Vegas Nevada reports northerly breezes near Lake Mohave that will last through Sunday. (Facebook)

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— Dominique-Noelle Rafael

About me: Dominique is a self taught UX/UI designer based in Princeton, NJ. She recently graduated from the University of Maryland last spring with a bachelor's degree in Information Science. She is excited to begin working on the Patch newsletter project this year!