West
Las Vegas boy, 11, lost his face after he was struck by truck while cycling to school: mother
An 11-year-old boy suffered life-threatening injuries after he was hit by a pickup truck in Las Vegas as he was on a sidewalk riding his electric bicycle to school, his mother says.
Rayan Kim was struck on Tuesday at around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Cactus Avenue and Cliff Lake Street by a 2012 Nissan Frontier while he was on his way to Gunderson Middle School.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said Rayan was riding his bicycle on the sidewalk of Cactus Avenue when he was hit, knocking him off the bike, before he was run over by the truck.
“I miss my son,” his mother told KLAS. “I’m scared.”
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Rayan Kim was hit by a pickup truck as he was on a sidewalk riding his electric bicycle to school. (GoFundMe)
Rayan suffered life-threatening injuries from the crash and was transported to University Medical Center. His injuries include a fracture to his jaw and facial bones, a broken left arm, severe road rash to his skin, hemorrhage on his brain, bleeding and losing half his right ear.
“He lost his right ear, skin, and face,” his mother said.
The boy’s mother told KSNV that he left home for school on the morning of the incident and said, “Mom, I love you.”
“That’s the last time I heard his voice,” she said.
In an update shared Friday on a GoFundMe page created to support Rayan’s surgeries and recovery, family friend Kristen Penny said the boy is alive but will still require further surgeries. She revealed that he is responsive and can hear. Penny called it a “miracle” that he remains alive.
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Rayan Kim was struck on Tuesday at around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Cactus Avenue and Cliff Lake. (GoFundMe)
“After Rayan’s two hour surgery, doctors still are not 100% on his eye sight,” Penny wrote. “His hearing is also not fully recovered but with more surgery we are all hopeful! Bones surrounding his eyes will need surgery and wiring. The breathing tube is out of his mouth but they have made an incision on his throat to run the breathing tube through much easier. The road rash on his skin will need separate surgery and be removed hopefully next week with skin from his thigh. At this time we are also not sure about the movement on the right side of his body and we pray he will make a fast recovery!”
The driver, 39-year-old Leo Gonzalez-Ceron, was not injured in the crash. Police said he stayed at the scene after the collision and that he did not appear to be impaired at the time of the incident.
Police are urging drivers to be aware of their surroundings at intersections after back-to-back bicyclist crashes involving children last week alone.
“We don’t [need] more victims,” Rayan’s mother told KLAS. “We must teach and show them what real love is and what is safe, and how to save future children.”
Rayan Kim suffered life-threatening injuries from the crash. (GoFundMe)
Penny said on the GoFundMe page that Rayan “is such a bright light in everyone’s life and a very caring older brother to his younger sister and younger brother,” adding that he was very involved in his Catholic Church and enjoys jiu-jitsu and the clarinet.
The GoFundMe page has raised more than $53,000 of a $100,000 goal as of Sunday morning.
The boy’s middle school also set up donations and asked community members to drop off cards and gift cards for Rayan and his family on Friday.
“He’s always by my side and affects everyone’s life,” Rayan’s mother told KLAS.
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Montana
Christi Jacobsen enters race for Western House seat
HELENA, Mont. — Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen is running for Montana’s Western Congressional District seat, entering the race a day after U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke announced he would not seek reelection.
Jacobsen’s announcement sets up a new contest for the open seat after Zinke, a Republican, said he would seek reelection.
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Nevada
Kalshi Enforcement Action Belongs in Nevada Court, Judge Says
Nevada state court is the proper venue for reviewing whether KalshiEX LLC is improperly accepting sports wagers without a license, a federal district court said.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board showed that the state statutes under which it seeks relief don’t require interpreting federal law, Judge Miranda M. Du of the US District Court for the District of Nevada said in a Monday order. The board’s action is now remanded to the First Judicial District Court in Carson City, Nev., the order said.
The board in 2025 urged Kalshi, a financial services company, to get a gaming license, but the …
New Mexico
What to know: Election Day 2026 in Rio Rancho
Polls are now open in Rio Rancho where voters are set to elect a new mayor and decide several key measures Tuesday.
RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Rio Rancho voters are set to elect a new mayor and decide several key measures Tuesday in one of New Mexico’s fastest growing cities.
Voters will make their way to one of the 14 voting centers open Tuesday to decide which person will become mayor, replacing Gregg Hull. These six candidates are running:
Like Albuquerque, Rio Rancho candidates need to earn 50% of the votes to win. Otherwise, the top two candidates will go to a runoff election.
Regardless of who wins, this will be the first time Rio Rancho voters will elect a new mayor in over a decade. Their priorities include addressing crime and how fast the city is growing, as well as improving infrastructure and government transparency, especially as the site of a new Project Ranger missile project.
The only other race with multiple candidates is the District 5 city council seat. Incumbent Karissa Culbreath faces a challenge from Calvin Ducane Ward.
Voters will also decide the fate of three general obligation bonds:
- $12 million to road projects
- $4.3 million to public safety facility projects
- $1.2 million to public quality of life projects
- e.g., renovating the Esther Bone Memorial Library
The polls will stay open until 7 p.m.
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