Clark County officials have launched an online dashboard that allows the public to track real-time coroner’s office data about how people died. “I really wanted to get to where we were sharing information and being transparent as to what we’re seeing in our communities,” Melanie Rouse, the coroner of nearly five years, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal during an interview to discuss her office’s 2025 statistics. Last year, the office saw drops in homicides, drug deaths, and heat fatalities compared with 2024, according to figures provided by Rouse’s office. The Clark County coroner’s office investigates all deaths in the county that occur outside a medical setting, including those that are natural, sudden, accidental, or the result of homicide. The office conducts autopsies, confirms identifications, and locates next of kin. In addition to Clark County, it serves Lincoln, White Pine, and Nye counties.…