Charles Barkley is the players’ favorite for this week’s American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Lake Tahoe.
Either Forrest Griffin was confused, or he doesn’t think he deserved to be the new Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight king.
It’s enough to request early entry into the Denny’s senior menu club, this list of health issues that doctors suggest accelerate around age 40.
Being a starting pitcher in the Triple-A All-Star Game would be a big deal for most players, but not 51s right-hander Jason Johnson.
WASHINGTON — A mortgage rescue plan to save hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure drew overwhelming Senate support Monday, inching toward passage despite Republican objections.
People responded like crazy to my Monday column on “American Idol.” You can read cheers and jeers on my VegasLand blog at reviewjournal.com. And since you all care so much about “Idol,” here’s what singers told me backstage Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
You hear a lot about bravery these days. Stories from the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan speak of the courage of our soldiers in battle.
Employees at Ashley Furniture Homestore consider themselves members of one big family.
In the early weeks after Las Vegas police seized thousands of records from medical offices linked to the hepatitis outbreak, the job of finding and copying patient files often fell to detectives.
The Clark County Commission’s choice for a lobbyist has raised ethical questions.
When Republican Rep. Jon Porter announced plans last week to collect receipts from constituents who are feeling the pinch of high fuel prices, this could not have been what he had in mind.
For the past two weeks, Victoria Coon has been in limbo, anxiously awaiting any information about a possible job as a first-grade teacher with the Clark County School District.
MGM Mirage officials are investigating the death of a dolphin at an aquatic habitat at The Mirage on the Strip.
A woman was killed and another seriously injured Monday morning when a pickup truck smashed into a bus stop on Boulder Highway, again raising questions about the safety of the valley’s bus shelters.
A group of Republican small-business owners gathered Monday to voice support for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, saying the Arizona senator is the candidate they trust to protect their interests if elected.
RENO — Animal rights activists and ranchers are clashing over a federal proposal to euthanize wild horses as a way to deal with their surplus numbers.
WASHINGTON — The Republican Party lost its majority in the House of Representatives in 2006, and is likely to lose more seats in November, but Nevada Republican Dean Heller says he doesn’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing.
An editing error occurred in Monday’s Political Notebook. The deadline to register by mail to vote in the Aug. 12 primary is Saturday. Eligible voters have until Oct. 4 to register by mail to vote in the general election.
The woman found strangled last week inside a sport utility vehicle in a southwest valley neighborhood was identified as 29-year-old Sherryl Guevarra-Sacueza by the Clark County coroner’s office Monday.
The day laborer arrested in the crowbar slaying of a Las Vegas woman had been arrested previously for robbery, police said Monday.
A former Marine who stole thousands of dollars from the accounts of his enlisted comrades was sentenced Monday to 18 years in federal prison.
A proposal for Nevada’s first highway toll lanes is picking up speed in the buildup to the 2009 Legislature. A transportation subcommittee stopped short of recommending the privately funded project last week, but lawmakers sick of dealing with budget cuts are warming to the idea of having someone else pay for needed infrastructure improvements.
For decades now, the green extreme has argued the industries that develop the nation’s natural resources for commercial use ought to be forced off the West’s “public” lands.
It’s far too soon to predict what might happen here in four months, when the state’s voters will help choose the next president. But the continued gains by Democrats in voter registrations bode exceptionally well for Barack Obama in Nevada.
