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The Indy Racing League expects to finalize its 2009 schedule within the next month, and there is a remote possibility it could include a stop in Las Vegas.
It wasn’t that long ago that the NBA had a large presence in the Pacific Northwest.
Like the multitude of free agents trying to display their skills at the NBA Summer League, Bobby Brown hopes to make enough of a positive impression that he doesn’t have to spend next year in Europe.
Kyle Busch is the reason for Toyota’s Sprint Cup success this season — not the other way around.
Two good friends of mine and of horse racing, Luke Kruytbosch and Jim Beers, died recently.
The Clark County Education Association was wrong to expel a dissenter from its ranks and was ordered to reimburse Ron Taylor for his expenses in challenging his expulsion, the Local Government Employees-Management Relations Board ruled this week.
• Captions with photos of 2nd Congressional District candidates Jill Derby and Dean Heller were incorrect in Thursday’s Review-Journal. Derby raised $295,512 in the most recent quarter. Heller raised $227,698 in the quarter.
RENO — The general manager of the publicly owned Truckee Meadows Water Authority has submitted her resignation after a vote by directors to consider leasing the area’s water system to private investors.
A 63-year-old Las Vegas man was killed Thursday when a car drove into the path of his motorcycle, Las Vegas police said.
DNA tests have ruled out the possibility that a girl found in Wisconsin this year is Everlyse Cabrera, the North Las Vegas foster child who disappeared in 2006, police said Thursday.
WASHINGTON — The Bureau of Land Management has signed off on a bill that would transfer 502 acres of federal land to Henderson for development around the city airport.
The Nevada Republican Party won’t resume its unfinished state convention as scheduled at the end of this month, the party announced Thursday.
You probably know Wanda Sykes from her roles on CBS’ “The New Adventures of Old Christine” and HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” But I bet you didn’t know she used to buy spy equipment for the National Security Agency.
An off-duty Nevada Highway Patrol sergeant who caused a three-car crash with one fatality smoked marijuana a maximum of four hours before the accident, prosecutors said Thursday. Sgt. Edward Lattin, 46, appeared in Justice Court by teleconference from the Clark County Detention Center, where he has been held since his Tuesday arrest on one felony count of driving under the influence resulting in death. The offense carries a penalty of two to 20 years in prison without the possibility of probation.
A 47-year-old man wanted in connection with a Nye County slaying was arrested Thursday at a downtown Las Vegas hotel room, Las Vegas police said.
Salaries and other compensation for four of five senior executive positions at Sierra Pacific Resources more than doubled over five years, exceeding even recommendations from an expert hired by the company, according to the attorney general’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.
