CARSON CITY — The Supreme Court rejected Thursday embattled District Judge Elizabeth Halverson’s claim that she should not have to face re-election this November, two years after being elected to the bench.
With legal fireworks sales struggling to get off the ground, local fire department officials are hoping today will be just another day for crews.
Almost three weeks after he crashed two vehicles in six hours and got arrested on a drunken driving charge, Nye County District Attorney Bob Beckett finally cleared up one bit of speculation: The long-time prosecutor plans to continue his campaign for district judge.
CARSON CITY — Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Wolfson and gaming executive Jeffrey Gilbert were appointed Thursday to serve as temporary members of the Commission on Judicial Selection.
NEW YORK — When staff members at a Brooklyn hospital spotted a middle-aged woman lying facedown on a waiting room floor last month, the sight hardly seemed like cause for alarm.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — A dozen people who lost their lives in a propane tanker explosion 35 years ago will be honored Saturday in a memorial. Honor Guard members from Henderson and other fire departments throughout the region will be among the more than 500 people who will gather in a remembrance of the blast.
For a World War II veteran whose career as a Navy pilot often sent him into the teeth of anti-aircraft fire to narrowly escape bullets and flak, one wouldn’t think that a few firecrackers on the Fourth of July would bother Mike Krouse.
Unless I miss my guess, any vocal political opposition to the “More Cops” sales tax increase has just been cuffed and stuffed.
A Romanian woman visiting Southern Nevada for the Fourth of July and an Arizona man boating with family died in unrelated incidents Thursday in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
RENO — The University of Nevada, Reno marching band and supporters are refusing to yield to budget cuts that threaten the band’s existence.
In a District Court security breach, a contracted vendor released personal information on about 380 potential jurors to an employee’s private e-mail address, court officials said Thursday.
Comedian Katt Williams came close to death while on a 100-city tour that ends in Las Vegas this weekend.
Lori Jensen’s name will not ring out with even the most hard-core of poker aficionados, but she has used the professional poker circuit to pay her way through school and travel the country.
CARSON CITY — Supporters of independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader announced Thursday they have collected more than 12,000 signatures, double the amount needed to put their candidate’s name on Nevada’s November ballot.
Timothy Castro performs in Moliere’s hilarious “The School for Wives” with a perpetual smirk — that is, when he’s not weeping or cursing the fates or grimacing in emotional pain.
There’s a blissful, adolescent silliness at the core of director Jesse Berger’s “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” that goes a long way in getting us to enjoy the sometimes preposterous events of Shakespeare’s early comedy.
“The Taming of the Shrew” is the most controversial production at the Utah festival this summer, and it’s easy to see why.
Director David Ivers’ “Cyrano de Bergerac” is a rarity: a near-great production of a great play, as romantic as it is funny, adventurous and glorious on the ear and eye.
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At a preshow Utah festival orientation, a moderator asked who in the audience had never seen “Fiddler on the Roof.” Not a single person raised a hand. The good news is, this production demonstrates why the 1964 musical deserves that kind of popularity.
Bravo, America — 232 years old and not a single Botox injection, not a trace of liposuction and you’ve got all your original parts. (That’s more than can be said for some of your citizens.)
Hot 97.5 FM’s “Get Silly Summer Takeover,” featuring V.I.C., Hot Styles, Karina Pasian and Mishon, takes place at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay on Aug. 2. General admission tickets are $19.75 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the House of Blues box office, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and Ticketmaster outlets.