After watching his team get outrebounded by a smaller Cimarron-Memorial club, Sierra Vista coach Kent Johnson challenged his big men at halftime to go to the glass. Cimarron-Memorial at Sierra Vista
When called off the bench, Kendall Wallace usually fills a complementary role for UNLV. But he stepped into a much different situation Tuesday night.
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Kids in Pennsylvania shouldn’t blame Santa Claus if he leaves their state off his Christmas list. After all, old Saint Nick hasn’t been greeted warmly there.
It was supposed to be P’Allen Stinnett’s triumphant return home. But Booker Woodfox was the life of the party and took over the Orleans Arena as if he were a native Las Vegan.
Folks from West Las Vegas once called F Street the gateway to their community. A dirt wall on F Street near Bonanza Road now separates this historically black neighborhood from the rest of the city.
Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada will serve a traditional Christmas dinner to Las Vegas Valley’s homeless and needy on Thursday.
If you’re looking for a parking space at McCarran International Airport over the weekend, the best advice might be to call ahead.
Las Vegas tourist Evan Burgstahler already upgraded his accommodations from Excalibur to Monte Carlo to Encore and his New Year’s vacation hasn’t even started.
Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death in Nevada for people ages 1 to 44, according to a report released Tuesday.
In observance of Christmas, Henderson City Hall will close at noon today and reopen at 7:30 a.m. Friday.
North Las Vegas police on Tuesday arrested a department patrol officer accused of exposing himself and trying to coerce women into performing sexual activities to get out of traffic tickets.
Overloaded electrical wiring to holiday lights is believed to have sparked a fire Tuesday morning in a Las Vegas house, where a firefighter suffered minor injuries when he fell through a hole in the roof while battling the blaze.
The son of convicted Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols was being sought in Las Vegas on an arrest warrant after he was indicted on charges that he stole a motorcycle, authorities said Tuesday.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Ethics Commission has no legal authority to hear complaints filed by residents against state legislators, a judge ruled Tuesday.
This week readers want to know when Silverado Ranch Boulevard in the southern valley is going to be extended west of Interstate 15 to Decatur Boulevard, why motorists can’t turn at Donovan Way and Craig Road, and whether a four-wheel drive vehicle is adequate for the snow on Mount Charleston or are snow tires or chains also necessary. And the Road Warrior shares a special holiday wish.
WASHINGTON — California is urging federal regulators to turn down the Energy Department’s bid to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, charging analysts did not fully study how the plan would affect Death Valley groundwater and the state’s transportation networks.
Nearly endless opportunities for appeals can render the courts as efficient as a Chevy Vega. Criminal defendants convicted at trial can drag their cases out for a decade by claiming, one at a time, that virtually every facet of a proceeding led to a wrongful conviction. Or they can contest one issue again and again … and again. The totality of the evidence against a defendant becomes irrelevant.
Don Gustavson is batting a big fat .000 after three efforts to repeal Nevada’s motorcycle helmet law. But the Republican assemblyman from Sparks is prepared to give it a fourth shot when lawmakers reconvene in Carson City come February.
Marble rye’s one of those beloved East Coast foods that is so difficult to find west of the Mississippi, but readers have several sources for Rosemary Nahay, who’s trying to find it.
Caesars Asian Station at Cypress Street Marketplace, Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South, received 17 demerits Dec. 8. Violations included raw products stored over ready-to-eat items. GRADE: B