The start of the motor sports season is on the horizon, and the outlook is bleak.
The push to rid ourselves of the joke known as the Bowl Championship Series continues to pick up steam.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway opens the drag-racing season this weekend with its annual Blast-Off Testing session.
Long before the recent, rousing success of the National Hockey League’s outdoor Winter Classic, the Las Vegas Strip was the site of an NHL outdoor game.
The death of Joe Hirsch last week elicited heartfelt eulogies from those who were fortunate to know him. Hirsch was the executive columnist for the Daily Racing Form for more than 50 years. His writings will form the foundation of how future generations will look back on the sport.
CARSON CITY — Higher education faced the biggest cuts Thursday in Gov. Jim Gibbons’ budget proposal, which sought to bridge a huge revenue gap in the coming two years.
For heaven’s sake: It’s O.C. at the O.G.
Barack Obama arrived at his destination in a wooden crate, packed in foam, at 9:24 a.m. Thursday.
A casual observer looking at Wednesday’s Las Vegas City Council agenda could be forgiven for missing an item on the proposal for a new city hall.
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a giant federal lands bill Thursday that advances a handful of Nevada projects that were stalled in Congress last year including the study of historical Cold War landmarks.
WASHINGTON — Work assignments for Nevada lawmakers in the new Congress rounded into shape this week.
“Folies Bergere,” the longest-running show on the Strip and one that helped make feathered showgirls the image of Las Vegas, will close March 28 after 49 years.
North Las Vegas State of the City addresses are traditionally upbeat affairs that focus on the bright side of life in the city.
North Las Vegas detectives arrested two of the department’s own officers Thursday, who are suspected of misconduct during a December incident involving a casino patron.
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman greeted the 2009 Miss America contestants Thursday with an offer that pageant organizers emphatically turned down.
A program to encourage global travelers to visit everywhere from Las Vegas resorts to California beaches could be tucked into the $825 billion economic stimulus bill unveiled Thursday in Congress.
A handful of people showed up Thursday to voice their opinions about the way Nevada handles allegations of judicial misconduct.
Nevada has made minor strides in caring for its youngest residents but still lags behind most of the country when it comes to children’s safety, health and education, according to the latest report card from the Children’s Advocacy Alliance.
A man who drove through the gates of Nellis Air Force Base in a U-Haul truck and claimed to have an explosive Thursday afternoon prompted a shutdown of the base for about two hours.
Vince Neil got into an expensive fender-bender near the Hard Rock Hotel on Thursday. I know this because I called him at 4 p.m., and he said, “I just got rear-ended in my Lamborghini.”
CARSON CITY — In a grim State of the State address, Gov. Jim Gibbons Thursday pitched his budget not as a set of drastic cuts, but as the state’s only route back to prosperity, which he said could not be achieved through higher taxes.
The documentary begins with two men rehearsing dialogue in what appears to be a wide-open field. They seem content, dedicated and talented. But then, the camera pulls back and reveals a guard tower, fences and the faces of other prisoners.
Ghostbar can consider itself unique for a lot of things, including the lowercase typography of its name and a reputation as MTV’s home away from home with high-profile gigs on the channel’s “The Real World” and Video Music Awards.