Newly minted Miss America Katie Stam passed many tests with flying colors on her way to the title: she was well-spoken, poised beyond her years, and photogenic as all get out.
Playing three games in three days can drain the energy out of some hockey teams, but the Wranglers excelled in that situation Sunday, sprinting to a three-goal first-period lead against the Victoria Salmon Kings on their way to a 6-2 victory at the Orleans Arena.
Time is running out for the Nevada Pari-Mutuel Association to reach a deal to keep the television signal for several popular horse tracks from being blacked out in the state’s 80 race books.
Heartbreak isn’t new to bowling, but it’s usually not the winner who reflects the most pain.
The stroke that had attorneys for Dr. Dipak Desai reporting to the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners in July that he couldn’t recognize a wristwatch was actually minor, according to the prosecutor working with police investigating the physician and other medical personnel accused of putting Southern Nevadans at risk for hepatitis C and HIV.
Marjorie Barrick would have been pleased with the lecture Thursday named in honor of her and her husband Edward, because it was a good turnout and a good program.
That target on the back of Sen. Harry Reid just keeps getting more tempting.
RENO — John Singlaub has resigned as executive director of the land-use regulatory agency charged with protecting Lake Tahoe, citing the grind of a job tugged by the competing interests of environmentalists and developers.
Your new Miss America thinks 2009 is a great year, partly because, hey hey, SHE became Miss America on Saturday. She said so during her first, post-victory news conference:
Chiropractor Joseph Nicola grew up in Las Vegas, but that doesn’t mean he’ll live the rest of his years here.
Maude Frazier Hall died quietly over the winter holiday break. The cause of her death, as it always is in Las Vegas, was old age. She was 52. Despite the efforts of preservationists, the first building on what would later become UNLV’s campus is gone.
Someday, the stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard from Sahara Avenue to Fourth Street might be 20 feet wider than it is today. … Someday. There’s no immediate widening proposal and no money to pay for construction if there was one.
A Senate Republican has placed an anonymous hold on President Barack Obama’s labor secretary nominee, blocking any immediate vote on the appointment of California Democratic Rep. Hilda Solis.
