The National Hot Rod Association and Las Vegas Motor Speedway announced Thursday a plan to offer reduced ticket prices for next month’s Summit Racing.com NHRA Nationals.
Bishop Gorman and Centennial thought their seasons were over when they were bounced from the Class 4A Sunset Region girls soccer playoffs Feb. 26.
Overlooked in Craig Thompson’s push for an eight-team college football playoff is the potential leverage the Mountain West Conference commissioner possesses.
Upset after not being invited to the NFL scouting combine last month, Frank Summers used the snub as motivation during UNLV’s pro day workout before 13 teams Thursday.
It’s a constant buzz that begins in January and becomes deafening in early March. As unavoidable as it might seem, Lon Kruger claims he tunes out the noise.
It’s time to share some stuff found at the bottom of my reporter’s tool box while cleaning it out after Sunday’s Shelby 427 Sprint Cup race.
The West Coast Conference officially lists Loyola Marymount’s record as 3-27. Coach Max Good says his team is 2-4.
Before last season, his 15th in professional baseball, Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko hadn’t spent a day on the disabled list.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — The federal government has awarded a $20.3 million contract to a Hurricane, Utah, firm for a variety of work at a popular recreation area along the Colorado River about 12 miles south of Hoover Dam.
CARSON CITY — Gaming and mining leaders told legislators Thursday that their industries have been hard hit by the recession and cannot afford to be targeted for tax increases as a way to bail out state government.
The number of residential mortgage loans in Nevada that are either delinquent or in foreclosure reached 18 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, second only to Florida’s 20 percent rate, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Thursday.
Four Las Vegas residents were arrested Thursday on charges that include possession of weapons and tax evasion in a raid conducted by the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
With plans by President Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. ground forces in Iraq and end their combat operations by August 2010, air support from remotely piloted Predator spy planes controlled from Creech Air Force Base probably will continue, a Nevada-based commander said this week.
RENO — Nevada U.S. Attorney Greg Brower says he expects to be replaced by the Obama administration.
CARSON CITY — Nevada teenagers who ride and rope in high school rodeo events said Thursday that fewer students would represent the state in national competitions if lawmakers approve Gov. Jim Gibbon’s proposed budget cuts for the state Agriculture Department.
CARSON CITY — Lawmakers were urged Thursday to expand Nevada’s “Good Samaritan” law that protects many medical professionals from being sued as a result of their volunteer efforts during natural or man-caused disasters.
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Steven Chu stood firm Thursday under sharp questioning from Senate Republicans, saying Yucca Mountain no longer is an option to store nuclear waste.
There was one winning ticket in the Mega Millions lottery, which was reported incorrectly in Thursday’s Review-Journal. A group of insurance workers from New Jersey will share the $216 million jackpot. It’s the second-largest single-ticket jackpot in New Jersey’s history.
I pulled into Shari’s Diner thinking about the kind of hall-of-fame poker face it took for the Marnells to smile as they opened M Resort in the middle of a roiling recession.
FRESNO, Calif. — A man who believes he saw Steve Fossett’s plane moments before it slammed into a mountain said headwinds were so strong that the plane looked like it was “standing still,” a federal report released Thursday said.
CARSON CITY — About 150 nurses from across the state rallied Thursday at the Legislature, urging lawmakers to support a proposal that would set nurse-to-patient ratios to ensure safety in hospitals.
The last of the Hells Angels who faced federal charges in the 2002 Laughlin River Run shootout was sentenced Thursday.
Brande Roderick, tonight’s slinky celebrity “host” at Tao nightclub inside The Venetian, has filmed most of this season’s “The Celebrity Apprentice.” But Playboy’s 2001 Playmate of the Year can’t tell me whether she will be one of two finalists The Donald chooses from in a live May finale.
Gov. Jim Gibbons on Thursday appointed a private attorney and a deputy public defender to serve as judges in Clark County Family Court.