The burly police officer swaggered past me, casually opened the driver’s door and slid in behind the wheel.
It was black, it was bad, and I wanted it. No, that’s an understatement. I wanted to be it.
Josh “Chop” Towbin will serve as the master of ceremonies for the “fill the food bank” fundraising portion of “Dish Las Vegas,” a first-time Three Square fundraiser at Springs Preserve that will bring celebrity chefs and entertainers together for a culinary arts adventure on April 3. Chop will be on stage throughout the evening, encouraging audience members to donate much-needed supplies to stock the shelves of Three Square’s new facility.
After more than 30 years in the automotive business, Tom Downer is still passionate about cars and car sales.
While other car dealerships are being forced to close their doors, Chapman Dodge is cutting the ribbon on a brand-new showroom and already selling cars off the lot.
To celebrate the smart fortwo’s first anniversary, smart center Las Vegas will host “Eat Smart, Drive Smart, Live Smart,” a celebration for current and future smart fortwo owners. The event will take place Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. and is open to the public.
While nearly all prize ponies have long since left the barn, BMW has decided to wait for all the pushing and shoving to subside before letting loose its prized Z4 thoroughbred.
The second edition of the revitalized Mint 400 begins north of Las Vegas on Saturday, but the essence of the legendary desert race takes over Fremont Street today.
A standout football player from Bishop Gorman High School made his first court appearance Thursday after his arrest on several felonies that stem from an attack on his ex-girlfriend.
The $6 million Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest race, highlights a mind-boggling $21 million card Saturday at Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, but 3-year-olds prepping for the Kentucky Derby will merit plenty of attention this weekend, too.
Some mornings begin with tears racing down my cheeks, and that’s even before I look in a mirror.
Maybe the Mountain West Conference looked at UNLV’s seven home football games next season and tried to balance out its schedule.
Chaparral baseball coach Todd Faranda learned the game under two of the best high school coaches to come through Southern Nevada.
A Toronto newspaper is reporting that fans of the NHL Montreal Canadiens would welcome the idea of having Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte take over the storied franchise.
It’s hard to think of a living punk band more revered than Bad Religion. So because they’re playing Saturday at Extreme Thing at Desert Breeze Skate Park, I called to chat with singer Greg Graffin in his UCLA office on Thursday.
North Las Vegas hopes to soon wrap up negotiations with its three employee unions that would potentially delay or eliminate its employees’ cost-of-living raises for a year, saving the financially strapped city about $13.5 million, City Manager Gregory Rose said Wednesday.
A smaller crowd, only in the hundreds, showed up Thursday at UNLV’s Academic Mall for another rally against proposed state budget cuts. A few thousand protesters attended the first rally in January. Some students signed form letters to legislators in Carson City protesting the cuts. Gov. Jim Gibbons has proposed cutting the university system’s budget by 36 percent.
Funny what passes for good news in bad economic times.
CARSON CITY — Former Agency for Nuclear Projects administrator Bob Loux burst into tears Thursday night after the Ethics Commission found on a 3-2 vote he did not break state ethics laws by boosting his salary and that of his staff beyond levels approved by the Legislature.
CARSON CITY — A plan allowing no-warrant seizures of funds on prepaid debit or stored-value cards, to block money-smuggling by drug-dealers or financing for terrorists, was approved Thursday by a state Senate panel despite critics’ constitutional concerns.
CARSON CITY — Members of a Senate-Assembly budget panel said Thursday they want to find funding to keep state museums operating as close to current levels as possible, rejecting Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proposed cuts that would close some museums or cut hours.
Two men working on 15th-floor windows outside the Encore were rescued after the scaffolding they were working on was tossed by wind Thursday morning.
Las Vegas attorney Philip Singer, who was temporarily suspended in November, resolved his disciplinary proceedings Thursday by agreeing to accept disbarment.