Matthew Giles was like the bank robber who had gotten away long before anyone knew the vault was empty.
Junior right-hander Tyler Lavigne pitched superbly and got plenty of offensive support as San Diego State routed UNLV 12-1 in Tuesday’s first round of the Mountain West Conference baseball tournament at Fort Worth, Texas.
Health officials say two more children have been found to have had mild cases of swine flu in the Las Vegas area, bringing the number of confirmed cases in Nevada to 31.
CARSON CITY — A legislative plan to raise business taxes could increase taxes on independent contractors — prostitutes and newspaper deliverers, for example — who would be subject to the levy.
CARSON CITY — A bill introduced in the state Senate on Tuesday morning would require newly hired police officers and firefighters to be on the job five years longer, and other new public employees two years longer, before receiving full retirement benefits.
City of Las Vegas officials warned Tuesday that layoffs and service cuts are likely without more concessions from labor unions.
The Clark County School District is accused of acting in “bad faith” with its support staff union, but the complaint is likely to fall on deaf ears because of the state’s budget crisis.
A prominent Nebraska philanthropist accused of failing to repay $14.75 million to Las Vegas casinos is claiming he was plied with drinks and drugs while he ran up big gambling debts.
CARSON CITY — State senators sent a bill that would allow domestic partnerships for gay and opposite-sex couples to Gov. Jim Gibbons on Tuesday.
Danielle Rueda-Watts, a former “Zumanity” dancer, has landed one of the 12 coveted spots on the dance troupe for Michael Jackson‘s “This Is It” comeback.
In a courtroom packed with mourning relatives, Hugo Lee, Sr., told a judge a heartbreaking truth: He forgives his son’s killer.
CARSON CITY — A state Assembly panel voted Tuesday for a bill requiring owners of off-road vehicles to register with the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
CARSON CITY — Legislative leaders emerged from a late-night closed-door meeting Tuesday with a tentative agreement to increase sales taxes by 0.35 percent, boost the top payroll tax rate to 1.17 percent, raise motor vehicle registration taxes and double business license fees.
A proposed gravel quarry in the Las Vegas Valley’s southern tip has a new opponent: the Clark County Commission.
ELKO — Great Basin College will have to further reduce its 2008-09 budget by 2.7 percent and some furloughs will be necessary but it should be able to avoid any layoffs, college president Carl Diekhans said.
This week readers want to know what the appeal process is for a parking citation at McCarran International Airport; and is it legal to put a “student driver” sign on a car if you are not affiliated with a professional driving school?
The Clark County School District police will probably recommend criminal charges against a former Coronado High School varsity football coach who was responsible for more than $10,000 in missing student-generated money, a district police spokesman said Tuesday.
Prosecutors say murder defendant Thayer Burton is a cold-blooded killer who pistol-whipped an Ashley Furniture Homestore manager before shooting him in the back during a failed robbery.
Clark County’s redevelopment program was dissolved Tuesday, freeing up millions of dollars to aid both county and state officials in their financial struggles.
The state Legislature acted unfairly and behind closed doors when it decided to grab almost $100 million from the county in the next two years, Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid said Tuesday.
Cuts made to the current Henderson budget were carried over to the next one on Tuesday night, as City Council members signed off on a $547.9 million spending plan for the fiscal year starting July 1.
Boulder City will reduce spending by more than $1.6 million over the next year under the budget approved by council members Tuesday morning.
The truth is, I’ve never been all that lucky.
The financially strapped city of North Las Vegas adopted a reduced $816.9 million budget for 2010 on Tuesday, following a grim public hearing during which the city manager predicted even tougher economic times ahead.
Defense attorneys for members of the Aryan Warriors on Tuesday denied that their clients belonged to a menacing prison gang aiming to take control of the prison system.
CARSON CITY — The state Senate voted Monday to give final legislative approval to a bill to let officials around Nevada publish an annual list of property taxpayers and their property values on an Internet Web site rather than in newspapers.
A 31-year-old man convicted of killing another man involved in a bad check scheme was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison Tuesday.
RENO — Reno Mayor Bob Cashell said Tuesday Gov. Jim Gibbons lied to him and Sparks Mayor Geno Martini about a voter-approved measure to raise the gas tax in Washoe County.
A last-minute amendment adopted in Carson City last week by the Senate Government Affairs Committee would allow the union that represents Las Vegas police to negotiate wage and benefit contracts directly with the Clark County sheriff, shutting out Clark County commissioners, Las Vegas City Council members and their representatives.