U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said this week the climate change bill that passed the House of Representatives could not get enough votes to pass the Senate.
Prodded by community activists outraged by the campus conditions at West Prep Academy, the Clark County School Board scheduled a special meeting for Aug. 5.
When the SAGE Commission started its work a year ago, Chairman Bruce James was optimistic, Carole Vilardo was hopeful, and David Goldwater was skeptical.
A 48-year-old motorcyclist was killed Tuesday night when a 15-year-old boy driving a sport utility vehicle pulled out of an apartment complex and hit him.
He’ll pay a fine and be on probation, but a doctor linked to a hepatitis outbreak can once again treat patients in Nevada.
If you’re one of those drivers who wonder whether even more construction can be done on Interstate 15 than is already under way, the answer is yes.
ST. GEORGE, Utah — Authorities have identified the man killed in a single-engine plane crash in southern Utah.
Most Las Vegas City Council members are still interested in building a new city hall.
CARSON CITY — In what seemed like a political campaign message, Gov. Jim Gibbons said Wednesday that the “Buckley/Horsford Tax Increase of 2009” will hurt the Nevada economy and citizens who already are suffering because of the recession.
A story in Wednesday’s edition listed the wrong date for when Henderson’s new Ward 2 City Council member will be sworn in. The new member will be appointed on July 8 and sworn in during the July 21 council meeting.
A contested bid for one of the final phases of the Mob Museum was awarded Wednesday by the Las Vegas City Council, but the dispute between two contractors vying for the job might not be over.
The Aryan Warriors abided by their own manifesto, a list of rules written by gang members and updated over the years. It is proof, according to prosecutors, that the prison gang was a criminal organization and its members had to follow the leadership’s directives.
A North Las Vegas Fire Department captain was indicted Wednesday on several felony charges, including arson, that stem from a false insurance claim filed to erase a debt, the state attorney general’s office said.
Two more defendants have been named in a federal cocaine trafficking case stemming from the kidnapping of a 6-year-old boy from his Las Vegas home in October.
For the first time in a decade, you won’t see the rockets’ red glare during the Las Vegas Philharmonic’s Fourth of July concert.
Yahoo Answers is a site where people ask questions about every topic out there, whether it’s fashion, health or relationships. But one site has a little fun with the subject. At fwya.tumblr.com, they go on Yahoo Answers and ask ridiculous questions, then post screen captures of the responses. Questions, ranging from “How can Alaska be part of the US and part of Canada at the same time?” and “How many years do you get in jail for robbing a bank?” spark answers that are hilarious.
To oldsters, and not-quite-oldsters, it’s like seeing an old friend you had thought to be long dead.
Turning our gaze toward our own navels and picking the lint out of our media belly buttons, we pose this multiple-choicer:
Is there room for “American Idol” on a downsized Strip? Producer Barrie Cunningham is hoping that a former-contestant cavalcade he’s staging at the South Point this weekend will drum up interest in a possible permanent Las Vegas show.
A series of 24 hand-painted images by Dennis Angel, entitled “Desert Transplants,” is on display in the Las Vegas Aerial Gallery downtown on Las Vegas Boulevard.
It’s one of those stereotypical, never-forget moments that brightens the dreams of most every aspiring musician.
Two nights of fireworks await fans of the Las Vegas 51s, the local Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, when the team hosts the Reno Aces today and Friday at Cashman Field, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North.
Balmain, the upscale French fashion label, has achieved quite the fashion coup. Its Spring ’09 collection tipped its hat to Michael Jackson and, if the current King of Pop frenzy is an accurate gauge, we can only presume it will be spinning that same hat into a screaming audience — a la the late MJ himself.
When GraceAnn Nipper decided to sell her Henderson home, she wanted to do it fast. But, Nipper understood she wasn’t exactly alone in her endeavor. With 21,181 units on the market in May, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, she knew she had her work cut out for her.
The ninth annual BET Awards were in full salute form Sunday night to honor Michael Jackson. From homage performances to artists sharing their favorite King of Pop story before each commercial break, it was all MJ all night. The red carpet was no exception.