In this banking climate, some community banks just can’t win, no matter when or how the economy improves, analysts say.
Las Vegas real estate agent Frank Nason has read numerous reports about Nevada leading the nation in foreclosures and the “phantom inventory” of foreclosures coming down the pike.
Often overshadowed by some of the bigger names in mixed martial arts, Miguel Torres might rank second to none in terms of talent.
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Jimmie Johnson’s quest to win a record fourth straight Cup title remains intact but in the back of his mind. Front and center is winning on a road course.
Gil Meche pitched five effective innings Saturday in his second minor league rehabilitation start, leading the Omaha Royals to an 8-4 victory over the 51s in the Pacific Coast League in Omaha, Neb.
Barely a year after sustaining a season-ending shoulder injury, UNLV linebacker Starr Fuimaono found himself badly hurt again.
PHILADELPHIA — BJ Penn again proved to be one of the world’s best 155-pound mixed martial artists.
RENO — The woman suing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for alleged sexual assault has been accused of bragging about having consensual sex with him to a co-worker.
Gary Shaw is certain of it. He thinks boxing still has it over mixed martial arts in one specific way. He has no doubt that when a megafight occurs, when a Manny Pacquiao steps into a ring and faces a Ricky Hatton, when so many movie stars show up that Denzel Washington is relegated to the 15th row, when the lights are blinding and the buzz deafening, the advantage still falls to boxing.
Joey Rickard and Jeff Malm played key roles in each of Bishop Gorman’s four consecutive state high school baseball championships.
A woman was killed Saturday morning when her Toyota sedan went off state Route 165 near the small town of Nelson, about 40 miles southeast of Las Vegas.
Monday’s National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 will bring a parade of celebrated public policy experts to Las Vegas to discuss greening the country’s economy.
WASHINGTON — The Senate last week confirmed Sonia Sotomayor as the third woman and first Hispanic to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
The next incarnation of Elvis arrived in Las Vegas on Saturday. Twenty-two of the 75 cast members of Cirque du Soleil’s new Elvis show received a “Viva Las Vegas” welcome at McCarran’s international terminal after a flight from Montreal, Cirque’s headquarters.
Death Valley National Park spokesman Terry Baldino said visitors find all kinds of ways to get themselves in trouble in the Western Hemisphere’s hottest spot, from overextending themselves on trails and roads to ignoring warning signs from the park service and their own bodies. Often, though, the worst mistakes — the deadly kind — are the ones people make before they ever leave the house. Baldino said the recent death of 11-year-old Carlos Sanchez serves as a stark reminder of that.
You know, some days I don’t know whether to drop dead or jump in the lake.
A couple of weeks ago, a bartender who works the morning shift called in sick because her son, a 4-year-old with mild cerebral palsy, had pink eye. The little boy was miserable and irritable, so his mother stayed home.
A study on emergency responses to 911 callers found that a small group of “super users” is blitzing the system with serial requests for transports that often aren’t paid for.
To help keep the H1N1 flu virus from quickly spreading through schools in the fall, public health officials and educators will try to give students and staff more space, which could include everything from moving desks farther apart to having classes outdoors.
RENO — The recession hasn’t slowed the passion or the spending of serious classic car collectors.
Linda Lera-Randle El, longtime director of the Straight from the Streets homeless outreach program, this week reacted with a heavy sigh to news about more cuts to social service programs for the poorest residents of Clark County.
I’m the fourth Road Warrior to pen this column since its inception. And the first woman.
