As 3-year-old Zack Sidhu grew tired of the oppressive summer heat in Las Vegas, his mother, Cheri, decided to take him to the now-defunct ice skating rink at Santa Fe Station.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Every time he packs his bags and takes his team on the road, UNLV coach Lon Kruger expects travel hassles. But airport delays are not among his concerns.
Long-hitting Bubba Watson shot a 10-under-par 62 to take a two-stroke lead over Alex Prugh after the second round of the Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta, Calif., which began and ended in driving rain.
Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team made a national reputation by winning two holiday tournaments without sophomore star Shabazz Muhammad, who was out with a hip injury.
Samson’s strength was in his hair. It appears Mark Sanchez’s success is in his scruffy beard. Sanchez, the New York Jets rookie quarterback, has not shaved since Dec. 20, when he threw two interceptions in a regular-season loss to Atlanta.
As a U.S. Senate candidate, Sue Lowden signed a pledge to oppose “any and all tax” increases. As a Republican party official, she denounced mandatory fees as “a tax by another name.”
Sure, December’s jobless numbers look bleak. But Friday’s official unemployment numbers seem positively rosy once you factor in discouraged workers who’ve surrendered the job hunt and part-timers who want full-time positions.
A road-widening job on the Las Vegas Beltway and the 200 jobs it would create will be stalled for months as the case grinds its way through the federal courts.
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Dr. Kenneth Westfield holds a box filled with hundreds of pairs of glasses at his office located at 2575 Lindell Road on Thursday. The Las Vegas ophthalmologist will bring the glasses to Haiti on his annual trip in mid-February, about a month after a 7.0 earthquake devastated its capital city.
As a teacher at the new Sunrise Mountain High School, Terri Galietta disliked seeing the campus littered with plastic bottles.
When you ask for an extra large slice of pie and then eat just a little, your mom is going to remember. The same holds true with the federal government.
All the money raised in a charity event mentioned in Jane Ann Morrison’s column Thursday went to Congregation Ner Tamid and was not split with the Meadows School.
Two Nevadans traveled to South Africa as part of a court reporters delegation convened by the People to People Citizen Ambassador Programs.
The city of Henderson is planning a grand opening for its two latest facilities, a nearly 30,000-square-foot senior center and an aquatic complex at Heritage Park.
Let it snow, let it snow! That was the battle cry heard from people sledding at Lee Canyon on Friday. About 30 people used the day to take advantage of several feet of snow the week’s storms dumped on Mount Charleston.
CARSON CITY — With Nevada at least two years away from emerging from the worst recession in generations, the Economic Forum determined Friday that state government will have $580 million less in tax revenue to spend than what was put in the state budget last June.
A man who died earlier in the week when his pickup slid because of the wet road has been identified as 51-year-old David Lupica.
Reaction from the left to the U.S. Supreme Court’s campaign finance decision this week was nothing sort of astonishing. Meet the new book burners.
The Nevada Fight Fraud Taskforce is warning Las Vegas residents to be wary of a potential fundraising scam soliciting donations for their local police departments.
Gasoline prices have declined every day for a week locally and nationally, but are more than 40 percent higher than a year ago.
Las Vegans who complain about driving in the metropolitan area should ponder the predicament of low-income, small-town residents who have no car and no access to intracity bus or taxi service.
Bank of Las Vegas will jump to the No. 3 in assets of community banks in Southern Nevada on Feb. 1.
It’s an overused term yet to be fully embraced by the average consumer, but “green building” dominated the 2010 International Builders Show in Las Vegas, from seminars to the 1,100 exhibitors of home-building products, materials and construction techniques.