“Altar Boyz” borrows from everything. It’s “Forever Plaid,” “Godspell,” “Jersey Boys” and an ‘N Sync concert on a good night. In the hands of director Mike Scheneman and choreographer Nolan Christopher, the Off-Strip Productions/Onyx Theatre show is first-rate.
They had a party as the Rebels kicked Jimmer Fredette and then-No. 12 Brigham Young to the curb Saturday afternoon. When they left, UNLV led the Far West, which is what the sports writers back east call the Pacific-10, Mountain West, Western Athletic Conference and Gonzaga, in basketball attendance.
Junior guard Tre’Von Willis is attracting awards, and UNLV is back in the national rankings. Everyone likes to be appreciated and recognized, but Willis also knows the importance of perspective.
The dominating performance of Randy Couture in the main event of UFC 109 on Saturday night might have been enough to earn the five-time Ultimate Fighting Championship champion another title shot.
Traci Parks’ season debut for Mojave’s girls basketball team didn’t come until the day after the Rattlers lost to Arbor View on Jan 19.
Cranes took up position at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and McWilliams Avenue on Monday to start the delicate work of relocating vintage neon signs, the first stage in remaking the corner known as the Neon Boneyard.
At 69, Smokey Robinson is still at the heart of the music industry. Nine days ago, the King of Motown was front and center at the Grammys for its big Michael Jackson tribute.
A story on Page One of Saturday’s Review-Journal contained an error. Paris Las Vegas and Bally’s are owned by Harrah’s Entertainment.
Teachers and union activists who gathered to watch the governor’s State of the State address resembled a Super Bowl party with their big-screen TV, deli sandwiches and occasional jeers.
Jacob Hafter, a Las Vegas attorney whose clients are suing two local hospitals for shoddy care, will run for attorney general of Nevada.
A swath of the north Las Vegas Valley that was home to Columbian mammoths and other animals from the ice ages would be preserved under a Bureau of Land Management plan.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — The constitutionality of law enforcement raids conducted at a polygamist community ranch in Texas will not be litigated in Arizona after all.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons lashed out at state lawmakers on Monday, blaming them for the state’s fiscal crisis even as he called them into a special session to consider government spending cuts.
Federal land managers said Monday they will delay a roundup this month of most of the nearly 600 wild horses in a range in eastern Nevada, at least until after the herd’s spring foaling season.
Allegations that Gov. Jim Gibbons had an extramarital affair have cropped up again, just in time to distract from his State of the State address.
Oswaldo Garibay apologized to his victim’s family, though he knew it would not ease the burden of their loss.
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s doctor pleaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star at a brief hearing that had all of the trappings of another sensational celebrity courtroom drama.
Students are being encouraged to skip class today at UNLV to protest another round of state budget cuts.
Moments into Republican U.S. Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian’s recent Review-Journal editorial board meeting, he was off and running with an intensity that gave me a slight sense of déjá vu.
RENO — Overtime and compensatory time have increased in more than two dozen agencies since Nevada lawmakers imposed unpaid furloughs on state workers to save money, according to a newspaper analysis.
Think you can plan a picnic at Red Rock Canyon with a couple of other families without much trouble? Think your federal taxes and park entrance fees are enough to cover the Bureau of Land Management’s maintenance costs? Think you have a right to peaceably assemble at one of Southern Nevada’s natural treasures?
MGM Mirage wants to divest itself from its Atlantic City holdings by placing its 50 percent ownership stake in the Borgata resort and its vacant land into a trust arrangement.
The Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas, a five-diamond hotel at the troubled resort community in Henderson, told its 340 employees Monday that it will close on May 2.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in mysterious lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2, shuts down 215 in northwest Las Vegas
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Asian grocery store looks to add new location near Summerlin