Rep. Dean Heller renewed accusations Wednesday that Sen. John Ensign is dodging questions surrounding an extramarital affair and could be hurting GOP candidates.
Las Vegas and its employee unions remain far apart on cutting wages, with the city continuing to push for wage cuts while the unions propose giving up some raises and using furloughs to reduce spending next year.
The Clark County School Board voted unanimously today to seek an outside consultant or search firm to assist them in hiring a new superintendent.
A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday afternoon after a traffic collision on northbound Interstate 15 near Sahara Avenue, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Two young girls were airlifted to University Medical Center this afternoon after they may have fallen from a third-floor balcony at a southwest valley apartment complex. Las Vegas police said.
The Clark County School Board today approved a tentative 2010-11 budget that is $30 million short of closing what is now a $140 million gap created by reduced state funding and declining property tax revenues.
WASHINGTON — The Energy Department’s drive to terminate the Yucca Mountain Project took a surprise turn this week that might either streamline the shutdown or delay it for months or longer.
It was close, but a proposed indoor skydiving business didn’t get clearance for takeoff Wednesday as neighborhood residents and businesses rallied to keep the project grounded.
PAYERNE, Switzerland — At the pace of a fast bicycle, a solar-powered plane took to the skies for its maiden flight Wednesday, passing an important test on the way to a historic voyage around the world – a journey that would not use a drop of fuel. The Solar Impulse lifted off from a military airport at a speed no faster than 28 mph (45 kph) after briefly accelerating down the runway.
Home sales in Las Vegas increased to 3,175 in March, up 32.8 percent from the previous month and up 6.5 percent from the same month a year ago, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign is overseas this week on a Senate-sponsored trip to South Asia along with four other members of Congress, his office confirmed Wednesday.
LOVELOCK — Taking aim at a potential general election foe, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Wednesday criticized Republican candidate Sue Lowden’s new campaign ad in which a Vietnam war veteran praises her for supporting veterans and for touring with Bob Hope in a USO tour to Vietnam several decades ago.
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea sentenced a Boston man to eight years of hard labor and ordered him to pay a $700,000 fine for crossing into the communist country illegally earlier this year, state media reported Wednesday. Aijalon Mahli Gomes, 30, was the fourth American detained by North Korea for illegal entry in less than a year.