Joblessness hit a new high in Las Vegas and across the state last month, as the unemployment rate soared to 14.2 percent locally and 13.7 percent statewide.
MINDEN — A judge in Douglas County has raised bail to $5,000 for a woman charged with witness tampering in a case against her boyfriend.
A federal indictment charging four men with trying to extort money from outlet mall kiosk operators has brought to light the heightened activities of the much-feared Israeli mob in Las Vegas.
Larry Golding is not like you. Not to be rude, but Golding, a professor of kinesiology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, almost certainly has more patience.
Several hundred people marched on the Strip on Saturday evening in support of comprehensive immigration reform and against the newly passed law in Arizona.
Follow the link for the state softball playoff schedule in all four classes.
Follow the link for play-by-play coverage of the final game of the Class 4A baseball tournament.
LAMAR, Colo. — With the season on the line, Bryce Harper stepped up to lead the College of Southern Nevada to the Junior College World Series. Harper went 6-for-6 with four home runs and nine RBIs as the Coyotes defeated Central Arizona 25-11 today in the championship game of the NJCAA Western District Tournament.
Follow the link for play-by-play coverage of Rancho vs. Bishop Gorman in the Class 4A baseball final first game.
The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for areas above 3,000 feet in Southern Nevada until 3 a.m. Sunday.
SALT LAKE CITY — A new private college planned for Nevada would promote values of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and provide an alternative to BYU.
It’s a jam-packed primary field out there this year. Read about the candidates in all the races in the June 8 election in our voting guide. There are a record number of candidates, at least 450.
As early voting kicked off today, more people headed to the polls in this year’s primaries than voted on the first day of the early voting in 2008.
LAMAR, Colo. — Willie Johnson, Bryan Karraker and A.J. Schugel each hit two home runs as Central Arizona defeated the College of Southern Nevada 21-14 in the NJCAA Western District Tournament.
BEIJING (AP) — The youngest climber to reach the peak of Mount Everest hugged his tearful companions and told them he loved them. Then 13-year-old Jordan Romero took the satellite phone and called his mom.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The gooey oil washing into the maze of marshes along the Gulf Coast could prove impossible to remove, leaving a toxic stew lethal to fish and wildlife, government officials and independent scientists said.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The season ended for Virginia’s women’s lacrosse team. Who knows if the grief ever will?