While the Bureau of Land Management has found plenty of arsenic blowing in the wind at Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, there is something else to sneeze about: palygorskite.
Nevada legislators heard dozens of stories of potential hardship Saturday during a town hall hearing arranged by Democratic leaders who oppose the GOP governor’s $5.8 billion budget proposal, which deeply cuts education.
Activists opposing cuts to education, social services and other programs bused 200 people to Carson City to pack the Assembly chamber as a visible sign of protest during Gov. Brian Sandoval’s State of the State speech last week.
The Nevada Supreme Court, which oversees the Foreclosure Mediation Program, has several times in the past 18 months updated program rules in response to concerns that have arisen, but bank officials and homeowners say the program still has problems that must be addressed.
In his first State of the State address, Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday talked of getting Nevadans back to work even as he proposed a $5.8 billion budget filled with deep cuts sure to cost some public sector employees their jobs.
Jeanne Bullock parted with her grand piano. Now, she might lose her home. The longtime local musician was forced to ship her beloved piano to a music store in Maryland owned by her brother. Like others facing foreclosure, she is short on cash.
MELBOURNE — Andy Murray takes on Novak Djokovic in the men’s final of the Australian Open.
Linda Shreve stopped by her doctor’s office Monday to get a shot. John Quinn stopped by his to be examined for upper respiratory problems.
Comic David Frye, whose impressions of Presidents Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson and other prominent political figures vaulted him to popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, has died in Las Vegas at the age of 77.
On Saturday, Las Vegans with ties to Egypt took to the streets to protest Hosni Mubarak’s reign with a rally in front of the downtown Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse.
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Three teenagers suspected in a vandalism spree since December that caused more than $100,000 in damage were arrested in North Las Vegas on Friday.
At age 62, veteran rocker Ozzy Osbourne still delivers live, his voice strong and unwavering. “I’m the Prince of !@#$ing Darkness,” Ozzy thundered to a crowd of 9,000 Friday night.
Hundreds of people were lined up this morning, prepared to testify to state legislators about proposed budget cuts.
College students and faculty made up a large part of the crowd.
MELBOURNE — Belgium’s Kim Clijsters showed the poise that comes with experience, winning the Australian Open title over China’s Li Na, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Blair Riley, Ryan Huddy and Matt Price scored during the final six minutes of the second period, sparking the Wranglers to a 4-1 victory over the Victoria Salmon Kings on Friday at Victoria, British Columbia.
UNLV turned in two of the best indoor track performances in program history Friday on the first day of the Jacksons Invitational-New Balance West meet at Nampa, Idaho.
Even as Legacy’s boys basketball team struggled to a 5-7 start, Cardon Harris sensed the Longhorns were coming together.