Nearly 20 businesses with Las Vegas ties have obtained waivers exempting them from an insurance-coverage mandate in the 2010 Affordable Care Act.
CARSON CITY — Having already qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials, Bishop Gorman sophomore Olivia Barker is used to experiencing individual success in the pool.
Travis Snider’s first home run of the season, a two-run shot in the 10th inning, sent the 51s to a come-from-behind 8-6 victory over the Omaha Storm Chasers in a Pacific Coast League game Saturday night in Papillion, Neb.
Above-normal temperatures and droughtlike conditions dry out the forests, grasses and shrubs, raising the threat of fires from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada to the high-desert rangelands of Nevada and the Great Basin.
The endgame is near in the Nevada Legislature. With two weeks to go before the 2011 session adjourns, most of the action will be taking place in behind-the-scenes huddles as lawmakers try to strike deals to bring the session to a close.
U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Ken Lustig came up with a great way to reassure a nervous female visitor to the Nevada Test and Training Range before she pulled the trigger on a .50-caliber sniper rifle on Thursday.
While the monorail goes begging for passengers, tourists jam the three free trams on the other side of the Strip.
The slots fell silent and the doors were chained shut Monday, as one of the Strip’s last Rat Pack era resorts ended its 59-year run.
Soldiers and airmen are battling a different kind of stress at home in the Las Vegas Valley — the chronic stress that weighs on them from being at ground zero of the mortgage crisis.
Newly released grand jury transcripts have deepened the mystery of whether Las Vegas lawyer Nancy Quon tried to kill herself to escape the pressure of a federal investigation into fraud and corruption at homeowners associations.
Ken Ruge at last indulged his deep desire for large machinery recently, stepping into a five-acre sandbox called Dig This along Interstate 15 opposite Trump International tower.
The image-obsessed Ultimate Fighting Championship took a punch in the jaw this past week when mixed martial arts star Tito Ortiz stepped up to post a $500,000 bond for a Las Vegas man accused of attempting to have his son murdered.