With rental fraud on the rise both nationally and in the valley, Las Vegas police announced Thursday ways citizens can protect themselves and neighbors from being victimized.
LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for Michael Jackson’s doctor sought to shift blame Thursday to another doctor and a drug different from the anesthetic that killed the star, calling an expert to testify that Jackson was addicted to Demerol in the months before his death.
RENO — Reno elected officials have given the go-ahead for a Northern Nevada group to set up a three-month encampment modeled on Occupy Wall Street protests in New York and other cities.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court for the third time has upheld the death penalty against Edward Thomas Wilson, convicted in the 1979 killing of an undercover Reno police officer for whom a memorial to fallen officers is named.
In recent memory, Halloween holiday weekend in Las Vegas has been a safe one, full of more treats than tricks.
You can’t be fat or stupid and join the Army’s all-volunteer force. While he didn’t use those exact words, referring instead to “obesity” and “lack of education,” Lt. Gen. Benjamin Freakley is sending that message to Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend through Maj. Gen. Mark McDonald, commander of the Army’s Cadet Command.
With the number of pedestrian fatalities in Nevada nearly double the national average, traffic experts became more aggressive in their attempts to improve not only crosswalk markings but the contentious relationship between pedestrians and motorists.
The Obama administration on Thursday identified 17 sites in six Western states, including Nevada, as prime candidates for solar energy projects on public lands, continuing a push for solar power despite the high-profile bankruptcy of a solar panel maker that received a half-billion dollar federal loan.
Western High School’s football program set a record this season, but not the kind players wanted. It’s the first sports program in the Clark County School District to cut its season short and forfeit remaining games for all teams, freshmen to varsity, according to district officials.
Don Hill grew up with a speech impediment, so he let his horns do the talking.
