RENO — Animal control officers in Corpus Christi, Texas, say the owner of an emaciated dog that was seized at Reno-Tahoe International Airport last month after a baggage handler refused to load the animal on a plane won’t face abuse charges.
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid defended Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko on Saturday, calling criticism by four other NRC commissioners “a politically motivated witch hunt.”
During a normal eight-hour shift on the Strip, Michael Denicoli usually sells enough helicopter tours of the Grand Canyon and Sin City to fill two or three choppers. But since a crash killed five people Wednesday and made international headlines, tourists who walk by his booth are skipping the splurge of a few hundred bucks for a bird’s eye view of the Hoover Dam and other sites.
Stick around Las Vegas long enough, and you’ll see some amazing things.
DURING THE DEC. 3 “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” SHOW, one sketch opened with a picture of a building and the caption “Playskool Corporate Offices.”
A Las Vegas pilot just embarking on married life and a Kansas couple celebrating 25 years together were among the five casualties of a tour helicopter crash Wednesday in a canyon west of Lake Mead.
RENO — The new owners of a huge swath of land along Interstate 80 from Reno to the Utah line say they plan to open it up for more mineral and geothermal development.
Dr. Nicholas Vogelzang, the first medical director of the Nevada Cancer Institute, will never forget how his association with the nonprofit medical center began.
GOP hopefuls Mitt Romney and Ron Paul finished first and second in the 2008 GOP presidential caucuses in Nevada. Romney is counting on winning the caucus again, but obstacles await.
WASHINGTON — The House voted last week to put a brake on major federal regulations, part of a drive by Republicans to rein in what they consider onerous government rules.
Las Vegas police have shot 15 people dead in the past 18 months. But there is no federal investigation, even though fatal shootings in other cities have led to federal inquiries.
Misses outnumber hits in past decade of unlv recruiting
