Valley woman fights cancer after machete attack

Maria Del Carmen Gomez, 53, was attacked March 21 outside a convenience store at Craig Road and North Fifth Street. Her former boyfriend, Armando Vergara-Martinez, faces charges of attempted murder and domestic violence.

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Record rainfall drenched the valley Wednesday, snarling traffic, delaying flights out of McCarran International Airport and turning flood channels into raging – and in one case deadly – rivers.

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An editor asked Carson City bureau chief Ed Vogel if freelancer Cathleen Allison had taken photos to go with his story on rattlesnakes.

Tattoos spread as more people embrace bold designs

Joe Cool – yes, that’s what his mother, Lisa Cool, named him – sat on a stool in Voodoo Tattoo, his whirring, hand-held machine needling more indelible ink into the dragon weaving in and out of smoke and flames on the arm of Jason Fliegman, a married Christian schoolteacher who has one daughter and another on the way.

Latino supermarkets going strong in valley

Grab an extra-large shopping cart, push it into the supermarket, and immediately, you hear the Spanish music wafting from the overhead system.

Hundreds remember Henderson teen who died in floodwaters

Hundreds of students and close friends filed into the courtyard at Green Valley High School on Saturday to honor the memory of William Mootz, a senior who was thinking about opening an auto mechanic shop some day but whose life was cut short by one of the heaviest rainfalls on record in Clark County.

Natalie Portman backs Obama, appeals to women voters in Las Vegas

If actress Natalie Portman had the chance to address the Republican National Convention, she said Saturday she would chastise the GOP for playing politics and spending too much time opposing President Barack Obama instead of focusing on fixing the country’s problems.

Three pedestrians hit by vehicle at east valley bus stop

Two adults and a 3-year-old girl at an east valley bus stop were hit by a driver who lost control of his vehicle and jumped the sidewalk Saturday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.

Sandoval provides preview of RNC speech

Previewing his speech to the Republican National Convention, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said Saturday he believes President Barack Obama has “given up on the American dream” and is stifling business and job growth.

Maine woman, 49, gives birth to her grandson

MADAWSKA, Maine – A 49-year-old Maine woman has given birth to her grandson after her daughter was precluded from becoming pregnant because of a heart condition.

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