Conservationists at Lake Tahoe are suing over new regulatory changes they say will erode environmental protection of the mountain lake by failing to adequately monitor water quality, allowing construction of bigger buildings near the shore and thousands of more housing units in the basin.
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. — The manhunt for the former Los Angeles police officer suspected of going on a killing spree converged Tuesday on a mountain cabin where authorities believe he barricaded himself inside, engaged in a shootout that killed a deputy and then never emerged as the home went up in flames.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A suburban Kansas City automobile dealer used personal information from customers and others who filled out credit applications to receive more than $1 million in fraudulent car loans, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster said Tuesday.
At best, it could be another 18 months before any ground is broken on the XpressWest project – the same time frame backers gave the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2009.
Legislative police were stationed outside the side entrances of the Legislative Building in Carson City late Tuesday morning, apparently to prevent Assemblyman Steven Brooks from entering.
A bible study leader has been arrested on charges he had sex with children in his classes.
A state board agreed Tuesday to pay over $700,000 to settle two separate lawsuits brought against state agencies that involved the deaths of three people, including $375,000 to settle a case brought on behalf of the family of Eduardo Lopez-Hernandez, 21, who died after being arrested by Nevada Highway Patrol troopers in Las Vegas in 2010.
Democratic leaders in the Legislature held a briefing on their stances on taxes Tuesday, but gave no indication how much more revenue they believe should be added to Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $6.55 billion budget, or how they intend to find the money.
The police officers who shot and killed a man and wounded two other people Friday were identified Monday.
The largest stockholder in Affinity Gaming has proposed purchasing all outstanding shares of the Las Vegas-based casino operator at a 22 percent premium over the current value.
WASHINGTON — Alan Aleman, a Las Vegas student and one of the early beneficiaries of immigration reform, will have a prime seat during President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight.
CARSON CITY — Troubled Assemblyman Steven Brooks has been put on leave with pay and banned from the Legislative Building following the adoption Monday of rules by an Assembly committee reviewing his conduct over the past several weeks.
A University of California, Berkeley law student charged in the October beheading of an exotic bird on the Strip pleaded not guilty Monday.
MGM Resorts International, which gave up its ties to Atlantic City’s casino market nearly three years ago to settle a dispute with New Jersey gaming regulators, is seeking to regain a piece of the action.
A house fire caused $100,000 worth of damage Sunday night near Charleston and Lamb boulevards, according to the Clark County Fire Department.
Writer-director Mick Axelrod’s “For the Joy of the Sting,” at Las Vegas Little Theatre Studio, is an enjoyable mess, rich in possibilities.
A woman who died in an accident on Interstate 15 outside Mesquite on Thursday has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
A man killed inside his apartment at 3880 Wynn Road on Saturday night has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Shares of Full House Resorts Inc. will begin trading Wednesday on the Nasdaq Capital Market after the company approved transferring its stock exchange listing from the New York Stock Exchange.
Ouch! The other day, you cut yourself and it really, really hurt.
Cross country state champion Charlotte Ford and her best friend since the age of 5, quarterback Daniel Hollingsworth, are inseparable, but just friends, until Charlotte’s date with a jerk pushes Daniel to pursue more.
Since we can’t always go to Hawaii, sometimes Hawaii comes to us, and that means Hawaiian BBQ.
If you’re going to do or make something, be sure it’s done right. And the tacos and burritos being made at Taco Taco are done right.
There is Indian food, and there is Pakistani food, and Shalimar serves both of them.
