Nevada lawmakers attending the State of the Union speech saw openings for Congress to advance some of President Barack Obama’s initiatives. But while Democrats were optimistic, Republicans said they heard little new, particularly on government debt and spending issues.
Clark County School District Superintendent Dwight Jones has created an assistant superintendent position to oversee a new English Language Learner department.
Nearly two years after closing, the Sahara is getting its face-lift. SBE Entertainment has secured the last piece of the $415 million in financing to transform the Strip resort into the SLS Las Vegas. Work begins today on the 1,620-room hotel-casino, with a planned opening in fall 2014.
Zachary Conine stood among employees, reporters and curious onlookers Tuesday wearing a blue pinstripe suit and bow tie as he cheered the latest step in the two-year redevelopment of the Downtown Grand, formerly the Lady Luck.
Being selected to sit in the White House box while the president of the United States delivered his State of the Union address confers an amount of celebrity. To Alan Aleman of Las Vegas, it also conferred a duty to draw attention to undocumented residents hoping the speech spurs action on immigration reform.
Gov. Brian Sandoval has named George Tsukamoto as interim director of the Nevada Department of Wildlife to replace Ken Mayer.
While Las Vegas marks the Year of the Snake with Chinese New Year celebrations all week, travel officials look to mainland China as a prime target.
Longtime Las Vegas firefighter Scott Fuller will replace retired Fire Chief Mike Myers on an interim basis, the city announced Tuesday.
Nevada’s average gasoline price has shot up 38 cents in a single month.
State Sen. Ruben Kihuen complained Tuesday that the state will lose thousands of road construction jobs because of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s decision to raid the highway fund to balance his proposed $6.55 billion state government budget.
The most famous son of Searchlight is saying no thanks to the chance to buy a piece of his desert hometown.
Alex Magleby, coach of the USA Sevens national rugby team, stopped by Glen C. Taylor Elementary School in Henderson last week and chatted with fourth- and fifth-graders. Magleby, in town for the big USA Sevens rugby tournament that ended Sunday, asked the kids how many of them have seen a rugby game.
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.