Shooting to the top of my list of “The Five Culinary Proofs for the Existence of Satan” is Peeps. Peeps are evil. They peer at me with innocent expressions through the cellophane on the box, suggesting warm nostalgia, joy and friendship. But I’m not fooled. It hurts my teeth just to look at them.
The Springs Preserve’s gigantic spring plant sale offers a wide variety of unique and hard to find plants, along with many familiar ones adapted to our desert environment.
When a 21-year-old traumatic brain injury patient speaks for the first time, no one wants him to stop.
When most Christians gather for Easter worship today (Eastern Orthodox Christians won’t celebrate Easter until May 5), they’ll once again hear a story that they’ve heard dozens, even hundreds, of times before.
Forgive me, Mother Nature and hapless tourists, for revving this 662 horsepower engine in an area overlooking one of the most serene spots in Southern Nevada.
When Brian Burton took over as president and chief executive officer of Three Square Food Bank two years ago, he traded life in Dallas for the bright lights of Las Vegas.
After spending years deep in the red, Las Vegas home price appreciation rates returned to the black in 2012 in all but three of the valley’s 58 ZIP codes, SalesTraq housing research firm reported.
Freshman Collin Yelich’s walk-off single in the 10th inning plated Joey Swanner to give the UNLV baseball team an 11-10 victory over Air Force on Saturday at Wilson Stadium.
A new era of amateur boxing begins Monday in Spokane, Wash., where USA Boxing’s National Championships will be contested under new rules.
Nick Day didn’t need a scouting report to prepare for the championship game of the Bishop Gorman Desert Classic.
LOS ANGELES — Steve Alford was hired as UCLA basketball coach on Saturday, spurning New Mexico days after he agreed to a new 10-year deal with the Lobos for a chance to run what he called “the premier basketball program in the country.”
It ends so quickly. For all but one team, the NCAA Tournament each March is a cruel mixture of unrestrained joy and overwhelming sadness.
A day after he was ousted from the Nevada Assembly, Steven Brooks was accused of leading California police on a car chase and fighting a police dog.
Every week, scads of emails roll in at Road Warrior Headquarters with all manner of complaints.
Nevada’s state fire marshal is scrutinizing the way local fire department officials conduct written exams for trainees in the wake of cheating allegations that derailed the careers of 14 Las Vegas firefighter trainees.
Recognizing a cultural shift, some top Nevada Republican lawmakers have joined an effort to repeal the states’s decade-old constitutional language that defines marriage as between a man and a woman, taking the first step toward possibly legalizing gay marriage.
Mike Galam considers himself a hard-working guy, but it’s going to take more than elbow grease and a mop to clean up the reputation of the Crazy Horse Too.
Scott Lewis thought he knew the law. He’s not a lawyer. He’s a citizen with a gun. Last summer, both got the 33-year-old in a lot of trouble.
Showing tremendous heart and desire and displaying his boxing skills, Mike Alvarado avenged his Oct. 13 loss to Brandon Rios Saturday at Mandalay Bay Events Center, winning a 12-round unanimous decision and capturing the WBO interim junior welterweight title.
Nearly 100 veterans, politicians and citizens turned out at the Gold Coast on Saturday to honor veterans of the Vietnam War for Nevada’s first Vietnam Veterans Day.
Five members of a Southern California family were killed Saturday when their van was rear-ended near Mesquite by an 18-year-old driver who was later arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, authorities said.
The video is disturbing, if not shocking. Former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks is thrown to the ground, and a police officer jumps on him. The officer winds up for three powerful punches, although it’s unclear whether he strikes Brooks.
By the end of summer, there should be another fast-food player in town.
Clark County officials on Friday notified the owner of the Key Largo casino on Flamingo Road that the building must be secured and then demolished by late April in the wake of Thursday’s four-alarm fire.
The New England cottontail was once so common that Massachusetts author Thornton Burgess adapted one named Peter for the children’s stories he penned a century ago.
