■ ARBOR VIEW — The boys track 800-meter relay team of Ivy Dobson, Rob Millner, Bob Millner and Jacob Parker set a meet record with a time of 1 minute, 27.3 seconds in the Richard Lewis Invitational at Sunrise Mountain. Girls track athlete Zanae Jones set a Richard Lewis Invitational record in the 1,600 with a time of 5:17.25.
Not every member of the Muhammad family is ready to make a decision about his basketball future.
Want to get an amateur wrestling fan upset? Bring up World Wrestling Entertainment or drop a Vince McMahon reference on him.
Point guards DeVille Smith and Kendall Smith signed national letters of intent with the UNLV men’s basketball team Wednesday, the first day of the spring signing period.
BOSTON — Emerging from a moment of silence with a deafening cheer, fans at Wednesday night’s Bruins game paid tribute to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing with a stirring a cappella national anthem and thunderous chants for their city, their country and their team.
Despite the pandemonium of a normal Floyd Mayweather Jr. media day, he appeared calm Wednesday as he prepares for his May 4 WBC welterweight title defense against Robert Guerrero.
CARSON CITY — Politics are in play as two bills — one seeking protection for religious freedom and the other supporting parental rights — await votes in the state Senate.
I received an email Tuesday night saying there would be a funeral Friday in Albuquerque, N.M., for Derek Sanchez. Rosary at 9:30 a.m., service at 10 at Risen Savior Catholic Community church, burial to follow at Gate of Heaven cemetery, next to the church, on Wyoming Boulevard Northeast.
The infighting among Clark County commissioners erupted again Tuesday over the county hospital, which is predicted to have an $87 million loss in 2014, a $20 million drop from 2012 and yet another sign the hospital is hemorrhaging.
MGM Resorts International will spend $100 million to transform land along the Strip and surrounding the New York-New York and Monte Carlo resorts into a plaza with trendy shops, restaurants and a park that will serve as a gateway into a 20,000-seat sports arena.
As immigration reform supporters in Las Vegas praised Congress’ latest legislation Wednesday, immigrants in the country illegally congregated at their usual Bonanza Road spot looking for work.
CARSON CITY — On a mainly party-line vote Wednesday, the Assembly approved Democrat Assemblywoman Lucy Flores’ bill to require the stationing of emergency medical workers, ambulances and first aid stations at events that attract more than 2,500 people.
Nevada’s effort to serve as a testing ground for unmanned aircraft got a stamp of approval from the Las Vegas City Council over the objection of people who cited concerns about privacy and safety.
He spoke about everything from Nevada jobs to the National Guard, but Gov. Brian Sandoval glossed over the main subject of his Wednesday speech — education.
Lawyers for Harvey Whittemore filed court papers Wednesday opposing the government’s effort to seal a defense motion that made public a 2008 FBI investigation into ties between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the indicted former power broker.
A 43-year-old Mesquite man is being held without bail in the Clark County Detention Center, facing two charges of first-degree murder and another of holding an eyewitness to one killing against her will.
A man was arrested Monday in connection with an arson that occurred at Sport-Social, a south valley center for autistic children.
CARSON CITY — Two pioneering women with long careers in the state Senate are being honored for their contributions to Nevada.
The city of Reno lost more than $100,000 last year from scrap metal thefts, and cities across Nevada detailed similar problems Wednesday to state lawmakers considering a bill to increase penalties for such crimes.
It’s a bit disconcerting to realize that the live stage version of an animated musical is more cartoonish than the feature-length cartoon that inspired it.
Federal Aviation Administration officials believe two people were in a single-engine aircraft that went missing about 80 miles southeast of here after departing North Las Vegas Airport on Sunday, including the 30-year-old pilot who the plane’s owners have identified as Reno resident Cory Marble.
A Mesquite woman has died of injuries sustained in a Sunday traffic accident in the northwest Arizona community of Scenic.
The American Gaming Association on Wednesday named just its second president to lead the nearly 20-year-old Washington, D.C.-based organization that serves as the industry’s voice on Capitol Hill.
Former Clark County Fire Chief Steven Smith will lead the Las Vegas Fire Department as interim chief from April 22 through June 30 until a new fire chief can be selected, the city announced Wednesday
Much as he changed his position on immigration and same-sex marriage during his political career, Nevada’s U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Wednesday completed another transformation, reversing a long-held position and voting in favor of an assault weapons ban, even as he knew it had no chance of passing.
