After three weeks of negotiating with a firm to immediately search nationally for a new superintendent, the Clark County School Board made a 180-degree turn Wednesday, tabling the contract and essentially abandoning the search for now.
The state Senate voted 15-6 Wednesday to allow the Department of Transportation to increase the speed limit to as high as 85 mph on selected highways in Nevada.
A Las Vegas judge on Wednesday revoked the bail of ousted Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks due to his most recent run-in with law enforcement in California.
A 6-year-old girl who died after being dragged under a car was identified Wednesday.
The woman who died in Tuesday’s deadly crash in North Las Vegas has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as 54-year-old Brenda Zinser of Las Vegas.
Six state Senate Republican senators have rejected the conclusion in a secretary of state’s legal opinion that their plan to offer a mining tax increase to voters to compete with a business margins tax on the 2014 ballot is not permissible under the state constitution.
Amanda Collins, who was raped at UNR in 2007, testified before an Assembly committee Wednesday in support of Assembly Bill 143, which would allow permit holders to carry their guns on campus.
State Sen. Ruben Kihuen may have stated quite simply Wednesday why Nevada should adopt driving privilege cards for undocumented residents: Every state that has adopted them has shown a drop in accidents and a drop insurance premium costs.
Production crews were not with a young star of the reality show “Buckwild” when he died over Easter weekend and hadn’t filmed him since earlier in the week, MTV officials said Wednesday.
A group that has staged a wildcat strike against Frias Transportation Management, Las Vegas’ largest taxi company, claims to have drawn the support of more than one-fourth of the drivers.
Silverado softball coach Kyle Crane couldn’t decide whether his team would be rested or rusty on Tuesday.
The heart of Zion National Park in southeastern Utah is Zion Canyon, a magnificent chasm carved into the edge of the Colorado Plateau. This is where the North Fork of the Virgin River snakes its way downstream flanking the six-mile Zion Canyon Scenic Drive. The beauty of this area is complemented by the thick vegetation that lines the river including the impressive, old-growth Fremont cottonwood trees.
Peter Cottontail may know where he hid the eggs, but I am not sure he could find them if he was the one hunting for them. Those carrots he was eating to improve his eyesight weren’t enough to make a difference, according to my favorite eye care doctor, Chris Coker, O.D. He offers some great advice for Peter Cottontail that you may also find useful.
NEW YORK — Jay Leno says he will be leaving NBC’s “Tonight Show” next spring, to be replaced by Jimmy Fallon.
Although cutbacks in the nation’s military services will be an issue that will have to be considered by officers and enlisted personnel alike, recruiting new members will still be a part of the government’s responsibility. Whichever branch, whichever service, full-time or part-time, the beat goes on.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and using gay slurs.