To: Sens. Dean Heller, R-Nev., Harry Reid, D-Nev., Reps. Dina Titus and Steven Horsford, both D-Nev., and Reps. Joe Heck and Mark Amodei, both R-Nev.
Silver State Schools Credit Union has handed out its 2013 college scholarships to six seniors in the Clark County School District. Each scholarship awards $2,000 annually, renewable for up to four years, and is awarded to seniors who are credit unions members and who excel in academics, athletics and community service.
UMC Foundation, the nonprofit organization that raises private donations for University Medical Center, has lost its tax-exempt status, the Review-Journal has learned.
Cashel Gardner and his sister Allie have spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic condition that has robbed them of their ability to use their own muscles.
Sunday will be a different sort of Mother’s Day for Stacey Escalante. Not bad-different. Just different-different.
Announcements of new hires, promotions and professional awards. Want to see your accomplishment here? Send your information to bizbriefs@reviewjournal.com.
A list of weekly networking events around the Las Vegas Valley. Want to see a meeting here? Send your information to bizbriefs@reviewjournal.com.
The Boston Marathon bombing drew attention to the antisocial personality, beginning with the bombing, an act of violence, and the emotionless face of the younger suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. You might encounter it more commonly at work in theft, lying, sexual harassment and stalking.
Sarah Guindy has big goals for the Juris Banking division she leads at Bank of Nevada.
Would you believe O.J. Simpson? The notorious former pro football star’s testimony will be the crux of a post-conviction hearing beginning today, where Simpson will ask for a new trial due to gross misrepresentation by lawyer Yale Galanter in his 2008 robbery conviction.
Nevada is very fortunate to have what many other states don’t: hot-spot tourist destinations that help drive economic opportunity.
Justin Jones went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs as the UNLV baseball team pounded UNR 15-1 on Sunday in Reno. The Rebels (34-17, 16-11 Mountain West) completed a sweep of the three-game series with the Wolf Pack (24-27, 11-16) and posted their largest margin of victory over UNR since 1980.
At Cashman Field, Collin McHugh held Albuquerque to one run on six hits in seven innings to lead the 51s (18-17) to their second straight win and fourth in the first six games of their homestand.
The four-member majority of the Clark County Commission that voted against a property tax increase for University Medical Center last week did the right thing, and not just because residents and businesses can’t afford yet another tax hike. There are myriad policy questions that need to be answered before a tax increase is even considered.
A man jumped to his death off the Hoover Dam bypass bridge early Saturday morning in what is being called an apparent suicide.
Barbara Walters is retiring. The veteran ABC News anchor is set to announce Monday morning on “The View” that she will retire from TV journalism next summer.
Tiger Woods had the last word against Sergio Garcia by winning The Players Championship on Sunday.
Seth Meyers is moving from his “Weekend Update” desk to his own late night show on NBC.
NBC will try to awaken the ghosts of past dominance on Thursday night by making it a “family night” of television bolstered by the additions of Sean Hayes and Michael J. Fox.
Jennifer Jeong interviewed students at Coronado High School.
Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a Mother’s Day second-line parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 17 people, police said.
A day before a 12-year-old boy was arrested for the stabbing death of his 8-year-old sister, his mother described him as “protective” of his younger sibling.
This is China’s Year of the SUV. Whatever their specialties used to be, automakers ranging from global brands to China’s ambitious rookies are scrambling to cash in on the explosive popularity of sport utility vehicles.
There’s some good news on the road construction front, but it will be followed very quickly by bad news. Ready?
A man was fatally stabbed Saturday night, and police need the public’s help in identifying the suspect.
Prosecutors presented tearful testimony from a victim of the hepatitis C outbreak and descriptions by a former nurse of a clinic bent on maximizing speed and profits, as the criminal trial of Dr. Dipak Desai got underway last week.
John Brennan, who stripped naked last year to protest a security check at Portland’s airport, said he expects to lose the first round of his legal fight against a $1,000 fine.
Gatsby looks almost as great as a superhero at the weekend box office. Leonard DiCaprio’s “The Great Gatsby” partied like it was the Roaring ‘20s with a $51.1 million debut that made it a surprisingly strong runner-up to comic-book blockbuster “Iron Man 3.”
What Ron LaGrande had planned –– a 10-mile ride on his $8,500 Trek Madone racing bike to get some exercise –– did not include seeing winged people flying or being forced to learn how to fly with them in order to earn a thirst-quenching red soda.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Asian grocery store looks to add new location near Summerlin