The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and politicians are complaining that owners of hybrid and electric cars aren’t paying enough for the asphalt. Our elected officials are right, and it’s their own fault.
After secretive talks, key senators express optimism they are closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.
Liberty High School thrower Ashlie Blake has been named the Gatorade Nevada Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year.
The Party Rock Open women’s tennis tournament will return to Las Vegas from Sept. 22 to 29 at the Darling Tennis Center, it was announced Wednesday. The $50,000 Women’s Pro Circuit tournament was won last year by Lauren Davis.
The Wranglers will open the ECHL season against the Utah Grizzlies on Oct. 19 at Orleans Arena.
The West Coast Conference basketball tournament has been expanded from five to six days, with the 2014 tournament scheduled from March 6 to 11 at Orleans Arena, it was announced Wednesday.
Sydney Sladek and Devonte Boyd don’t have much in common, but they do share one trait.
San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker has gotten quite a bit of credit for playing through pain as he has competed with an injured hamstring in the NBA Finals.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s Matt Fox (2-2); Padres, Sean O’Sullivan (6-4)
When we launched Roger’s boat, the sun had yet to clear the mountains on the Gold Butte side of Lake Mead’s Overton Arm, but it was already warm. One thing was certain, it was going to get only hotter as the sun continued to rise.
District Judge Kathleen Delaney on Wednesday defended her decision to ignore a recommendation of probation for a repeat sex offender and sentence him to a maximum 16- to 40-year prison term, court papers show.
One woman died after a fatal two-car crash in North Las Vegas Wednesday night.
The Electric Daisy Carnival is here. And yes, I am an authority on the event, having nearly worn holes in my fuzzy pink boots from attending EDC the past two years.
Burning piles of wood caused extensive smoke near Bonanza Road and Rancho Drive Wednesday afternoon.
Ultimate Fighting Championship, the Las Vegas-based fight promotion company, came up short again Tuesday in its attempt to persuade New York state lawmakers to legalize professional MMA fights in the Empire State.
If one had to rank the Nevada Governor’s Cup in the pantheon of cups, or even in the cupboard of cups, one probably would put it somewhere after hockey’s Stanley Cup and somewhere before whatever protective device Yogi Berra wore while warming up Whitey Ford.
Wildlife officials in California might resort to killing desert bighorn sheep in an effort to contain an outbreak of a deadly disease now spreading through the largest herd in Mojave National Preserve, 100 miles southwest of Las Vegas.
Police are laying fresh eyes on decades-old unsolved homicide cases, thanks to recent advances in DNA technology.
LOS ANGELES — James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO’s “The Sopranos” helped create one of TV’s greatest drama series and turned the mobster stereotype on its head, died Wednesday in Italy. He was 51.
Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the ‘80s and ‘90s and whose song saved the world in “Mars Attacks!,” died Wednesday.
When Michelle Wilmot first returned from Iraq, she numbed herself with a steady diet of Cap’n Crunch cereal and Arby’s.
Clark County School District officials are in hot water with the state over questionable actions taken to pass a property tax increase in the November election and the veracity of one incumbent board member’s campaign finance filings.
A Henderson man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Wednesday for child pornography crimes.
On Friday, you can experience your own night at the museum without having to watch Ben Stiller running around like a loon.
Clark County commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved an application for a 260-foot-high hotel-casino located west of the burned out Key Largo hotel-casino.