One of the country’s top hepatitis C experts on Thursday supported health officials who concluded that the 2007 outbreak of the deadly virus in Las Vegas was the result of unsafe injection practices.
While traditional grocery stores are holding their share of the food retail market for now, the most growth in the industry is coming from other channels.
An ex-Clark County recorder convicted in 2010 of abusing her elected office is in jail for probation violation.
As a kid growing up in suburban Ohio, Deanne Stillman loved it when her dad would read to her. One thing she most loved to hear was “Eldorado,” Edgar Allan Poe’s poem about a knight on horseback searching for the lost city of gold.
WASHINGTON — A breakthrough at hand, Republicans and Democrats reached for agreement Thursday on a costly, military-style surge to secure the leaky U.S.-Mexican border and clear the way for Senate passage of legislation giving millions of immigrants a chance at citizenship after years in America’s shadows.
Victor Dunn, a native Southern Nevadan and 25-year veteran of the North Las Vegas police department, has always been an automobile enthusiast.
For us at Findlay Auto, our belief in diversity starts with our owners, Cliff and Justin Findlay, and our Chief Financial Officer, Tyler Corder, who, collectively, have done an excellent job in creating an organization where people’s differences are acknowledged, appreciated and, more importantly, respected. In fact, these gentlemen have used these differences to achieve a common goal of providing a unique experience for our customers when they visit our dealerships.
Chapman Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram and Chapman Chrysler Jeep presented comedy hypnotist Marc Savard with a $5,000 check for local charities after his win on Mark and Mercedes’ “DJing with the Stars” competition earlier this month.
AutoNation Toyota of Las Vegas was a key sponsor of the fifth annual Freedom For Wild Horses charity golf tournament held earlier this month at Angel Park Golf Course.
A record field of golfers representing the Las Vegas New Car Dealers Association converged on Revere Country Club at Anthem in Henderson June 9 for a day of fun while also raising funds for the Wounded Warriors Foundation and the American Heart Association.
Mike Navarro is on a long list of sales consultants who have worked many years for one of Nevada’s largest privately owned companies.
Land Rover Las Vegas is lending a hand to The Nature Conservancy, putting one of its off-road vehicles to work for scientists whose jobs rely on tackling some of Nevada’s toughest terrain. Land Rover helped cover the costs of a used vehicle for use by conservancy staff in Nevada’s rugged backyard.
Getting more than 40 miles to the gallon, the Lexus CT definitely rises to the challenge of a hybrid, said Bill Garness, general sales manager of Lexus of Las Vegas. But, with its sleek and elegant style, it corners and hugs the road with precision .
Electric-car sales have continued to expand nationally, as well as in Southern Nevada. More than 100,000 plug-in electric cars are now traveling on U.S. roads and highways.
A design studio founded by a longtime slot machine industry veteran has been acquired by social gaming giant Zynga, which is seeking an avenue into Nevada’s gaming market.
The second suspect in a November homicide was arrested in Los Angeles and extradited to Las Vegas.
Fogo de Chao in the Hughes Center, 360 E. Flamingo Road, is offering a locals’ special, starting Friday. With the purchase of two regular-priced meals (lunch or dinner), residents with valid Nevada ID can get a free bottle of wine, a house-label Malbec that normally sells for $84. There’s a limit of one bottle per four guests, and those who don’t drink wine can opt for a dessert instead. The restaurant also is offering a free meal for kids 12 and younger, with the purchase of a full-priced adult lunch or dinner, on Sundays through Thursdays. …
Mississippi gaming regulators on Thursday signed off on Pinnacle Entertainment’s $2.8 billion acquisition of Ameristar Casinos.
Thirty U.S. representatives urged new U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Thursday to make a priority out of reforming the government’s wild horse management program and its spiraling budget that they say has created an “untenable situation” for both the mustangs and taxpayers.
KANAB, Utah — A pit bull rehabilitated after being used as a top fighter in the dogfighting ring bankrolled by quarterback Michael Vick has died.
NEW YORK — There was no let-up in the flight from stocks and bonds Thursday as the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 353 points and wiped out almost two months of gains.
The nation’s mayors who are meeting in Las Vegas starting Friday are expected to ask Congress to push anew for stronger background checks for gun buyers.
SANFORD, Fla. — A jury of six women, five of them white, was picked Thursday to decide the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who says he fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in self-defense.
Memories are forever, but what happens when no one is around to claim those memories?
CARSON CITY — Initial claims for jobless benefits in Nevada fell 0.8 percent in May compared with the same month a year ago.
NEW YORK — Robert Downey Jr. has signed up for two more “Avengers” films.
Ronald Johnson, the court-appointed receiver for the off-Strip LVH, formally checks out on June 30.