Clark County commissioners on Tuesday launched the search to hire a national real estate firm to market its 9,000-acre stretch of land south of Laughlin.
Zappos.com CEO and Downtown Project head Tony Hsieh has purchased another downtown property — a small motel and a dozen apartment units near the east end of Fremont Street, a commercial real estate broker said Tuesday.
The beginning of July has brought the end of this summer’s first major heat wave in the Las Vegas Valley.
Donning white hazard suits, gloves and masks this week, crews from A&B Environmental worked to clear out asbestos and lead paint from a early 1900s railroad housing unit expected to open this fall at the Clark County Museum.
Follow the link for Nevada Youth Baseball Association American Legion Standings as of July 2.
Follow the link for Southern Nevada Connie Mack Baseball Association Standings as of July 2.
Egypt’s military has drawn up a plan to suspend the Islamist-backed constitution, dissolve the Islamist-dominated legislature and set up an interim administration headed by the country’s chief justice if President Mohammed Morsi fails to reach a solution with his opponents by the end of a Wednesday deadline, the state news agency reported.
What do ice cream, frozen waffles, cocoa, coffee, vodka, cookies for humans, cookies for dogs, protein bars, granola bars, chewing gum, candy sprinkles, Pop Tarts and the Dairy Queen Blizzard have in common?
Nevada again is setting the pace for national home price increase, a new report says. Prices rose 26 percent in Nevada to lead all states. The Silver State was followed by California (20.2 percent), Arizona (16.9 percent), Hawaii (16.1 percent) and Oregon (15.5 percent). They fell only in Delaware and Alabama. And all but three of the 100 largest cities reported price gains.
A skeleton found walled-up in a dead man’s junk-filled basement has been identified as the man’s wife, a first-grade teacher whom he reported missing more than 27 years ago.
Calling them trailblazers in an industry she expects to grow and improve, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell on Monday applauded the developers of two very different solar energy projects built with federal help on public land near Primm.
Arizona authorities have arrested a Fort Mohave man in the death of his girlfriend a week ago.
Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White had a simple response when informed of Tim Kennedy’s claims he could make more money as a trash collector than he does as a UFC fighter.
VATICAN CITY— Pope John Paul II has cleared the final obstacle before being made a saint, awaiting just the final approval from Pope Francis and a date for the ceremony that could come as soon as Dec. 8, a Vatican official and news reports said Tuesday.
A man found dead in the desert Sunday after a heat wave struck the Las Vegas area was identified Tuesday.
The Nevada Supreme Court often must decide matters of life and death, but it’s not usually the life of a dog. The court on Wednesday will consider the fate of a 6-year-old, 120-pound, tan and black mastiff mixed breed named Onion.
Middle-aged women account for the fastest-growing share of overdose deaths in the U.S., and their drug of choice is usually prescription painkillers, the government reported Tuesday.
A Russian booster rocket carrying three navigation satellites burst into flames and crashed on live TV moments after its launch Tuesday, dealing another painful blow to the nation’s space prestige.
An 18-year-old and a 23-year-old who were pulled from the waters of the Truckee River have died, according to Reno police.
The Southern Nevada Health District is reporting the first West Nile-positive mosquitoes of 2013, collected in the 89014 zip code, which covers parts of Henderson.
Several times every day, at airports across the country, passengers are trying to walk through security with loaded guns in their carry-on bags, purses or pockets, even in a boot. And, nearly a dozen years after 9/11, it’s happening a lot more often.
The Nevada Firearms Coalition is at odds with Henderson officials who are attempting to update the city’s ordinance on firearms use.
WALTHAM, Mass. — The famed piano maker Steinway is hoping that the sale of the company to private equity firm Kohlberg & Co. will strike the right chord.
Authorities have identified a 26-year-old North Las Vegas man whose body was found during a weekend heat wave in a desert area near Nelson’s Landing on the Colorado River.
HARTFORD, Conn.— More than six months after losing loved ones in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, families say dealing with questions over how to distribute the millions of dollars sent to help Newtown heal is instead causing them more pain.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has been named vice chairman of the Western Governors’ Association.
They put their lives on the line for their country. In honor of the Fourth of July, View looks at what it’s like to be in the military and how it affects one’s life.
A Nevada judge is pushing back the dates of two upcoming trials for a self-described pimp accused of killing three people in a shooting and fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip.
Months after Superstorm Sandy swamped her little island, the Statue of Liberty will finally welcome visitors again on Independence Day.
MOSCOW — NSA leaker Edward Snowden’s best chance of finding refuge outside the United States may hinge on the president of Venezuela, who was in Moscow on Tuesday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.