The Southern Nevada economy is about halfway through its third year of modest economic recovery, a trend that will continue this year and next despite possible setbacks in real estate and tourism, according to a report Thursday from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
PAHRUMP — Nye County sheriff’s deputies investigating a domestic violence call found 4,000 copies of movies and television shows in what they suspect was a pirating operation.
The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday tossed one of two child abuse charges against Bryan Clay alleging he slapped his pregnant ex-girlfriend.
Shouting, “Justice for Freckles,” about a dozen people at the Regional Justice Center on Thursday protested canine killings by Las Vegas police officers.
Make no mistake. Veronic DiCaire is an amazing impressionist.
The stock market, which has been marching higher for a week, got extra fuel Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank will keep supporting the economy.
In the car business, service writers can be almost as important as a physician to the owner of an automobile, according to Keith Acree and Mike Hall of Findlay Cadillac, who have earned their following during their combined total of almost 45 years with Findlay Automotive Group.
It took three years of development but Lexus’ 2014 IS 250s and 350s hit showroom floors this month, and sales reports indicate the marque has hit this one out of the park.
Park Place Infiniti is sponsoring a monthlong bottled water drive for Shade Tree. Throughout July, the dealership will be accepting donations of cases of water.
Bentley’s Flying Spur was unveiled recently at Towbin Motorcars by the dealership’s co-owner Jesika Towbin-Mansour and General Manager Rony Mansour. The model shown was painted in Bentley’s signature Dark Cashmere and featured a Linen interior, Burnt Oak panels and inverted stitching.
An explosion inside a Chinatown building on Thursday led to a fire and a partial collapse, injuring a dozen people, including firefighters.
In these uncertain times, we all want bright futures for our children. The best thing you could do for them right now? Train little Bobby or Susie to dedicate months of their life to constructing elaborate digital cityscapes only to have them carelessly torn asunder. If this summer is any indication, they’ll never want for food.
Team Ford Lincoln has received the moniker’s prestigious Partners in Quality award from Ford Motor Co. and Ford Credit.
Net zero energy is a term that has become more popular with green homebuilders in recent years as architects strive to create living environments that create as much energy as its residents consume. Plug-in electric cars have a key role to play in this type of ecology, as well.
Thomas O’Neill, a room chef at Texas Station, recently purchased a 2013 Hyundai Elantra from Planet Hyundai Centennial at 6200 Centennial Center Blvd. in the northwest valley.
Crews worked tirelessly Thursday to find the burned remains of the 50 people presumed dead in Saturday’s catastrophic oil train derailment, as Quebec Premier Pauline Marois toured the traumatized town and took the American railway’s chief to task for not visiting sooner.
Confined to the basement of a CIA secret prison in Romania about a decade ago, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the admitted mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, asked his jailers whether he could embark on an unusual project: Would the spy agency allow Mohammed, who had earned his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering, to design a vacuum cleaner?
Ultimate Gaming, which is currently operating Nevada’s only legal Internet poker website, said Thursday it has completed its state-mandated field trial.
Read about news and events happening in the Summerlin and Summerlin South areas.
The promoters of Saturday’s exhibition match between Monarcas Morelia of Mexico and Luis Angel Firpo of El Salvador are taking added steps to make sure there is no repeat of rioting at Sam Boyd Stadium at the Chivas-Club America soccer game last week.
Las Vegas tourism is pretty much flat year-over-year through.
In an unmistakable setback for George Zimmerman, the jury at the neighborhood watch captain’s second-degree murder trial was given the option Thursday of convicting him on the lesser charge of manslaughter in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Justin Bieber has apologized by phone to Bill Clinton for cursing the former president and spraying his photo with cleaning fluid in a New York City restaurant kitchen earlier this year.
What seemed like a positive sign — a 6.39 percent increase in Strip gaming revenues during May — was downplayed by Wall Street Thursday.
Rep. Dina Titus gave Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz an ultimatum Tuesday to clue her in on his department’s plans for hauling dangerous, uranium-tainted nuclear waste to the Nevada National Security Site or cite legal reasons why he insists on ignoring her requests.
For the first time, lawyers for accused theater shooter James Holmes say he killed 12 people and wounded dozens more at an Aurora movie theater last summer.
UFC middleweight Brian Stann, the former World Extreme Cagefighting light heavyweight champion, announced his retirement as a fighter on “The MMA Hour” radio show on Thursday.
NASA can prove it now. Our solar system has a tail, just like comets.
For the first time in a long time, when I got on the phone with famous comedian Jim Gaffigan, he did not have a new baby to tell me about.
