WASHINGTON — Americans snapped up new homes in June at the fastest pace in five years, a sign the housing recovery is strengthening.
Marketing for Nevada’s health insurance exchange is kicking into high gear as federal health care reform nears implementation.
They came, they saw, they conquered. And now they’re trading in the tuxes for Hawaiian shirts.
It took the Las Vegas Fire Department an hour to put out a two-alarm house fire Tuesday afternoon near Rampart Boulevard and Vegas Drive.
U.S. firms would be given a role in manufacturing rocket defenses for Israel under a Nevada lawmaker’s amendment the House approved on Tuesday.
Hugh Hefner’s son Marston might want to skip reading the upcoming comic book featuring his ex, former Playboy Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair.
An independent organization that accredits hospitals has issued a preliminary denial of accreditation to Nevada’s Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital.
From California to Maine, Florida to North Dakota, teenagers pour into the Las Vegas arena from all over the country chanting cheers.
In a year, the Las Vegas meetings industry supports nearly 57,000 jobs and generates more than $6.7 billion in local economic impact. In the U.S., the industry employs almost 2 million people.
Moments after the Golden State Warriors won the NBA Summer League championship Monday night, someone handed Klay Thompson a white “Victory in Vegas” T-shirt.
Still love the overall design scheme of a space, but feeling a little bored? The best way to breathe new life into it – without revamping the entire area – is by creating a new focal wall. Instead of a decal, stencil or pricey artwork, make a statement that’s one-of-a-kind with a little creativity and a few fresh decorating ideas.
Helping children with their homework requires more than an understanding of the subject matter, whether it’s algebra or world literature. To help children succeed throughout the school year, it’s important for parents to nurture positive study habits and organizational skills, and provide kids with a home environment that fosters concentration.
There might not be any bigger hermits in college athletics than head football coaches, secluded from society in dark film rooms and often absent from social events that don’t include glad-handing those boosters with deep pockets.
Baseball has a history of players sustaining unusual injuries.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, John Church (1-0); Aces, Charles Brewer (4-9)
The Southern Nevada Bulls of Arbor View High begin play in the Connie Mack West Regional baseball tournament at 2 p.m. today in Bellevue, Wash.
Coaches who take over football programs usually inherit messes left behind by previous staffs that failed to get the job done.
During the 2013 Legislature’s debate over a bill to require background checks for almost all private-party gun sales, there were plenty of what-ifs.
As much as the Obama administration would like to move past the IRS scandal, the ongoing work of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is making it impossible for the president to declare the story old news.
The free market dictates most of the business successes and failures we encounter on a daily basis. If you can find a niche, raise the capital and answer demand, you might succeed. If you can’t, you’ll fail.
Las Vegas police shot an underwear-clad, knife-wielding man who barricaded himself inside a south valley home Tuesday night.
A hiker in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area is in serious condition after falling 40 feet, according to the Las Vegas Fire Department.
TORONTO — Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp, who finished runner-up to Ryan Braun in voting for the 2011 National League Most Valuable Player award, thinks the suspended Milwaukee Brewers slugger should be stripped of the honor.
Two Nevada women received federal prison terms Tuesday for defrauding the Nevada Medicaid program out of roughly $1 million.
Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson appeared more relaxed at media days this week than in recent years and perhaps even more confident, too.
Boise State and San Diego State are back. San Jose State and Utah State, football teams coming off 11-win seasons, are in.
A boost in results from its social gaming products helped slot machine maker International Game Technology increase profits and revenues in the third quarter.