Southern Nevada can expect thousands of jobs and more than $450 million in new capital investment over the next five years, the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance announced Thursday.
In April 2003, they were among the first reservists to enter Baghdad, barely three weeks after the United States invaded Iraq.
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA announced changes Thursday to the way it will select teams for the men’s basketball tournament, adding flexibility in hopes of keeping teams properly seeded.
The question I am most asked is this: Do you bet your own selections? The reference is to my daily handicapping of the Southern California racetracks that appears in this newspaper.
There has been a palpable energy around the revival of downtown Las Vegas, from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s $350 million, privately financed campaign to Derek Stevens’ efforts in turning two aging hotels — the Golden Gate and the D Las Vegas — into attractions that have bolstered the area’s character.
A state lawmaker on Thursday called on Clark County officials to investigate conditions in group homes for foster children and juvenile offenders and was told that a county investigation already is underway.
WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: Sounds, Chris Narveson (3-6); 51s, Giancarlo Alvarado (4-1)
Wearing a black rain suit and a soft smile, Inbee Park looked calm as ever standing before the imposing Royal & Ancient clubhouse moments before she teed off Thursday in the Women’s British Open.
A Long Island woman set off an Internet firestorm this week after claiming federal agents had visited her home due to her Google searches, but police say an old-fashioned tip is what led to the visit.
Like a merry-go-round it can’t get off, the Bureau of Land Management is back where it started 15 years ago, faced with forcibly rounding up Cliven Bundy’s herd of more than 500 cattle from public land at Gold Butte.
Follow the link for all-state baseball team selected by the Southern Nevada Connie Mack Baseball Association.
A fire near U.S. Highway 95 and Charleston Boulevard injured two people and damaged two houses Thursday.
Horse racing and football are thrill rides of different kinds. A wager on a football game is often a three-hour grind, and a regular-season win total bet is a long-term investment.
Another person has quit the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Use of Force Board.
A little-known state investigation into a scheme to defraud a Las Vegas homeowners association is being called the springboard for Operation GrandMaster, the long-running federal probe into a valleywide takeover of HOAs.
A man wanted on suspicion of stealing 147 decorative brass sidewalk lights turned himself in to authorities Thursday after he was approached by a homeless man who recognized him from fliers handed out by Deputy City Marshals investigators in Las Vegas.
Sports fans are wagering thousands of dollars on the performance of professional athletes each day online, and it is all perfectly legal.
The rancher who charged tour buses to pass through his property on their way to the Grand Canyon Skywalk over Memorial Day weekend is asking for a congressional inquiry into why a Native American tribe was allowed to build an emergency bypass around his ranch, causing what he contends is major environmental damage.
Las Vegas police officers are asking for the public’s help in locating a suspect in a hit and run that left a 5-year-old boy hospitalized.
A Las Vegas man who suffered from a rare medical condition that caused his scrotum to swell to over 130 pounds will appear in a cable televison documentary later this month.
The parent company of Las Vegas Motor Speedway absorbed another financial hit in the second quarter as revenue, including ticket sales, was down for the three-month period compared to the same time period in 2012.
Bronnie Ware was a nurse working in palliative care. She took care of people with multiple illnesses, some curable, others not. She also watched over sick people in the last days of their lives.
A Reno brewpub has turned to Facebook to publicly shame a patron who left the restaurant without paying his $100 tab.
Two American Film Institute students are making a film about the tunnels of Las Vegas and those who live there.
The woman who died from multiple stab wounds July 26 has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Aspiring entrepreneurs will have a high-profile judge to impress at the sixth Startup Weekend Vegas, a 54-hour event that challenges participants to envision and create a new business in three sessions.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people
Asian grocery store looks to add new location near Summerlin