University students working on an archaeology dig at the Stewart Indian School in south Carson City carefully sifted years of dirt away from their finds Monday as they sought to add more insight into this culturally important national landmark.
So, the new private owners of the Las Vegas 51s minor league baseball team want the city, the county and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to chip in to defray the cost of a nice, new stadium in Summerlin.
Those who travel through McCarran International Airport and airports around the United States are certainly aware of all the procedures they must endure to board a flight, courtesy of the Transportation Security Administration. The TSA has gone to great lengths to deflate many of the benefits of flying.
Las Vegas police officers will not have the public’s trust until the department has a credible process for reviewing its own shootings, former Assistant Sheriff Ted Moody said Monday.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Chris Schwinden (5-9); Redbirds, Tyler Lyons (6-2)
The fan in Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney has always wanted to see mixed martial arts pioneers Tito Ortiz and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson fight each other. Now the businessman in him hopes enough paying customers are similarly interested in the matchup of ex-Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champions to make Bellator’s first pay-per-view event a success.
Mountain Ridge scored five runs in the first inning and held on for a wild 12-8 victory over Central East Maui (Hawaii) on Monday at the Little League Baseball West Regional in San Bernardino, Calif.
Smokey D’s Tobacco Co. at 9620 Las Vegas Blvd. South is an RYO Filling Station that looks much like the filling station of last year, with one major exception: It’s now a club.
A look at some of the DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week:
Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece Monday when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players in a drug case – the most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal nearly a century ago.
Sue Lowden may be looking forward to a run for statewide office in 2014 but her creditors only want to talk about 2010.
Treasure Island wants to build a three-story shopping center addition to the Strip resort.
The company’s application for use permits will come before county commissioners on Wednesday.
A gunman blasted shots through the wall of a Pennsylvania municipal building during a meeting on Monday and then barged into the meeting room and continued firing, killing three people, before he was tackled by a local official and shot with his own gun, a witness said.
The feeling was new for UNLV quarterback Nick Sherry, striking him from the blindside along with that hit by the Boise State defender, and he didn’t know quite how to handle it.
The National Park Service halted their search for a 23-year-old North Las Vegas man last seen in the water about a mile north of Cottonwood Cove on Lake Mohave on Sunday.
The city of Henderson and the U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement Monday after receiving complaints about the Police Department’s dealings with the deaf.
Clark County commissioners on Tuesday will have a public hearing and vote on an ordinance that would allow horse roping events in which the equines are captured by the legs, with the intent of releasing them without tripping.
As manager of Keseff, a manufacturer of sound-activated, light-up T-shirts and gloves, Lana Baltodano came to the ASD LV trade show with a goal of selling as much product as possible to retail buyers through Wednesday. Unfortunately, not many of the roughly 41,000 attendees are making purchases.
The LVH Super Book stopped taking bets on Texas A&M University football games after ESPN reported the National Collegiate Athletic Association is investigating potential rules violations by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Johnny Manziel.
A teenager charged with killing a Utah soccer referee because he didn’t like the man’s call during a game pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of homicide by assault in a case that brought new attention to the issue of violence and sportsmanship in athletics.
According to police, a person drove up to an ATM machine on South Rainbow when the suspect approached the vehicle. The suspect pointed a gun at the victim and demanded money from him.
A former Silverado High School softball coach was sentenced to more than 23 years in federal prison Monday for sexually exploiting a member of his girls team.
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos is buying The Washington Post and other newspapers for $250 million. The longtime publisher, The Washington Post Co., announced the deal Monday. Bezos is buying the paper as an individual. Amazon.com Inc. is not involved.
One of Amargosa Valley’s most celebrated residents has moved on to greener pastures. Herman, the towering Holstein steer that helped draw tourists to the remote Longstreet Inn and Casino at the southwestern edge of Nye County, died July 25. He was roughly 8 years old.
Allegiant Travel Co. continued to grow its passenger counts in July even as a key revenues measure declined again.
M Resort closed its 14-table poker room last week to make space for additional slot machines that will be used for tournament play.
Thousands of fast-food workers in seven major cities are protesting for better pay, the right to unionize and a more than doubling of the federal minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $15.
An intercepted secret message between al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri and his deputy in Yemen about plans for a major terror attack was the trigger that set off the current shutdown of many U.S. embassies, two officials told The Associated Press on Monday.
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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
Mystery deepens: Monolith outside Vegas may have been in desert for years
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people