As a massive wildfire burning into Yosemite National Park grew to nearly 200 square miles, Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for the city of San Francisco 150 miles away because of the threat to the city’s utilities.
As California goes, so goes Nevada and the country. That could be a very bad thing for Nevada’s medical community.
A planned Mexican rodeo that drew harsh criticism from animal rights advocates has been canceled following Clark County commissioners’ decision to not temporarily relax its ban on roping horses by the legs.
Classes start Monday at UNLV. On Friday, incoming freshman took part in the “New Student BBQ, ” one of several events that celebrate the beginning of the fall semester. The barbecue event is an annual campus tradition.
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Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas and Dini-Townsend Psychiatric Hospital in Sparks have been found to be noncompliant with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
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The house fire in northwest Las Vegas that killed two people earlier this month was caused by an electrical problem, according to fire officials.
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During a recent Las Vegas 51s game, Randy Howe was chatting with fans strolling along the main concourse at Cashman Field and showing them a baseball-theme phone app.
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The Clark County School District and its teachers union, the Clark County Education Association, have reached a tentative agreement on 2013-14 contract terms for 18,000 teachers.
Many hundreds of thousands of students will head back to school on Monday. Yes, summer is over. So, there will be police all over the place, making sure drivers don’t do anything stupid.
A Florida fisherman was taken by surprise when a 350-pound marlin jumped aboard his boat.
Mark Brian Lovett, the 26-year-old Las Vegas resident who fell to his death at a construction site in Summerlin this week, was a welding inspector whose job was to make sure buildings were up to code — that the steel was sturdy and that the safety specifications were met.
Ryan Braun”;s acknowledgement that he used performance-enhancing drugs was welcomed in the Milwaukee Brewers”; clubhouse, where players hope it helps to heal some of the pain caused by his actions and a resulting 65-game suspension.
Mayor Bob Filner agreed Friday to resign on Aug. 30, bowing to enormous pressure after lurid sexual harassment allegations brought by at least 17 women eroded his support less than nine months on the job.
The U.S. soldier who massacred 16 Afghan civilians last year in one of the worst atrocities of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars was sentenced Friday to life in prison with no chance of parole — the most severe sentence possible, but one that left surviving victims and relatives of the dead deeply unsatisfied.
The legal war over Yucca Mountain resumed with force on Friday with a demand that the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission recuse herself or be disqualified from the agency’s about-to-resume work on the proposed nuclear waste repository.
Americans cut back sharply in July on their purchases of new homes, a sign that higher mortgage rates may slow the housing recovery.
The Internet erupted Thursday night after Warner Bros. announced that Ben Affleck will play the Caped Crusader for its Superman and Batman team-up movie.
Maj. Nidal Hasan has been convicted of premeditated murder for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood. That means he’s now eligible for the death penalty.
Norman and Margie Karp of Las Vegas and their family have owned four Hyundais and the time span between the purchase of the vehicles illustrates the dependability of the car along with the continual changes made by the automobile manufacturer.