A federal appeals court ruling last week gave a green light to restart licensing of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site but without funding the process will remain stalled, Nevada Rep. Joe Heck said Tuesday.
I write this message from behind the lines at the YMCA’s Camp Whittle, the site of this year’s Camp Independent Firefly. Don’t let that name fool you. This is a very dangerous assignment. I suspect I am onto the story of my life.
Las Vegas police are looking for any potential victims of a man suspected of sexual assault of a minor.
Newly released court documents describe the extent of injuries to the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, including multiple gunshot wounds to his face and a skull fracture.
A look at some of the DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week:
Follow the link for Spring Valley’s preseason capsule information.
Workers saw a modest rise in the average cost of employer-sponsored health insurance this year, but they’re probably not overwhelmed with relief.
Follow the link for Desert Oasis’ preseason capsule information.
Follow the link for Desert Oasis’ preseason capsule information.
I’m starting this month’s column with a story and then offering an opinion. As you might know if you’ve read this column on occasion, I prefer stories to opinions, because everyone will give you an opinion and not everyone will give you a story. But I received an email recently from a reader who said that while she enjoyed my stories, she was interested in hearing more of my opinions.
The resignations last week of North Las Vegas City Manager Tim Hacker and City Attorney Jeffrey Barr were not surprising — voters replaced Mayor Shari Buck earlier this year with John Lee, and change was in the air.
The ALMA telescope in Chile has captured a close-up of the glowing material spewing from a newborn star.
Here’s the book on American liberals: All in all, they are a good-minded group set upon the mistaken idea that big government (namely, Washington, D.C.) can more efficiently and effectively look after citizens than citizens themselves.
Everyone wants a pay raise. A highly productive, fortunate few of us might actually get one.
Follow the link for Foothill’s preseason capsule information.
A construction worker is dead after falling from a building at the 10000 block of Summerlin Centre Tuesday morning.
Even though the Clark County School District has faced many changes, Henderson again is ready to usher in another school year Aug. 26 with a few adjustments.
Western Las Vegas-dwelling fans of Roy’s Restaurant will have to drive across town to get their Hawaiian fusion fixes.
Read about news and events happening in the Summerlin and Summerlin South areas.
Those looking to protect thousands of Ice Age artifacts in the desert north of Las Vegas may have found a powerful ally.
Nevada charter school students test worse and spend less time learning than the vast majority of their peers, according to a study released last month by Stanford’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes.
Good news for valley residents: Graffiti laws got tougher. Bad news for vandals: Some offenders could face Class D felony charges.
When students go back to school Aug. 26, there will be more of them than the Clark County School District has ever had. Newly hired Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky said he expects 312,700 students.
Felix Brandon Cruz III, 31, the second man thrown from the bed of a truck as it was being stolen on Sunday, has died.
Elmore Leonard, the beloved crime novelist whose acclaimed best-sellers and the movies made from them chronicled the violent deaths of many a thug and con man, has died. He was 87.
Las Vegas comedian Russell Peters just got back from filming a movie in Miami with Jon Favreau, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sofia Vergara and John Leguizamo.
Last week, a big kid with a mop of blond hair named Trace Evans hit a home run in 11 consecutive official at-bats to power the Las Vegas Baseball Academy Lightning to the championship of a 104-team tournament at Cooperstown Dreams Park.