Clark County Commissioners decided to give a 2 percent salary increase to about 750 county employees Tuesday.
A patio fire quickly spread and burned two neighboring homes in the west Las Vegas valley Tuesday afternoon.
It’s well-known that the numbers who lost their home to foreclosure far exceed the number of homeowners who’ve received mortgage assistance. Then there’s Ken Hall.
The man who was arrested after police allege he struck a motorist changing a tire on U.S. Highway 95 near Tropicana Avenue Monday was identified as 28-year-old Victor Omar Garcia-Rodriguez.
The Pentagon is moving to ease the pain of unpaid furloughs, good news for 1,100 civilian workers at Nellis and Creech Air Force bases and 530 civilian technicians who work for the Nevada National Guard.
The man pegged to be the Southern Nevada Health District’s next chief health officer has withdrawn his application, the district announced in a statement Tuesday.
Staff members at Carson City Animal Services are undergoing an “intensive” training on customer service and ethics this week after a small dog named “Rollie” was put down because its owner couldn’t immediately pay a $100 fee.
A 100-pound python blamed in the strangling deaths of two Canadian boys apparently escaped from its enclosure, slithered through a ventilation system and fell through the ceiling into the room where the young brothers were sleeping, authorities said Tuesday.
A man who fatally shot a township official and two others during a municipal meeting in northeastern Pennsylvania was about to fire more rounds when he was wrestled to the ground, possibly preventing more bloodshed, authorities said Tuesday.
Taste of the Town readers have come to the rescue of Leslie Hall, who is looking for a North Carolina-style vinegar-based barbecue sauce, despairing of the sweet ketchupy sauces she’s been finding.
A lawyer for a Colorado man charged Tuesday with murder and assault for allegedly driving his car through a weekend throng on the Venice Beach boardwalk said it was an accident that has left his client devastated.
Mingo — from George Harris, Mingo Collaso and chef Robert Solano, the team behind Mundo in the World Market Center — opened May 27 in downtown Las Vegas’ Arts District.
Wide receiver Riley Cooper returned to the Philadelphia Eagles Tuesday after a four-day excused absence to undergo sensitivity training after he was caught on film yelling a racial slur before a Kenny Chesney concert.
The husband of a woman whose body was found in a burned house near the U.S.-Mexico border said Tuesday that he knew the man suspected of killing his wife and abducting one or both of their children.
Tim Hauck is 46 and 2½ years younger than his brother, Bobby, but he arrives at UNLV with the sort of experience and clout that immediately earns the respect of those players he will now instruct as the team’s defensive coordinator. On paper, it’s not a good hire. It’s a terrific one.
Former President George W. Bush successfully underwent a heart procedure in Dallas on Tuesday after doctors discovered a blockage in an artery during his annual physical.
Former Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks pleaded not guilty in Southern California on Tuesday to felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from a police chase and confrontation in March.
A Las Vegas police officer faces criminal charges after several women he met on the job accused him of abusing his authority to intimidate and sexually harass them.
Caesars Entertainment executive Rick Mazer, who has overseen the Flamingo, Harrah’s Las Vegas, The Quad and development of the Linq, is headed to Atlantic City.
Three men are suing Las Vegas police after officers arrived to break up a potential fist fight that was already resolved during the 2013 New Years Eve celebration on the Strip.
The man who led police on a 20-minute, high-speed chase Sunday night that shut down Interstate 15 at Sahara Avenue was arrested and faces firearms and resisting charges.
As the U.S. and Britain evacuated embassy staff Tuesday, a suspected U.S. drone killed four alleged members of al-Qaida, and militants shot down a Yemeni army helicopter. Westerners flew out of the country and Yemeni authorities launched a wide investigation into al-Qaida threats.
MGM Resorts narrowed its second-quarter net loss but saw companywide revenues increase, which included a 3.4 percent hike in revenues on the Strip.
The latest home report on Tuesday confirmed what has been reported several times already this year — home prices are vaulting higher and Nevada is leading the way.
Global Cash Access Holdings Inc., parent company of Global Cash Access Inc., earned $6.67 million, or 10 cents a share, for the second quarter, compared with $6.86 million, or 11 cents a share, for the same period last year, the company said Tuesday.
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