St. Rose Dominican Hospitals, Southern Nevada’s only Catholic, not-for-profit hospital system and the dominant hospital group in the southern Las Vegas Valley, is being left out of some new plans designed to comply with the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare.
The 16-year-old boy who is accused of fatally stabbing his mother and 9-year-old brother last week was arrested Wednesday morning, Henderson police said.
A man is facing two charges of attempted murder after police said he shot two men in North Las Vegas last week.
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Three freight trains collided in the Texas Panhandle before dawn Wednesday, derailing up to 30 cars and injuring four crewmembers including two critically.
Follow the link for the area’s offensive leaders as of Sept. 25.
Place five gaming company presidents on one panel and you often get five different opinions on a variety of topics.
A noted California doctor is being called a hero after he performed an emergency life-saving tracheotomy on a community leader who was choking on a piece of meat.
A federal judge on Wednesday again denied Las Vegas Sun Publisher and Editor Brian Greenspun’s effort to head off the demise of a 24-year-old agreement governing operation of Las Vegas’ two daily newspapers.
The Clark County Department of Air Quality has issued a dust advisory for Wednesday.
A zip line to connect the two towers at the off-Strip Rio resort will open on in early November. The VooDoo Zip Line will cost $24.99 between noon and 5:30 p.m., then $37 until midnight every day,
A Las Vegas man has been arrested and charged with setting a fire that caused $2 million in damages to a beauty supply warehouse.
With expected losses of $6 billion this year, the Postal Service is pushing for a 3-cent increase in the price to mail a letter. Consumers would pay 49 cents, bulk mail rates would go up 5.9 percent and international letters would cost $1.15.
The Las Vegas Bowl has a new sponsor and a new name for at least the next three years: the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl.
The assault on the public’s pocketbooks is unrelenting. Government at every level wants higher taxes, and the costs of other necessities, from energy to health care to food, keep rising as well. Taxpayers are tired of being asked to cough up more, more, more.
ABC should probably back out of “Back in the Game” while it has the chance.
The Kings of Leon are having a great time. Problem is, no one really believes them.
Skipper Jimmy Spithill and Oracle Team USA won the America’s Cup on Wednesday with one of the greatest comebacks in sports history.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit on Wednesday against Bank of America for the way it allegedly treated a former deaf employee.
During a funeral Monday with full military honors at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, about 100 family members, friends and fellow veterans buried the remains of Sgt. Melvin Wolfe, who went missing in 1950.
Garden seats shaped like a barrel are being made today from porcelain, pottery, plastic, rattan and even plaster. They are used in a living room as a coffee table, in a powder room as a pedestal to hold towels, or inside or outside as a seat.
Shareholders of NV Energy Inc. on Wednesday approved selling the Nevada utility to Berkshire Hathaway’s MidAmerican Energy utility for $5.6 billion.
D EAR GAIL: We’re putting our house on the market and have two dogs and a cat. My Realtor would like us to board them, but it’s something we’re not willing to do. They were all rescues and already have separation anxiety. We’re having our Realtor schedule appointments so we can take them out of the house for that time. We know this may affect how quickly our home sells and we’re willing to accept that. But what are other pet-related things we should be aware of? — Tasha W.
The 10-year drought of the Colorado River continues to put pressure on Las Vegas residents to conserve water. Approximately 60 percent of all water used in Las Vegas is by area residents, and 70 percent of that water is applied to outdoor landscapes. Many homeowners would like to help save water, but struggle when managing and resetting their irrigation clocks.
Q: I planted six Podocarpus in March, three by the north wall and three by the south wall. Now the three on the north wall have leaves that are turning brown. The three on the south wall are fine. I didn’t realize that the trees would get this much sunscald. Any suggestions on what I can do, besides give them macronutrients and hope for the sun to change course?
Q: I plan to replace the grass in my backyard with shrubs, flowers and trees. How can I convert my existing sprinkler system to a drip system?
The FBI released surveillance footage Tuesday of the Washington Navy Yard gunman, who the agency said did not target specific individuals when he opened fire inside a building, killing 12 people.
CARSON CITY — Nevada’s black bears are on the prowl for high calorie comfort food to pack on pounds before winter.
