If you’re looking for good news, don’t read about this week’s rollout of Obamacare coverage. The insurance exchanges that are central to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act go online Tuesday, and with each passing hour, more and more problems are revealed.
Jessie Vargas isn’t as busy as he used to be. But the closer you inch toward a world title shot, the more choosy you become as to who you fight.
This was most appropriate: That when it came time to produce a drive that would win a football game and finally terminate a road losing streak that had become stuff of (negative) lore around the UNLV program, Caleb Herring was the one to lead it.
Junior running back Kobe Williams rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown to carry Agassi Prep to a 21-6 win over Needles (Calif.) on Saturday at Rancho.
As she made her way through the Sands Expo Center, the most dangerous woman in Las Vegas easily passed for one of the thousands of attendees at last week’s behemoth Global Gaming Expo convention.
With the federal government teetering on the brink of shutdown, the Senate passed a spending bill last week that would keep federal workers on the job through Nov. 15.
Our government serves a purpose. It’s not the one you’re thinking of, either.
Dear Savvy Senior: I understand that there are a number of different flu vaccines being offered to adults this flu season. What can you tell me about them? — Seeking Protection
For lots of unusual shapes, sizes and color, consider adding cactuses to your yard.
I’ve got a T-shirt hanging in my closet, given to me one Christmas morning by my mother. It depicts a man alone in a room, hunched over a stack of papers, writing. Outside his window a crescent moon suggests a late night. Or perhaps even the wee hours of the morning. The caption reads, “Artists and writers, alone in their chairs, changing the world one line at a time.”
If they can’t make the entertainment new and different, how about the places where we see it?
When the moment of truth came in the fourth quarter, UNLV responded as it seldom has in similar situations.
President Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the cemetery at the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg in 1863.
Pat Mulroy must be a candidate for a job with the Obama administration.
Some of the greatest athletes of all time have failed as coaches because they couldn’t handle the fact that their players couldn’t perform like they did.
After years of decline, crime rates in Las Vegas inched up slightly in 2012. It’s too soon to tell if that increase is the start of a trend, but the uptick gives political ammunition to Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie, who is trying to convince county commissioners to raise the sales tax rate to pay for more cops on the street.
After four years of congressional infighting, 2,400 pages of federal legislation, more than 10,000 pages of regulations and three years of statewide planning sessions, the Nevada insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act launches on Tuesday.
It’s a uniquely practical issue and a particularly ironic one in our throwaway society.
UNLV put together perhaps its most impressive drive of the football season to take the lead for good tonight, and the Rebels went on to beat New Mexico 56-42 at University Stadium.
Citing overwhelming losses in the Silver State Helicopters bankruptcy, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Mike Nakagawa approved the payment of $101,000 in disputed legal expenses.
ELKO — The Las Vegas Review-Journal took first place for general excellence among Nevada newspapers in the Nevada Press Association 2013 “Better Newspaper Contest,” announced Saturday night at the newspaper organization’s annual convention.
ELKO — Here’s the list of winners in the Nevada Press Association 2013 “Better Newspaper Contest,” announced Saturday night at the newspaper organization’s annual convention.
The potential for a partial shutdown Tuesday is a quirk of American history. So if you’re bored with blaming House Republicans or President Barack Obama, you can lay some responsibility on the Founding Fathers.
GO Mt. Charleston, a non-profit organization based on a partnership between the U.S. Forest Service, Great Basin Institute and Southern Nevada Conservancy, on Saturday planted Joshua tree seeds along burned areas near Kyle Canyon Road to celebrate National Public Lands Day.
A recent study published by the League of United Latin American Citizens and the Human Rights Campaign found that although support for gay Latinos continues to increase in society, at home Latinos face a greater challenge.
Two women crossed Swenson Street at Sierra Vista Drive on a recent weekday morning, walking toward the apartments on the southeast side of Sierra Vista. On the northeast side, a man and his wife were asking passers-by whether they could spare some cash for the bus.
A three-month investigation into the June deaths of 19 firefighters killed while battling an Arizona blaze cited poor communication between the men and support staff, and revealed that an airtanker carrying flame retardant was hovering overhead as the firefighters died.
