The Nevada Athletic Commission had a chance to avoid embarrassment Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden but chose to back the decision of executive director Keith Kizer to use veteran judge C.J. Ross in Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s world junior middleweight title fight against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.
A new watchdog organization has started to keep tabs on government organizations in Clark County.
Talk about a dream election: The Democratic son of a former governor squares off against the Republican grandson of a former governor and U.S. senator.
With the hectic back-to-school season underway, it’s time to get back to easy weeknight meals. Preparing a wholesome and delicious dinner may feel extra stressful when time is scarce. That’s why many busy families rely on slow cookers to get them through the week. In fact, slow cooking can speed up your meal planning in a big way.
Alexis Tkachuk, a healthy 34-year-old, was overjoyed when she became pregnant with her first child. After 32 weeks of an uncomplicated pregnancy, Alexis’ doctor cleared her for travel, and she and her husband decided to enjoy a relaxing trip. During the flight, however, Alexis began feeling discomfort, and upon checking into a local hospital, discovered she was in labor – eight weeks early! Only four pushes later, Alexis gave birth to her four-pound baby boy, Jack.
A planned transformation of The Hotel at Mandalay Bay into the Delano Las Vegas may be on hold for a good reason.
A dull brown disk of rock the size of a jelly doughnut that was plucked from the desert 20 miles west of the Strip is being hailed as the oldest fossil of a land animal ever found in Nevada.
Jonas Peterson has lived in many places, but after only two months, he knows he’s found a home in Las Vegas.
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Taxis, wrapped in 6PM.com’s signature ruby red color, drop Las Vegas visitors off at Strip and downtown destinations. Sometimes those trips end in a sweet surprise.
Sure, the Las Vegas housing market is hot.
“Small businesses are more likely to have passionate people or passionate people are more likely to be in small businesses,” says August Turak, author of “Business Secrets of the Trappist Monks: One CEO’s Quest for Meaning and Authenticity.”
In a preliminary report, room tax is up 4.8 percent to $34.4 million for fiscal year 2014 year-to-date.
Wealthy households in Nevada were not immune to the dramatic loss of property values that ravaged the state’s housing market during the recession, nor do they appear to be missing out on the recovery, according to a new report.
A puppy given up for dead in Elko County has a new lease on life.
About a month before its 20th anniversary, the Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada today will name Bob Elkins its new CEO.
Policy changes were implemented this fall to prevent UNLV students from putting off remedial courses until late in their college career.
The deaths of a Las Vegas couple in what police described as a murder-suicide was the final episode of a troubled relationship that had become increasingly more violent.
Since the 1850s Gold Rush, some folks in the rugged hills and valleys of Northern California and Southern Oregon have felt they would be better off if they could break away and form their own state.
Locals looking to land a buzz-worthy, foodie-friendly restaurant in this Hudson River village are offering the right chef a novel deal: Come to Catskill with a killer concept — maybe farm-to-table, gastro-pub or vegetarian — and get space on Main Street rent free for a year.
It might be popular in some circles to bash people just because they are jobless and must rely on unemployment checks. But is there an excuse for the state Employment Security Division putting them through an emotional ordeal?
In my training, I use body- weight exercises to drill in form and technique.
Ten years earlier, her Type 1 diabetes had already cost her the vision in one eye.
Tropical Storm Manuel edged onto Mexico’s Pacific coast Sunday while Hurricane Ingrid swirled offshore on the other side of the country, as heavy rains and landslides caused at least 15 deaths and led authorities to evacuate thousands.
Hundreds of people black and white, many holding hands, filled an Alabama church that was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan 50 years ago Sunday to mark the anniversary of the blast that killed four little girls and became a landmark moment in the civil rights struggle.
At the party celebrating her eighth birthday, Emily Bartko and a classmate from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School, Sidney Meriwether, danced along with performers on the big-screen TV.
Follow the link for the boys and girls soccer coaches polls, as compiled by Tech coach Josh Jones
