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.
Miss Philippines, Megan Young, was crowned Miss World on Saturday amid tight security on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, where the contest’s final round was moved following protests by Muslim hardliner groups.
Once considered a fictional sport, J.K. Rowling’s wizarding game of quidditch has become a sporting reality for athletes on college campuses and communities around the world.
Shellie Zimmerman said Thursday that she hasn’t been able to find her estranged husband to serve him divorce papers and that she doesn’t know what he’s capable of because he has changed since he was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
The leader of Greece’s extreme-right Golden Dawn party and four other of its parliamentarians were formally charged Saturday with membership in a criminal organization with intent to commit crimes, in an escalation of a government crackdown after a fatal stabbing blamed on a supporter.
Police found three human heads Thursday in a roundabout near a small town in western Mexico where “self-defense” vigilantes have clashed with drug traffickers, authorities said.
Tiger Woods was voted PGA Tour player of the year for the 11th time on the strength of his five big wins and return to No. 1 in the world.
Obama administration officials said Friday that they are sending someone to Detroit to oversee a federal effort that includes millions of dollars in grants to help fix the beleaguered city — a situation one adviser described as “an exceptional circumstance.”
Exxon Mobil Corp. said Friday that it will begin offering benefits to legally married same-sex couples in the U.S. for the first time starting next week.
Attention all passengers: Could the person who left a stash of gold bars and a pile of banknotes in the luggage deposit at Cologne’s main railway station kindly contact German police?
In an effort to reduce childhood obesity, the second annual Healthy Kids Festival is scheduled Sept. 28 at Paradise Park to teach families how to be healthy and active.
Maryland residents have been buying guns in record numbers before a law takes effect Tuesday, with provisions aimed at helping keep guns away from criminals and the mentally ill, strengthening safety training and banning 45 types of assault weapons.
Fifteen feet farther and my car would have been crushed.
Las Vegas police are investigating a dead body found inside a home in the Southwest part of the valley Saturday morning.
Weekly news conferences with Bill Belichick wind up being hilarious simply because he is humorless. It’s all mumbling and terse answers from a football genius wearing a frown and a hooded sweatshirt.
Nevada’s official sesquicentennial medallions can now be pre-ordered online, but it may take weeks for delivery.
The longtime valley resident Brendan Gaughan has been in town preparing for today’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Smith’s 350 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. And the 38-year-old veteran driver said he never has been more comfortable behind the wheel.
They probably didn’t think it of themselves at the time, but Greta and Douglas Medberry became pioneers of a sort when they agreed to become founding members of Trinity United Methodist Church.
Just as the U.S. economy is struggling to expand at a healthy pace, a pair of political standoffs threatens to slow growth and spook investors.
A local subsidiary of Cox Communications will take over all telecommunication services as scheduled Sunday at the Las Vegas Convention Center, but the legal battle over how it obtained the contract will continue.
UNLV might again come away a loser when it plays New Mexico Saturday in the Mountain West opener for both teams, but after consecutive victories for the first time in nearly five years, little question exists the Rebels are confident. They also are 2-point favorites.
Many in the media, including me, bristled when first invited to meet Laura Bucheit, the new special agent in charge of the Las Vegas FBI.