Latino votes carry major political clout in the United States. Even presidential and congressional elections have turned on them.
By trade, Richard Loeks is a computer geek, a guy who works banker’s hours and reaps the benefits of what’s mostly a desk job.
Brittany O’Dale and Robert Stephen Jackson are both runners — although very different kinds.
While we might not feel it yet, summer is fading fast and the promise of fall is oh so close. And you know what that means: crisp, juicy apples; Halloween candy; and the Review-Journal’s annual listing of holiday bazaars.
A fall vegetable garden will be the best garden you’ll ever raise in Las Vegas. No, it’s not too hot to plant and here’s why.
Secretary of State John Kerry says the Syrian government killed 1,429 people in a chemical weapons attack in Damascus. He says the dead include 426 children. He calls it “an inconceivable horror.”
Easter Seals Nevada recently had its first fundraising tea at the Four Seasons to honor community supporters and “Five Fascinating Women.”
Recognized as one of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in North America, Montezuma Castle in central Arizona annually draws about 350,000 visitors.
Dear Savvy Senior: What computers can you recommend for seniors with limited computer skills? I am interested in getting one, but at 76, I need one that’s designed simplistically for me. — Inexperienced Senior
Two men were stabbed inside a Strip walkway Saturday night, and one of them was reported in critical condition at University Medical Center, Las Vegas police said.
Tyler James, who’d been working at an Arkansas Wal-Mart, came to Las Vegas and landed his big break in show business. Len Turner, entertainment director for the Fremont Street Experience noticed his talent and made him the offer of a lifetime.
The two people involved in what police called a “murder-suicide” Wednesday have been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Megan Kathleen Lanza, 38, and her husband, Nicholas Frank Lanza, 51, both of Las Vegas.
Wally Backman’s squad had no such luck on Saturday afternoon, as Salt Lake starter Billy Buckner — no relation to the former Red Sox first baseman — pitched 6 2/3 strong innings to help the Bees beat Las Vegas 4-3 and eliminate it from the Pacific Coast League playoffs before a spirited crowd of 1,342 at Cashman Field.
A 36-year-old Mesquite woman has been arrested on suspicion of trying to collect money by lying that one of her five children was suffering from a malignant form of liver cancer.
As the United States inches closer to a decision on whether to launch a military attack against Syria, protesters rallied on the Tropicana Avenue overpass above Interstate 15 Saturday morning for the second straight week.
For decades, this city in California’s agricultural heartland relied exclusively on cheap, plentiful groundwater and pumped increasingly larger amounts from an aquifer as its population grew.
Two new studies this week reinforce the need for continued study of “e-cigarettes,” an emerging product that allows users to inhale vaporized nicotine in a cigarette-like fashion. Legacy has long held the position that e-cigarettes need to be approached with caution, and that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products should regulate the devices.
The Carson Valley Visitors Authority in Northern Nevada is looking for one horse-savvy woman with an adventurous and outgoing personality to sell the region to the world.
Far below the earth where the twin towers once stood, a cavernous museum on hallowed ground is finally nearing completion.
The simple things can be the hardest to do in fashion, because you have to do them well.
Wildfire coordination centers in Reno and Salt Lake City will merge and operate out of a new facility in Utah.
Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympics on Saturday, capitalizing on its reputation as a “safe pair of hands” and defying concerns about the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
Summerlin resident Molly Sheridan has added another distinction to her ultramarathon feats. She was already the first American female to complete La Ultra-The High in 2011, an ultramarathon of 138 miles in the Himalayas. Now she has completed the race’s new route of 69 miles, traveling from the Nubra Valley over a peak of about 18,000 feet called Wari La.
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