Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie on Friday vehemently and angrily denied County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak’s suggestions that the sheriff, police union and an arbitrator colluded to reach a contract agreement with raises before the arbitration hearings even occurred.
CSN isn’t the state’s only higher education institution required to pay back money to the U.S. Department of Education because of financial aid errors, according to officials and records obtained by the Review-Journal. However, none of the amounts other state colleges have had to reimburse was as significant as the $1.7 million CSN has to repay after miscalculating federal financial aid for thousands of students during the last two years.
A 32-year-old Las Vegas woman was charged with 62 felony counts in a superseding indictment in one of the state’s most prolific identity theft cases to date, prosecutors said Friday.
DC Entertainment will mark the milestone for Batman next spring with a weekly comic book, “Batman Eternal,” written by Scott Snyder, along with Ray Fawkes, John Layman, Tim Seeley and James Tynion IV, with illustrations done by artist Jason Fabok.
The homebuilding industry believes that preventing foreclosures and keeping people in their homes are essential to stabilizing home prices, strengthening communities and getting the economic and housing recovery up to full speed.
Shea Homes at Ardiente recently released new designer inventory homes at the age-qualified resort-style community in North Las Vegas.
Q: Here’s my problem; I have called a plumber several times, at a goodly expense, to fix a clogged drain problem. Each time it is a short-term fix and the problem occurs again. Finally, I recently called a plumber, at a high price again. He put a camera down the pipe. He was able to determine the problem is in front of my home in the street. He also thinks this problem was there when I bought the property less than six months ago and nothing was declared by the previous owner.
Halloween comes early to Mountain’s Edge with a special Halloween costume contest for pets during the annual Family, Fur &Fun Festival on Oct. 19 at Exploration Park at the Mountain’s Edge master-planned community.
As Southern Nevada continues to see a strong demand for new homes, Harmony Homes offers buyers a selection of floor plans and options at its Silhouette community in the southwest valley.
In the early 1980s, Nanette Bratton and her family moved from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Las Vegas and into a Pardee Home in Spring Valley.
This weekend more than 100 artists and craftsmen from across the country will display a broad array of art at Summerlin Centre Community Park for the 19th annual Summerlin Art Festival. The event features fine art collections including paintings, glasswork, pottery, jewelry, metal works, sculpture and mixed media.
Las Vegas ranks high on a list of the best Western cities to locate a distribution center. Warehousing distribution is among the industries being targeted by state and local economic development agencies to diversify the economy.
Three of four defendants charged with killing Nevada’s chief insurance examiner iin Carson City have entered plea agreements with prosecutors.
Americans are fed up with Washington and spreading derision around to President Barack Obama and both political parties, according to a new poll that could sound a warning for incumbents of all political stripes going into next year’s midterm election.
A logging truck collided Friday with a train carrying passengers on a scenic tour amid peak fall foliage season in the West Virginia mountains, killing one person and injuring 24 people Friday, authorities said. Two of the rail cars turned on their sides.
Charles Hickson never regretted the notoriety that came his way after he told authorities he encountered an unidentified flying object and its occupants 40 years ago on the banks of the Pascagoula River. Until his death in 2011, Hickson told his story to anyone who would listen.
Arizona and New York have reached deals with the Interior Department to reopen Grand Canyon National Park and Statue of Liberty National Monument using state funds until the federal government reopens.
Matt, Kelly and Tony bring you their football picks and analysis for Week 6 from the Golden Nugget sports book.
Two men were indicted on murder charges for an April drug robbery that went bad on East Fremont Street, prosecutors said Friday.
John Kwan faces Scott Pritchard in Week 6 of the Friday Football Showdown.
A 29-year-old Las Vegas woman was indicted on 31 counts including attempted murder, kidnapping and child abuse for shooting at SWAT officers during a standoff in August, prosecutors said Friday.
Authorities say a 2-year-old has died of injuries suffered in an alleged child abuse case in South Dakota, and a person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press the boy is the son of Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson.
House Republicans are offering to pass legislation to avert a default and end the 11-day partial government shutdown, officials said Friday. There was no agreement yet as the plan took shape, but activity picked up noticeably.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada stepped aside Friday from talks on resolving the government shutdown in order to attend the wedding of his oldest son, his office said.
It wasn’t that long ago that Dan Reynolds and his band Imagine Dragons were regularly playing the Beauty Bar and the now- shuttered Bunkhouse, downtown’s live music linchpins, as idiosyncratic and come-as-you-are as the area itself.
It might be hard for potential ticket-buyers to get their arms around all the ambitions of the Life is Beautiful festival, which will spread music, art and celebrity chefs across several downtown blocks on Oct. 26 and 27.
Is Life more beautiful on Saturday or Sunday? You be the judge. Organizers of the two-day Life is Beautiful festival have announced single-day prices, and the first word on how more than 60 acts will be divided between the two days.