Nevada lawmakers who voted Wednesday for a bill to end the government shutdown and avert debt default expressed relief if not enthusiasm that the crises had been shelved, even if only for a few months.
I’ve been a resident of Southern Nevada since 1979 and have seen our community grow from 400,000 people back then to around 2 million today.
“Doug, hold still!” While still a whisper, Paul’s command was emphatic and left no doubt he finally had seen what we were looking for: a mule deer buck. It was shortly after 8 a.m. on the third day of Nevada’s early deer season and in roughly the same place where we had seen a group of four small bucks on opening day.
■ LAKE MEAD — No report. The Lake Mead National Recreation Area remains closed due to the federal government shutdown.
UNLV needs to win twice in its final six games to become bowl eligible for the first time in 13 years. The bad news for the Rebels is they might not be favored in any of those games.
Don’t we all think about Justin Bieber at some point each day?
In the often cursed genre of movies-turned-musicals, “Sister Act” doesn’t exactly merit a “hallelujah” chorus, but it more than deserves an “amen.” Or two.
They didn’t know she could sing. That’s what Audra McDonald’s fans emailed and tweeted after she hit the concert trail following a four-season run on ABC’s “Private Practice.”
The CW would cease to exist without love triangles.
Readers have until Wednesday to submit their two-sentence horror stories to this year’s Review-Journal Halloween writing project.
It’s the sexiest shipwreck ever seen on the Strip. But if you haven’t made it to the Sirens of TI, or just haven’t been in a while, you have only a few days left to revel in the show’s patented blend of song, dance, fireworks and that guy dressed like a parrot.
This is my favorite time of the prep football season. Not only is the weather finally cooling off, but the chase for the playoffs really heats up.
Kevin Hagood has needed to make several difficult decisions during his tenure as Palo Verde’s boys soccer coach. Selecting a starting goalkeeper rarely has been one of them.
Neither Gilbert Melendez nor Diego Sanchez will leave the cage on Saturday night with an Ultimate Fighting Championship belt. That doesn’t stop them from seeing their UFC 166 lightweight bout as a title fight.
The debt default deadline looming, President Barack Obama signed a deal that came together Wednesday in Congress, averting financial calamity. He hailed the agreement and said it was time to earn back Americans’ trust.
For someone who has played a lot of golf this year, Zach Johnson is holding up fairly well, save for a little stiffness in his neck.
Street theater. Street art. And, speaking of art, a gallery that was a motel in its previous life. That’s the eclectic picture planned for the upcoming Life Is Beautiful festival, which will take over 15 blocks of downtown Las Vegas Oct. 26 and 27.
The Metropolitan Police Department’s arbitration with a police union that will cost taxpayers $6.9 million more for pay and benefits for officers strayed from Nevada law throughout the process, according to a review completed by Clark County’s legal counsel, Mary-Anne Miller.
Every story has at least two sides. The one told by Kevin Olekaibe is convincing and genuine, even if some choose not to see it his way.
Follow the link for some of the top performances from the week of Oct. 7-12.
The body of Army Sgt. 1st Class Sean Wayne Wells, 35, arrived at McCarran International Airport Wednesday afternoon, en route to his final resting place in the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City. Wells was killed in his home in Fayetteville, N.C. on Oct. 7.
The city of Las Vegas will continue to appeal a Bureau of Land Management decision to set aside thousands of acres in the northwest valley for conservation, although if legislation to create a new national monument is approved the challenge would be moot.
As she faced the ex-convict who raped her in Central Park, a 74-year-old woman told him Wednesday to “rot in hell,” calling him a “sexual terrorist” and an “evil infestation.”
For the first time in Las Vegas police history, an officer has been fired for an on-duty police shooting.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
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Las Vegas teen killed in minibike crash had 10 times legal limit for pot, report says