Cirque du Soleil Nevada and the MGM Grand Hotel have been cited for several safety violations in the death this summer of an aerialist in “Ka” show.
Let’s put aside for a moment the most outrageous part of the recently unveiled videotape of Assemblyman Jim Wheeler, R-Gardnerville, saying he’d vote to bring back slavery if his constituents favored it.
The pursuit of justice in the death of 7-year-old Roderick “RJ” Arrington goes far beyond the prosecution of his stepfather, Markiece Palmer, and mother, Dina Palmer, on charges of first-degree murder and child abuse. It’s important for county taxpayers to know there’s some accountability within the child welfare system that failed RJ, and that it won’t fail other children with tragic consequences.
If an elected official is stupid enough to say there’s a circumstance under which he would vote for human slavery, he’s unfit for public service.
It looked like things were really starting to heat up for this little factory town when the maker of the Sriracha chili sauce opened a sprawling 650,000-square-foot factory within its borders. Getting the jobs and economic boost was great. Getting a whiff of the sauce being made wasn’t
Wow. Talk about a regional favorite. After I posted a query from Tony Thurber, looking for New Jersey-style pork roll, his fellow Taste of the Town readers responded en masse.
The new location of Mac Shack opened last week, joining the original restaurant that opened in 2010.
While LeBron James often is compared to Michael Jordan, widely considered the best basketball player ever, many believe the Miami Heat forward still ranks behind several other of the game’s greats.
For a baseball player, Bishop Gorman’s Nick Gates turned out to be quite an offensive lineman.
UNR’s 34-31 overtime upset of Boise State was one of college football’s most memorable moments in the 2010 season, two teams that would finish in the top 11.
The crowd spread across the pavement near the Student Union and onto adjacent stairwells Monday, hundreds gathered to celebrate a rivalry victory in football and the promise of what still might transpire for UNLV in the coming weeks.
A man died after being shot at an apartment complex near UNLV Tuesday night.
Wayne Hage Jr., a Nevadan whose family has battled federal agencies for more than two decades over water and property rights for its Nevada ranch, told House lawmakers Tuesday the fight outlived his parents and has cost millions of dollars with no end in sight.
A $761.4 million quarterly loss by Caesars Entertainment Corp. wasn’t on Wall Street’s mind Tuesday. Analysts wanted insight from Chairman Gary Loveman on Caesars’ highly public exit 10 days ago from a proposed $1 billion Boston-area casino development.
Nevada Assemblyman Jim Wheeler issued an apology Tuesday for his statement that he would vote for slavery if that is what his constituents want.
Matt Reyes has launched Las Vegas’ first bike messenger business downtown and offers a story about how he’s a pioneer in the field of delivering paperwork, lunches and other items via his Jamis, single-speed bicycle.
A longtime Greenspun Media Group executive is leaving the company to join Vegas PBS.
Former Illinois U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. entered a North Carolina prison Tuesday to begin serving a 2 1/2-year term for illegally spending $750,000 in campaign money on everything from cigars to a gold watch.
A man was arrested Monday after police say he strangled a woman several times and hit her in the head with a hammer.
Remember the two sisters who were slapped with $275 tickets for hiking in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area during the government shutdown? As it turns out, they were in pretty select company.
The usual scenario involves suspicious glances, inattentive clerks or rude service — not handcuffs.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. on Tuesday won dismissal of one piece of the case brought by former largest shareholder Kazuo Okada, as the all-out legal war between the two starts to come out of hibernation.
Heli USA Airways Inc., one of the largest helicopter flightseeing companies in Las Vegas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Monday in the midst of a payment dispute regarding the choppers.
College students in Nevada who have accumulated excess credits but have failed to complete their degrees will pay the price beginning next fall. That’s when an excess credit fee approved last November by the state’s Board of Regents will go into effect.
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