In the international travel marketplace, visitors have more options — and the United States has more competition — than ever before. We are in a race to capture trillions of dollars in travel and tourism spending, and destinations worldwide are investing in state-of-the-art infrastructure projects as a means to win.
Universal pre-kindergarten for 4-year-olds sounds great in the high-minded speeches of education advocates, members of Congress and the president himself. But the achievement data that result from pre-K programs? Not so great.
Approximately 7,500 homes near Ft. Apache and Flamingo Roads are experiencing a power outage, according to NV Energy.
In the two years he spent at Findlay Prep, Nick Johnson showed star potential. He was the leading man on one of the nation’s top high school basketball teams. Fast forward the film, and nothing has changed
The Las Vegas police abuse and neglect detail is waiting for the autopsy results of a child who died two days before Thanksgiving in unclear circumstances.
Fallon Taylor was fortunate enough to make her NFR debut at age 13 in 1995 — when she finished sixth in the world — and qualified for four straight NFRs before giving up barrel racing to become a professional model.
UNLV President Neal Smatresk on Friday said he was “offended” by a letter sent by eight faculty members to Nevada higher education leaders claiming that women and minorities are overlooked and under-promoted at the university.
A kindergarten teacher at Havasupai Elementary School texted an undercover narcotics officer Friday before leaving the school on a break to sell him drugs, according to police in Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
A total of 18.6 million viewers tuned to Thursday night’s live three-hour telecast of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, according to the Nielsen company.
Without rendering a decision, the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline wrapped up a week-long hearing Friday into allegations suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones mishandled a relationship with a prosecutor who appeared before him.
Don Reid, the brother of U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, passed away on Thursday, the senator’s office confirmed. He was 85.
A sentencing turned combustive Friday when the defendant’s angry husband dropped an F-bomb and stormed out of the courtroom as his wife complained about getting jail time for the drowning of her foster baby.
Team ropers at the National Finals Rodeo embrace the technological side of sport as much as anyone, relying on wives and girlfriends to use iPads and video cameras during practice runs while taping how a cowboy’s horse might begin a run and how the steer its chasing reacts.
The need for a final beer didn’t prevent the surprise arrest of a bank robbery suspect in northwestern Arizona on Thursday.
The LVH has listed host Brazil as the favorite to win next summer’s World Cup, while the odds on the United States significantly increased after Friday’s draw for the group stage.
A proposal to name the peak of Frenchman Mountain after former President Ronald Reagan has been scuttled, and all it took was an act of Congress.
Jeremy Espiritu gave police a simple, cold-blooded reason for slitting the throat of his family’s dog.
The unfinished and unwanted Harmon Hotel at CityCenter received a one-week reprieve from demolition on Friday.
A Nye County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested Thursday evening after police say he broke into his estranged wife’s home and held her captive there.
Kelly is back to break down the weekend’s top college and NFL football games with Matt and Tony, from the Golden Nugget sports book.
A Las Vegas police officer was indicted on charges he sexually intimidated and harassed women he met on duty, prosecutors said Friday.
Listen up Las Vegas — it’ll be at least a year before the new Fry’s Electronics is finished in Boca Park.
December’s First Friday arts festival is set to include live music, the Nevada Ballet Theatre performing selections from “The Nutcracker” and an enchanted forest full of ornaments.
Paul Stone faces Ron Boyles with a spot in the finals on the line.
A 22-year-old Phoenix man was convicted Friday of racketeering and conspiracy charges for his role in a cybercrime enterprise known as Carder.su.
Henderson City Councilman Sam Bateman is scheduled to host a Neighborhood Connection meeting at 6 p.m. Dec. 11 at the Henderson Multigenerational Center, 250 S. Paseo Verde Parkway. Bateman is expected to be joined by Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen and city staff members who will go over updates and take questions from residents.