With the Olympics right around the corner, skiing is on a lot of people’s minds. While ski trips can get pricey quickly, there are ways to give your budget a lift.
Dreaming of home improvement projects in the New Year? You’re not alone – many homeowners are deciding what improvement project to tackle next. As the housing market continues to strengthen, homeowners buying or selling homes are focused on curb appeal or updating new spaces, which makes now a perfect time for remodeling. In fact, a majority of U.S. Homeowners (75.5 percent) are planning one or more home improvement projects by early 2014, according to a recent HIRI Sentiment Tracking Study.
Just what does it take to excel in winter sports? Practice, practice, practice – plus modern safety gear to help protect against injury.
When buying holiday gifts, we seek to find something that our loved ones will not only enjoy, but also keep. Unfortunately, many gifts are headed straight from under the tree back to store shelves. In fact, more than half of holiday shoppers expect to return gifts this holiday season, according to a recent national survey.
What the Rebels participated in Friday night resembled a scrimmage, but at least it was one they won with ease.
Princeton made a season-high 18 3-point shots and Pacific’s senior-laden lineup was unable to shut down the Tigers, who improved to 9-1 with an 83-58 win over UOP in the Holiday Hoops Classic at the South Point Equestrian Center and Arena. Princeton built a 45-30 halftime lead and led by as many as 30 in the second half (79-49) as Pacific’s variety of zone defenses were unable to slow Princeton down.
Jerome Williams could have found myriad reasons for Findlay Prep’s 70-67 loss to Prime Prep (Texas) in the Tarkanian Classic on Friday at Orleans Arena.
Race 1 – 1 mile (turf), Purse $42,000, Claiming $50,000, 3-year-olds
Fifteen years after Jesus Shuttlesworth announced he’d attend Big State, the mythical Coney Island, Brooklyn, N.Y., basketball legend finally will make his NBA debut this season.
Nevada State Bank is launching a “Beautiful Nevada Essay Contest” asking the state’s students to answer the question, “What Makes Nevada Beautiful to You?”
UNLV has developed a troubling tendency to play down to the level of many opponents over the last few years. That trend was bucked on Friday night as UNLV put an early 18-0 run on Sacred Heart en route to an 82-50 victory.
Clair Haycock, who was a former gaming commissioner during the 1970s, has died. He was 84 years old.
The Chelsea, the eye-popping new venue at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, was designed to account for, even facilitate, social interaction without ruining the night for those who just want to watch the show.
One of two 17-year-old boys who ran away Thursday from the Spring Mountain Youth Camp on Mount Charleston has been apprehended in the northwest Las Vegas Valley.
For the Las Vegas Bowl, Fresno State vs. USC is a dream matchup. Or it should be, as long as both teams really want to be here.
An Oklahoma man proposed to his girlfriend last week while an officer tried to arrest him on two outstanding warrants.
Imagine sipping a cocktail at a Kerry Simon rooftop bar, overlooking — Carson Avenue?
Karina Taylor cried as she read old Facebook messages from Kevin Cooney, the man she once said she would marry. Cooney had confided in Taylor that he wanted out from under the influence of his mother, Linda Cooney.
The tiny Sierra Oeste community is a dangerous place to live. But Las Vegas police Sgt. Phillip Merges is hoping to change that with help from a lot of people.
CARSON CITY – A former Capitol Police sergeant who engaged in sexual harassment and failed to respond to harassment by other officers directed at a female colleague has had his firing upheld by a state hearing officer.
The year 2013 brought out a slew of new entrepreneurs, among them a few who wanted to open franchises in the Las Vegas area.
A federal judge struck down Utah’s same-sex marriage ban Friday in a decision that brings a nationwide shift toward allowing gay marriage to a conservative state where the Mormon church has long been against it.
The Nevada Department of Corrections has reported two more inmate deaths this week, making nine such cases since October.
The man who was arrested in July for the 1986 killing of a 7-year-old Las Vegas girl has been formally charged with murder.