James Smack, the Republican national committeeman from Fallon, said Tuesday he’s stepping down from the post in mid-February to spend more time with his family
For three months, the Affordable Care Act has been all about website and enrollment glitches, with the former often the cause of the latter. Make no mistake, these problems haven’t gone away just because the calendar turned to Jan. 1, 2014 — when Obamacare officially became the so-called law of the land. But the new year was supposed to bring a new phase of the law: people actually having health insurance.
The first roadside campaign signs that went up last month were a dead giveaway, but the incumbent judges and attorneys filing for judicial positions makes it official: It’s an election year.
A 15-year-old girl was transported to University Medical Center Tuesday morning after being hit by a car in North Las Vegas.
The state insurance exchange on Tuesday reported gains in paid enrollments. As of Saturday, 10,547 Nevadans had signed up for and paid premiums on new coverage through the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange. That was up from 6,219 paid enrollments as of Dec. 23.
Yahoo’s out to save the news and magazine industries in its own technical way. At the tech giant’s keynote Tuesday afternoon at the 2014 International CES, Yahoo management made a series of content-centered announcements that should make news junkies very happy.
Clark County commissioners face a key decision on Jan. 21 — whether to raise the sales tax to pay for more police officers.
Three flu-related deaths in Clark County have been reported, and the Southern Nevada Health District is urging residents to get their annual flu shots.
The Clark County Commission has selected John Entsminger to head the valley’s largest water utility.
A defense official said four U.S. Air Force crew members have been killed in helicopter crash in England. A U.S. Air Force Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in a coastal area of eastern England on Tuesday night, an official said.
One person is dead and three others are injured following an avalanche in the backcountry near Vail, Colo. Eagle County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Jessie Mosher says the slide happened at around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday in East Vail Chutes, an area between Vail Mountain and Vail Pass.
It’s time for comfort food to heal the wounds of the hectic holiday season, and soup to warm the soul. And what, after all, is more comforting than a bowl of soup?
A close vote in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday kept alive the safety net hopes of more than a million Americans whose federal unemployment benefits expired last month, but more heavy lifting is ahead to determine whether they will get checks again.
A teenager is in critical condition Tuesday morning after being struck by an automobile in east Las Vegas.
Judy Bayley, namesake of the Judy Bayley Theatre at UNLV, was once known as the first lady of gambling, and it’s a title she earned by reinventing herself and having a hand in many changes in the valley.
NBC’s comic institution “Saturday Night Live,” criticized recently for a lack of diversity, said on Monday that it hired Sasheer Zamata — a 27-year-old black woman from Indianapolis — for its repertory cast when new episodes start again later this month.
Workers on Tuesday removed signage from the New York-New York that had greeted visitors to the Strip casino since the property opened in 1997. The 30-foot gold-border neon sign will be reassembled at the Neon Museum in downtown Las Vegas to become part of the Neon Boneyard.
Michael Law, 25, who attacked Clark County jail guards with a baseball bat in September, pleaded guilty to felony battery with use of a deadly weapon on Tuesday.
Holley’s Cuppa, 9265 S. Cimarron Rd #115, is owned by former Le Reve performer Holley Steeley.
A crab notices a camera parked outside his home and decides this is a matter of finders, keepers.
A southwest Reno community is taking steps to keep problem bears out of their trash — animal-resistant garbage containers.
Lindsey Vonn will miss the Sochi Olympics because of a right knee injury, leaving the Winter Games without one of its biggest stars.
Boxes filled with bananas and cocaine were delivered to five Berlin supermarkets in what police on Tuesday called a “logistical error” by drug smugglers.
The group of NBA players scheduled to play with Dennis Rodman against a team of North Koreans on Wednesday privately expressed second thoughts about going ahead because of an outpouring of criticism back home in the U.S.
A University of Virginia medical student potentially saved a man’s life recently during what was supposed to be a routine training exercise.
A new all-electric race car made its debut Monday at a makeshift racetrack behind the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.
The development buzz in Las Vegas these days is focused almost exclusively on the growing influence of Tony Hsieh and his Downtown Project, but there’s another big player on the scene: The Cordish Cos.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified Las Vegas’ first traffic fatality of 2014.
Brutal cold settled over much of the nation this week, sparing the west but leaving people in cities from Nashville to New York scrambling to avoid heading outside. The weather has had some unexpected consequences. We’ll be keeping track of them here throughout the day.