Ryan Fretz is in his first season as the boys basketball coach at Desert Oasis. But he still had the date memorized: February 8, 2012.
Take a quick trip to the islands of Scotland without showing your passport. The St. Andrew’s Society of Southern Nevada plans to host its annual Burns Night Supper at 6 p.m. Jan. 18 at the Suncoast. The observance is set to include bagpipes, Scottish dancing, Scottish poet Robert Burns’ famous “Address to A Haggis” and a 10-minute piece that celebrates Burns’ life.
Students at the U.S. military academies often believe they have to put up with sexist and offensive behavior, according to a Pentagon report released Friday, reflecting a culture of disrespect that permeates the schools and their sports teams and fuels reports of sexual harassment and assaults.
Flu season is ramping up, with illness widespread in at least 35 states. That’s up from 25 in the previous week.
A 51-year-old Las Vegas man died in a rollover wreck west of Berthold, N.D., according to North Dakota Highway Patrol.
A federal judge who refused to affirm a settlement agreement between a Nevada county and Burning Man organizers because he says it is “illegal, unenforceable and absurd” has issued a new ruling declaring the county the winner in a First Amendment fight that both sides insist was over long ago.
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo has made its third rocket-powered supersonic flight in the Mojave Desert, soaring to a record 71,000 feet.
A handful of people have been hospitalized and several hundred thousand remain without water after a chemical leaked from a storage tank in Charleston into the public water treatment system, state authorities said Saturday.
How much money would Mariah Carey need to relocate to the Vegas Strip, a la Celine Dion? Oh, just a billion-dollar transaction.
The blows keep coming for Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas after allegations of patient dumping in 2013.
Here we go again. “Again” being the operative word for legions of “Mamma Mia!” fans who can’t get enough of the spangled, spandex-bedecked jukebox musical spouting all ABBA, all the time.
The Salvation Army of Southern Nevada on Friday received a $1.5 million grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank in San Francisco, which will help cover Phase II of their facility’s renovation.
As the world warms, the United States is getting fewer bitter cold spells like the one that gripped much of the nation this week. So when a deep freeze strikes, scientists say, it seems more unprecedented than it really is. An Associated Press analysis of the daily national winter temperature shows that cold extremes have happened about once every four years since 1900.
Credit card issuers J.P. Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo and American Express won’t allow gamblers to use their credit or debit cards to deposit money into online gaming accounts. That goes for both online poker and sports betting in Nevada.
Alex Rodriguez’s drug suspension was cut to 162 games from 211 by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz, a decision that sidelines the New York Yankees third baseman the entire 2014 season.
Target’s massive pre-Christmas security breach may have affected more than 70 million people.
Students at Owen Roundy Elementary School participated in a fitness presentation with Olympian and current American hammer throw record holder Amanda Bingson on Friday.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman struck out Thursday with a third self-indulgent speech that sometimes sounded like she was reading the back of a cereal box and sometimes made little sense but contained plenty of jokes and plenty of shout-outs to people in the audience.
Sharon died Saturday, eight years after a debilitating stroke put him into a coma. He was 85.
When at a crossroads of uncertainty, a commanding figure can help point others in the best direction to discover success. Roscoe Smith can play that sort of role for UNLV’s basketball team.
An Air Force investigation into alleged drug use in the ranks has expanded to include 10 officers at six bases in the U.S. and Britain.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada on Friday reopened discussions with Republicans who had been negotiating a bill to restore federal benefits to the long-term unemployed.
Myths and folklore endlessly evolve as cultures change, technologies emerge and societies grow. Some myths – like the one that warns against washing Pop Rocks down with Coke – are chuckle-worthy. Others, such as fallacies about how credit scores work, can be downright detrimental. Here are five new credit scoring myths and the truths that debunk them.
If your furnace, air conditioner or water heater is not working properly, you probably notice it long before you actually inspect the appliance itself. You know because those winter mornings are a little too cold, those July days are a little too hot or your morning showers are chillier than normal. All three are signs that these crucial systems are not running as efficiently as they once did.
With the onslaught of roses, hearts and cherubs, it’s easy to think Valentine’s Day is all about women, but men deserve something special too. You don’t need to gift luscious chocolates or a new designer watch to get the ultimate Valentine’s Day reaction. This year, more women are thinking ahead to create customized cards for their beaus that truly speak from the heart – and men are responding with tears of joy.
Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure. Also, a few transactions do not reflect the market value of the homes.
Q: It seems to be a stretch-it-out game by the banks on approving short sales. Could that be that the tax relief put in by President George W. Bush that will be ending soon? Do you think it will be extended?
Q: I am on the board of directors of a small homeowners association (less then a 100 units). We are near the end of our agreement with our property management company. The community managers started out fine, but now seem to just tell us to do what their large HOA do, and want us to select only from their list of vendors. We feel they are just dictating to us. Our prior management was very bad.
Ryland Homes is kicking off the new year in style with new communities on the horizon, financial incentives worth thousands for homebuyers and new floor plans at its Southern Nevada collections.
Pardee Homes’ LivingSmart Homes Eldorado Heights neighborhood in Eldorado, a master-planned community in North Las Vegas, has some homes ready for moving in.