Southern Nevada’s local government leaders never tire of pitching grand visions for their cities, of calling for 21st-century communities, of embracing change and not looking back. Yet when it comes to marijuana policy, they’ve embraced the counterproductive scare tactics of the 1950s.
Liberty girls basketball coach Rich Santigate subscribes to a straightforward coaching philosophy. “I was taught you come with everything in the ball bag,” Santigate said, “and you use what you have to use.” On Monday, that turned out to be a change in defense.
Nearly 50 percent of black men and 40 percent of white men are arrested at least once on non-traffic-related crimes by the time they turn 23, according to a new study.
If you’re waiting for a train from Victorville, Calif., to Las Vegas or hoping for a promptly built interstate from Southern Nevada to Phoenix, don’t hold your breath — at least as far as the feds are concerned.
In the Jerry Maguire model of the agent-player dynamic that goes beyond a business relationship, Craig Schaeffer offers Frank Summers a place to stay when he’s in Sarasota, Fla.
A garage fire caused an estimated $75,000 in damage Monday to a home in the southwest valley, according to the Clark County Fire Department.
It wasn’t exactly like working out at the United States Olympic Training Center, but the interactive “Road to Sochi Tour” at the Orleans Arena did give us a small taste of what it’s like to compete in the Winter Games.
The newly formed Cinema Society of Las Vegas is planning to host its inaugural half-season of films at the Galaxy Green Valley Luxury + Theatre.
Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican Hospitals will trim about two dozen nursing positions as part of the effort to reduce the cost structure.
The 15-year-old Las Vegas girl who went missing on Friday has been found.
It’s one of the biggest criminal investigations in Nevada history, and yet more than six years after the FBI began looking into allegations of the sweeping scheme to take over valley homeowners associations, the public still doesn’t have the full story of how the scheme unfolded.
Hundreds of people lined the sidewalks of Fourth Street in Las Vegas for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade on Monday, months after the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington where King delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech.
Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman apologized on Monday for his verbal attack on San Francisco 49ers receiver Michael Crabtree following the Seahawks’ 23-17 victory in Sunday night’s NFC Championship win, according to ESPN.com.
This time, it will be much harder to say no to the sheriff.
An 88-year-old man who shot his wife in the chest in a Carson City hospital on Sunday told police he was trying to carry out a murder-suicide because the woman was paralyzed and didn’t want to live, authorities said.
Navy veteran Joseph E. Honish, one of the last local survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attack that launched the United States into World War II, died Jan. 16 after complications from heart failure. He will be remembered Thursday at a funeral Mass.
An explosion Monday morning that brought down part of an animal feed processing plant in Omaha left two people dead and 10 others seriously hurt, authorities said.
A man was arrested on a charge of first-degree arson after a fire in a bathtub in the northwest valley Monday morning, fire investigators said.
Disruptive technologies challenge the status quo. If there were a poster child for disruptive technology at International CES, it was Uber, a ride-sharing and car-for-hire app that connects ride-seekers to drivers.
Lenora Kaplan discovered by accident that her health insurance plan was broken. Now, Kaplan is urging other consumers to look twice at their new, Obamacare-compliant coverage before they try to use it.
Southern Nevadans reported nearly 816,000 green commutes in 2013 through Club Ride — a free program designed to improve air quality and reduce road congestion — prompting national recognition for local employers and government entities.
The woman found dead Friday in the garage of a house at Nellis Air Force Base has been identified as Theresa Rivera by the Clark County coroner’s office.
A comet-chasing space probe that has been in hibernation for almost three years has woken up and sent its first signal back to Earth.
Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight” show, which debuts next month with actor Will Smith and U2 as guests, will look familiar to people who appreciate his current work in the time slot following Jay Leno.
Visitors to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis on Monday got a chance to hear an audio recording of an interview with Martin Luther King Jr. that was discovered in a Chattanooga attic.
A 17-year-old who shot two classmates got the gun only moments before from an ex-student who bypassed metal detectors as a “guest” at the Philadelphia charter school, police said Monday.
Rock climbers Lisa Capistrant and her boyfriend Ian Clark ventured into the biggest investment of their lives by becoming owners of the 6,200-square-foot Nevada Climbing Centers.
