Clark County code inspectors have shut down the popular Roos-N-More zoo in Moapa, 55 miles north of Las Vegas.
The clock is ticking down for the appointment of a temporary president for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Call center company Sitel Worldwide Corp. formally opened on Thursday a new location at 750 Pilot Road to handle a contract with the AAA clubs for Arizona and Nevada, Northern California and Utah.
The double toilet in Sochi may have captured the Internet’s attention this week, but it’s not the only quirky Olympic thing to go viral this week. Here are five of our favorites.
Retired Boyd Gaming Corp. president turned academic officer Don Snyder, 66, will be recommended by Dan Klaich, chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, to fill the acting president position UNLV, according to a memo sent by Klaich to the state’s Board of Regents.
Plaza Bank on Thursday posted a profitable fourth-quarter and 2013 as the regional bank continues to grow its loan, noninterest checking and money market accounts business in Southern Nevada.
A sober-looking Justin Bieber was released from jail Thursday following his arrest on charges of driving under the influence, driving with an expired license and resisting arrest.
A motorcyclist is dead after colliding with a car on Western Avenue near Sahara Avenue.
One heckuva story is sitting inside the piles of data held by the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System. We know this because the agency that oversees the state’s pension fund is determined to hide that data from the public — so much so that it has defied a Nevada Supreme Court order to release information on the taxpayer funded benefits provided to government retirees.
A couple of weeks ago, North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee said his financially strapped municipality wouldn’t surrender to state control, despite having just $9 million in reserves and a total annual budget of $481.5 million. “We don’t have to find dollars,” the new mayor told the Review-Journal’s Laura Myers and James DeHaven. “We just have to find a lot of dimes.”
Producers softened many of the drama’s rougher edges. But there are still plenty of ways to tell Keegan Deane is someone you wouldn’t want to have anything to do with in the real world.
BOSTON (AP) — The state gambling commission has heard a pitch from MGM Resorts International, the only applicant for the western Massachusetts resort casino license.
The Smith’s Food and Drug store on Flamingo Road will close permanently Jan. 30. No other local closures are planned.
The world premiere of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” — co-adapted and directed by Las Vegas’ own Teller — will sail on a week longer than planned at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts. It will play April 6-20 in a 500-seat, climate-controlled tent in the center’s Symphony Park.
The Clark County Credit Union in Las Vegas on Thursday reported $9.2 million in net income in 2013, an increase of 26 percent, compared with net income of $7.3 million the previous year.
The man who prosecutors say fired the shot that killed Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor during a botched 2007 burglary was sentenced Thursday to more than 57 years in state prison.
A new report shows the number of Nevada schoolchildren receiving free or reduced-price meals increased to more than 54 percent statewide.
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Slot machine maker International Game Technology grew profits and revenue in the first quarter despite what company officials described as “market challenges.”
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Older workers striking out in new directions may need a new network, because the old one can’t cross over. Current colleagues often don’t have information about the new area. This problem can become acute when isolation sets in.
A man remains in “extremely critical” condition, Las Vegas police said Thursday, after they found him beaten and unconscious in an alley more than two weeks ago.
Venture capital activity in America increased modestly in 2013, but investor interest mostly skipped Las Vegas and Nevada. It’s the second straight year of lackluster venture capital activity in a state struggling to expand its technology sector.
The number of Americans paying to participate in fantasy sports has grown at a 7.8 percent rate annually over five years. That growth has transformed what was once a small group of devoted players into a multibillion-dollar business.
A 14-year-old girl was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the death of an 11-year-old girl who was stabbed more than 30 times at the suburban Chicago home where they both lived.
Big homebuilders have been busy in early 2014 snapping up land.
As the principal engineer of a company specializing in environmental services, Lonnie Roy knows the importance of taking his job seriously.