If you ask Kyle Dunlap what Big Brothers Big Sisters is all about, he’ll tell you the organization’s mission is to provide children facing adversity with one-on-one relationships.
“This is a historic day for Nevada,” Gov. Brian Sandoval said Jan. 16 at the groundbreaking ceremony for Nevada State College’s two new buildings. “The students are excited, the faculty is excited. This is the foundation of the future of our state.”
House Democrats urged President Barack Obama on Monday to use his State of the Union speech to announce a halt to deportations of people living in the country illegally.
When things go wrong near the apartment complex at 399 Broadway, people attribute it to the rough neighborhood or the sour economy. What they don’t know is the neighborhood carries a curse from a “lustrous summer centuries before any European dared name the place Santa Monica Bay,” writes local author Eric James Miller in his novel “For Rent: Dangerous Paradise,“ the first in his planned For Rent mystery series.
Find fun things to do in and near the Henderson area. Highlights this week include a concert by the Henderson Symphony Orchestra.
Literary highlights this week include the launch of comedy-magician Mac King’s book drive in anticipate of his Magical Literacy Tour. King plans to swap tickets to his show for donated books throughout February.
Between the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo flirting with leaving Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Wranglers hockey team looking for a new arena for next season, there’s one word that has received a lot of attention — Wrangler.
Animal rights groups on Monday appealed to Pope Francis to end the practice of releasing doves from a Vatican window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, a day after a pair of the peace symbols were attacked by a seagull and crow.
FALL RIVER, Mass. — Foxwoods is looking to make another attempt at entering the Massachusetts casino market, this time in Fall River.
Elizabeth Graham had nowhere to go but up. She was homeless and jobless months after her husband died of liver cancer. “He didn’t leave us in a good situation,” she said, “but I had to keep moving forward.” Graham not only went back to school at Everest College’s Henderson campus, 170 N. Stephanie St., but she recently received the Dream Award, given to students who overcome significant obstacles on the way to furthering their education.
Zions Bancorp, parent of Nevada State Bank, Monday on reported a fourth-quarter loss of $59.4 million, or 32 cents per share, compared to a profit of $35.61 million, or 19 cents per share, in the same period last year.
In Henderson news this week, the city of Henderson and the Nevada attorney general’s office are scheduled to host a Nevada homeowner relief program at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 29 at City Hall, 240 S. Water St.
One small area of unincorporated Clark County could end up becoming medical marijuana central in Southern Nevada if other jurisdictions choose not to allow dispensaries to operate, a state panel was told Monday.
Ram Chary has been appointed chief executive office of Global Cash Access Holdings Inc., the Las Vegas-based cash management company said Monday.
Eric Lawson, who portrayed the rugged Marlboro man in cigarette ads during the late 1970s, has died. He was 72.
Michaels Companies Inc, the biggest U.S. arts and crafts retailer, said it is investigating a possible security breach on its payment card network and advised customers to check their financial statements for fraudulent activity.
As the show celebrates its 200th episode, its writers haven’t done much to make viewers care about Cristin Milioti.
Authorities say a helicopter has crashed in western Colorado near the town of Silt, killing all three people aboard.
The family of a girl killed while in a San Francisco crosswalk on New Year’s Eve is suing the Internet ride-service company Uber.
A gunman used his baby son as a shield while he fired at deputies, who did not return fire until after the man’s ex-girlfriend took the child away from him.
Skip the Grammys last night? Here’s what you did — and didn’t — miss:
Pure Romance, a woman-to-woman direct sales company specializing in intimacy products, acquired Slumber Parties Inc. The deal adds 104 Las Vegas consultants to Pure Romance’s 10.
A recent study by the American Bible Society shows Sin City didn’t even crack the Top 10 least Bible-minded cities in the nation.
A 16-year-old boy was critically injured Monday after setting himself on fire in the cafeteria at a suburban Denver high school in an apparent suicide attempt, authorities said.
The motorcyclist who died in an accident in Henderson Thursday evening has been identified.
American shoppers say they are very concerned about the safety of their personal information following a massive security breach at Target, but many aren’t taking steps to ensure their data is more secure, says a new Associated Press—GfK Poll.
A man was taken to the hospital after being hit by a car Monday morning at the intersection of Warm Springs Road and Durango Drive.
The mall where a Maryland teenager gunned down two people before killing himself was set for a somber reopening Monday under increased security as police worked to figure out why the shooting took place and whether the gunman knew either victim.