PHOTOS: Mark of Kindness

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and her husband and former Mayor Oscar Goodman were at the Welcome to Las Vegas sign on Wednesday to meet with tourists to promote International Random Acts of Kindness Week, which runs Feb. 10-16.

Canyon Springs finishes unbeaten Northeast run

The Canyon Springs boys basketball team has at least three players capable of taking over a game on offense.

School board members broke law but won’t be punished

The Nevada Commission on Ethics unanimously reached a settlement Wednesday with four Clark County School Board members and two former School Board members agreeing that each board member broke state law by spending taxpayer resources on campaigning. But they will receive no punishment.

FLAG FOOTBALL: Canfield, Bulldogs blank the Bengals

Zshalyn Canfield tossed four touchdown passes and ran for a score Wednesday to lead Centennial’s flag football team to a 35-0 win over host Bonanza.

Nevada again posts one of higher foreclosure rates in U.S.

Nevada posted one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation in January even as default activity declined across the state, according to a Wednesday report from California research firm RealtyTrac.

Ex-husband: Hospital worker assault on wife damaged marriage

A retired corrections officer testified Wednesday during the sexual assault trial of Steven Farmer, a certified nursing assistant who is accused of victimizing five female patients at Centennial Hills Hospital. Two of those women, including the witness’ ex-wife, reported that Farmer had sexually assaulted them.

 
South hit again with ice, snow, traffic jams

Drivers got caught in monumental traffic jams and abandoned their cars Wednesday in North Carolina in a replay of what happened in Atlanta just two weeks ago, as another wintry storm across the South iced highways and knocked out electricity to more than a half-million homes and businesses.

Las Vegas police seek new recruits

Las Vegas police say they’re looking to hire new recruits, according to a statement released Wednesday.

Federal lawsuits seek to punch holes in $15 billion Las Vegas pipeline plan

A national environmental group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday morning to block the Southern Nevada Water Authority from siphoning groundwater from across rural eastern Nevada. The lawsuit specifically cites threats to rare and in some cases protected species.

Insiders sell Wynn Resorts shares; analysts boost expectations

Executives with Wynn Resorts Ltd. have sold thousands of shares this month as its stock is trading near a 52-week high, leading analysts to examine their ratings and price targets.

Can we live in your dress?

At the state dinner last night for the French head of state, Mrs. Obama wore a designer dress valued at $12k.

 
Sinkhole swallows 8 prized cars at Corvette Museum

It was a sight to make a classic car lover weep: A gaping sinkhole opened beneath the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky and swallowed eight prized cars like they were toys, piling them in a heap amid loose dirt and concrete fragments.

Las Vegas police seek east side robbery suspects

Las Vegas police are looking for information on two suspects who robbed a business at gunpoint near Sahara Avenue and Sloan Avenue on Jan. 23. The robbers held guns to an employee’s face while demanding money, police said.

Anglers angry as feds cut bait on Lake Mohave trout stocking program

A “panic release” in November saved 11,0000 fish, but another 21,000 fish died. A similar incident killed 40,000 trout in August. And in the end, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service decided to discontinue the stocking program that previously provided Lake Mohave with hundreds of rainbow trout per month.

MGM Resorts arena will rely on adjacent properties for parking

MGM Resorts International plans to use its existing hotel-casino parking facilities bordering and neighboring the 19,500-seat arena site to provide parking for the $350 million venue.

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