A fluid spill that closed an Interstate 15 onramp at the Las Vegas Beltway Thursday morning has been cleared and the ramp reopened.
Elijah Hoye scored 20 points Wednesday to help Word of Life’s boys basketball team collect its first postseason win with a 52-34 victory over visiting Tonopah in a Division IV Southern League quarterfinal.
This brother couldn’t have been more prepared when he took his sister to a Minnesota-Michigan hockey game on Valentine’s Day.
The second suspect in the Prince and Princess Pet Boutique arson case has been booked into Clark County Detention Center.
Sip a cup of coffee in any cafe from Searchlight to Jackpot, and before you ask the waitress for a refill, you’re likely to hear something about conservative politics in Nevada.
Sponsored by Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Ross, the third annual free tax volunteer site is being offered for families with an annual income of $52,000 or less at the Centennial Hills Active Adult Center YMCA, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive.
Trader Joe’s is opening a new location later this year in the Shops at Summerlin, 2315 Summa Drive. The 11,700-square-foot store will open in the second half of 2014. An average Trader Joe’s is 10,000-15,000 square feet.
Last week’s column on Bob St. Clair and the undefeated 1951 University of San Francisco football team — “The Best Team You Never Heard Of” according to the ESPN documentary showing this month — generated a lot of email and phone calls from readers who remembered St. Clair or that Dons team. Or had a father who did.
Three deer trapped for as many days on an icy lake in Minnesota were rescued by a father-son duo who first learned about their plight on Facebook.
I was introduced to Cowboy Kenny Bartram on Wednesday morning. I almost didn’t recognize him. He wasn’t flying through the air hanging from the handlebars of a dirt bike; there weren’t a bunch of pretty girls waiting for his autograph.
North Las Vegas paid to hand over the city’s decades-old police headquarters Wednesday, losing up to $1 million on the long-awaited sale of its James B. Slagle Public Safety building to North Vista Hospital.
As an American, the thing I’ll remember the most about the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi is the hard-to-watch video of members of the dissident punk-rock band Pussy Riot being whipped by the Cossack militia as they tried to make a music video in a public square.
Up. Down. Right. Left. Fast. Slow. Twist. Turn. So goes the roller-coaster of a basketball team UNLV has proven itself to be time and again this season.
Internet experts have tried to convince me it’s pointless for people to post long videos and podcasts online because consumers don’t want anything longer than 20 seconds. Then how do you explain Adam Carolla?
MGM Resorts International ended 2013 on an upbeat note. Company Chairman Jim Murren told investors Wednesday that 2014 is off to an equally good beginning.
High-rolling Las Vegas businessman Ramon DeSage and two co-defendants pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to felony charges stemming from a massive fraud scheme.
We live in a culture with abundant choices and, if anything, green living is all about choices. But having the freedom to choose is not enough. Choices can be good or bad. Context is a necessary ingredient when making decisions.
Presidents Day this year was Feb. 17. It’s set by law as the third Monday of February. But it’s officially called “Washington’s Birthday” by the federal government.
Plants and people can’t help feeling a wan this time of year, but things are brightening already. Every day the sun is gradually moving higher in the sky, burning with increasing intensity and duration.
We’re told a well-designed master bedroom should be an oasis of romantic calm. It’s also supposed to be the practical place where you store clothing and get a good night’s sleep, and it may also be where you watch television, pay bills and even set up a home office.
Almost two years ago, Mary Grace and Manesh moved from a condominium into a house. As you might expect, they didn’t have enough furniture to go around. Their living room was bare, and has stayed that way all this time, because the two of them had different visions of how they’d like to finish it off.
Q. What can I do to correct all the issues that damaged star jasmine this winter?
With the approach of spring, homeowners are once again beginning to take a look around and giving some serious thought to home improvement projects and decorating ideas that had long been put on hold.
With many real estate industry watchers predicting 2014 will be a seller’s market, you may think you won’t need to do much to sell your home this spring. Not so fast – while more buyers are likely to be competing for homes, that doesn’t mean they’re willing to settle for less than perfect. In fact, coming out of the real estate crash of a few years ago, buyers have learned the importance of getting the maximum value for their home investment.
From genteel porches in the East to sleek, seaside balconies in the West, the popularity of outdoor living spaces is poised for significant growth from coast to coast with industry analysts predicting it will be a $5.7 billion market by 2016. Here is a glimpse into the national trends that will be emerging outside homes across America in 2014.
Paula Van Nostrand, a fit, health-conscious 34-year-old woman was training for her first triathlon when her life was placed on a trajectory no one saw coming. She began experiencing unexplainable symptoms but ultimately attributed them to her training.
Even her son’s death, which was ruled a homicide, couldn’t dissuade Peggy Compehos from her crusade on his behalf.
Some things, as they say, are worth the wait. The question is, what?
■ LAKE MEAD — The odds are turning in favor of anglers. Those who made it out for the Nevada Striper Club’s Top Ten Tournament were witness to this. While some may not be catching the quantity of fish to which they are accustomed, the striped bass being caught are healthy and getting by well on their diet of gizzard shad. Anglers have found success with gizzard shad fished near the bottom. Anchovies also have worked well, along with old Henry softails and LA Sliders.