Former Reno City Council member Jessica Sferrazza has asked the Nevada Supreme Court to rehear its 5-2 decision last week that she cannot run for Reno mayor, but a court spokesman called her chances are slim.
Urban Casavant is dead, but don’t expect all the suckers who dumped millions into his diamond mine stock scam to believe it.
Quarterback Jaymee Luke is the catalyst for Cimarron-Memorial’s flag football team.
Brett Runion is a programmer for a gaming company. But his roots are in Iowa, and two years ago he traveled there to take a look at his grandparents’ old farmhouse. He had read his grandfather’s biography and learned a lot about the life of a farmer, impressed with “how hard they worked.”
Wild, an offshoot of Miki Agrawal’s New York restaurant of the same name, opened in September and will celebrate its grand opening on Thursday. The “farm-friendly” restaurant and juice bar is at the Ogden high-rise residential building in downtown Las Vegas.
Egg foo young might not be an authentic ethnic Chinese dish, but if well made, it can be pretty satisfying, with its crispy exterior, light interior and crunch from the vegetables used. And fellow Taste of the Town readers have suggestions for Gail Simon, who’s looking for the best.
It is no wonder I keep coming back to Chilean wines; they collectively represent some of the best values in the market today. Casa Lapostolle is in this category.
Roosevelt Smith knew there was more than a title on the line in the 182-pound final at the Division I state wrestling tournament.
Quarterback Jaymee Luke is the catalyst for Cimarron-Memorial’s flag football team.
A Northern California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree. Nearly all of the 1,427 coins, dating from 1847 to 1894, are in uncirculated, mint condition.
The Wranglers couldn’t maintain a two-goal lead and fell 6-5 to the Bakersfield Condors on Tuesday night before 2,977 at Orleans Arena.
The Nevada System of Higher Education has proposed a 4 percent tuition increase for all state colleges and universities starting in fall 2015 and continuing through 2019.
North Las Vegas looked to dig up $7.7 million for a settlement with city bargaining groups Tuesday, money leaders hope will end a two-year legal battle with a trio of public safety unions. The city plans to rely on untapped cash from five separate budget funds to reach the total announced this week, including a combined $3 million from recently eliminated city jobs and funds stashed in the city’s More Cops sales tax account.
On the side of one of the MGM Grand’s hotel towers is a huge banner of Floyd Mayweather Jr., claiming to be the home of boxing’s pound-for-pound king.
The trailer for the upcoming summer blockbuster “Godzilla” was released Tuesday and it highlights destruction, including parts of Las Vegas.
Roosevelt Smith knew there was more than a title on the line in the 182-pound final at the Division I state wrestling tournament.
Voters in Revere approved a resort casino proposal on Tuesday, keeping alive Mohegan Sun’s $1.3 billion project and setting the stage for a competition with Wynn Resorts for the sole eastern Massachusetts resort casino license.
Los Angeles Dodgers fans in Southern Nevada will be left truly blue this season unless local pay-TV distributors agree to carry Time Warner Cable’s SportsNet LA channel — the Dodgers’ exclusive new 24/7 TV home.
Nevadapreps.com will offer a live blog for selected games from the boys and girls state basketball tournaments at Lawlor Events Center in Reno.
It was political Ground Hog Day for Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship officials, who once again traveled to New York to lobby state lawmakers on legalizing professional mixed martial arts events in the Empire State.
The 2016 Republican National Convention will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center if the city wins the right to host the nationally televised event, which could be a $400 million-plus boon to Southern Nevada’s economy, the convention center confirmed Tuesday.
Pasquale Rotella, head of Insomniac Events, confirmed on his Facebook page today that Vegas versions of Insomniac’s Beyond Wonderland and Nocturnal Wonderland events were in the works.
Nevada Taxicab Authority board member Dean Collins praised Administrator Charles Harvey and Chief Ruben Aquino on Tuesday but ripped media reports that administrators were discouraging officers from writing citations to cabbies who take their passengers on long routes without their permission to collect higher fares.
Famous musicians go back in time to remember the worst gigs they ever played.
Agassi Prep’s boys basketball team has little margin for error on defense.
PRIMM — Western High School senior Erik Gonzalez had a big smile on his face after his Division I-A 113-pound state championship match against Elko’s Aram Villegas, Saturday night at the Star of the Desert Arena.
The parents of a 12-year-old Sparks boy who shot and killed a teacher and wounded two students before turning the gun on himself have donated nearly $14,000 to an anti-bullying program in a partnership with the school district.
The governors of Nevada and Delaware are signing an agreement Tuesday morning that will join their states in a partnership for online poker.
Garner Houston took over Slot Car City in December 2012 and moved it to 1271 S. Decatur Blvd. The shop allows hobbyists to build, rent and race slot cars.
Metro said the man and two other victims were suffering from gunshot wounds at the scene. They believe the three victims were involved in a previous altercation inside an area business before they were shot.
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