Authorities say the death toll from a massive landslide in Washington state has risen to 14. Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman Shari Ireton said Monday search and rescue crews discovered an additional six bodies. Dozens of people remained unaccounted for.
Henderson is rolling out another series of bicycle-friendly events from the Bike Swap & Ride to the Stroll ‘n Roll.
The Metropolitan Police Department could end up with a $511 million budget in the next fiscal year that restores 51 officer positions cut in the economic downturn.
Representatives from the Henderson Fire Department will be at various locations as part of the city’s 1st Annual Emergency Preparedness Week through Saturday.
A BASE jumper has died in Utah’s Zion National Park, officials said Monday, marking the third death by adventurers attempting to parachute from state cliffs this year.
Leslie Higgins, the Mandalay Bay butler played by Stephen Merchant, is the best thing about this Wednesday’s episode titled, simply, “Las Vegas.”
A convicted child molester was charged with sending a threatening letter to President Barack Obama — albeit to the wrong address.
Las Vegas author Matthew Kadish published his novel “Earthman Jack vs. The Ghost Planet” to the Amazon Kindle store with the intention of making it available to family and friends who had been bugging him to read it. He went on vacation and returned home to find he had sold more than 1,000 copies and debuted on five of Amazon’s top 100 lists. The author is now at work on the second book in the series, “The Secret Army.” The sci-fi adventure follows teen slacker Jack Finnegan, whose average life is interrupted by an alien invasion. The secret to defeating the attacking force is an ancient spacecraft that can be flown only by Earthmen. For more information on the author, visit matthewkadish.com.
Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen has no plans to step down from his seat and will “vigorously pursue his legal remedies” if a lawsuit challenging his standing as mayor is filed.
Literary highlights this week include the Clark County Library’s Spring Fling Book Fair — Sesquicentennial Edition, set to include more than 100 authors.
UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman suffered a knee injury in training, forcing his scheduled title defense against Lyoto Machida to be postponed. Weidman was to fight Machida at UFC 173 on May 24 at MGM Grand. The fight is now expected to headline UFC 175 on July 5 at Mandalay Bay.
The president of a Chicago transit union said Monday there are indications that the operator dozed off before the train jumped the tracks and scaled an escalator at one of nation’s busiest airports, injuring 32 people.
Anna Hibiscus from the children’s picture book ““Splash, Anna Hibiscus!” by Atinuke and Lauren Tobia” watched the ocean waves as they splashed and laughed. She wanted so much to splash, too, and she wanted everyone else to come with her!
If you’re the guy who called the boss and left a long message using a French accent saying we had it wrong in the newspaper when we referred to the first round of March Madness as the second round, do not call and leave another message. Call NCAA headquarters.
A Texas teen taught an officer a lesson when he parked illegally at her apartment complex.
We asked on Facebook what strange things you found yourself getting used to when you moved here. Here’s what you had to say.
Lightly swinging in a hammock in his backyard with a social studies book propped up in his lap, 13-year-old Devon Kisfalvi is actually having another productive day at Nevada Connections Academy, a virtual school.
Find fun things to do in and near the Henderson area from the Glass Craft & Bead Expo at the South Point to a Nashville Unplugged presentation featuring guest songwriter Steven Dale Jones.
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NEW YORK — At a time when Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are pushing people to put forward their most polished, put-together selves, a new class of mobile applications aims for a bit more honesty.
News highlights this week include auditions for the upcoming Rising Stars Concert and Festival at the Galleria at Sunset and free gardening classes at the Acadia Demonstration Garden.
The Las Vegas area grew by nearly 100,000 new residents in the past two years and steady growth is expected to continue for the foreseeable future, according to a new economic report out this week.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada’s inaugural Lions & Wine Oh My! fundraiser featured 50 lions interacting in front of 400 guests March 13 at the Lion Habitat Ranch, 382 Bruner Ave.
If you were watching the smart guys from Stanford knock the one-and-dones from Kansas out of this year’s March Madness on Sunday, then you probably saw the #CryingKansasKid. The CBS cameras did, and the network is taking a bunch of flak for it on social media.
A cigarette discarded in a stuffed chair touched off a fire that killed four people at a New Jersey shore motel last week, authorities said Monday.
We’re just one week away from Opening Day, and it’s time for the White House to respond to making the unofficial holiday a national holiday.
Utility work at transit stops on the Las Vegas Strip will result in temporary lane closures in the early morning hours this week.
