The federal government has secured $1.1 billion to continue cleanup of a former chemical manufacturing site in Henderson as part of a settlement with the site’s owners.
Federal prosecutors filed court papers late Thursday asking a judge to order former power broker Harvey Whittemore to begin serving his two-year prison term for unlawfully funneling campaign contributions to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
As more states acknowledge same-sex marriages and tourism entities recognize the value of marketing to the gay community, police and security forces need to expand their policies to be sensitive to providing a safe environment for gay travelers, a speaker at a security conference said Thursday.
April Fools’ Day has come and gone, but the celebration lingers on, as First Friday dubs April’s celebration “The Fool,” fittingly scheduling pop-up performances from clowns, jugglers, comedians and puppeteers as part of this month’s downtown Arts District celebration.
Fred Phelps founded the controversial Westboro Baptist Church, known for picketing the funerals of soldiers. In the Phelps theology, God condemned all of America for enabling homosexual behavior. Soldiers who defend the country therefore were contemned to hell.
Findlay Prep’s boys basketball team boasts two McDonald’s All-Americans. But it was another senior standout who guided the Pilots to a victory on Thursday.
Seven men claim they worked more than 40 hours a week as stagehands for David Copperfield’s magic show at the MGM Grand without receiving overtime compensation.
Richard Schlacta, a 49-year-old Californian with a lengthy criminal history, pleaded guilty to one count each of sexual assault with the victim being under age 14 and first-degree kidnapping. Authorities say he assaulted a 13-year-old girl who was on her way to her school bust stop in August.
Pop rockers The Fray come to Sandbar at Red Rock Resort on May 31. Tickets are $49 and $99 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at the Red Rock Boarding Pass Rewards center, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., and Ticketmaster outlets.
Charlie Starr possesses one of those voices that’s both Sunday-morning-mellow and so ripe with emotion it threatens to burst like an overinflated balloon.
In a letter to the congressional leadership and copied to all members of Congress, the National Conference of State Legislatures said it is opposed to the Restoration of America’s Wire Act, which was introduced last month.
Empire of the Sun’s theatrical glam-tronica seems to share the same DayGlo DNA as Cirque du Soleil, both posited on the fantastical and delirious, euphoric escapism.
The song begins with a slide down the pedal steel guitar strings, a whistle blows, a bass line unfurls the funk — it’s the musical equivalent of confetti bursting into the air.
Grouplove is one of those bands that you know even if you don’t really know it, thanks to the L.A. quintet’s beachball-bouncy breakout hit “Tongue Tied.”
Las Vegas police asked for the public’s help Thursday in finding a man suspected of robbing three northwest valley convenience stores in late March. The armed robberies happened from March 25 through 27, police said. During each robbery, the suspect entered a convenience store and demanded money while pointing a gun at the store clerk.
A Henderson man sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the slaying of his girlfriend’s 6-week-old son will get a new trial, the Nevada Supreme Court said in an opinion issued Thursday.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission now says it won’t be until August for a decision to be made on a Boston-area casino. Mohegan Sun and Wynn Resorts are both opposed to granting Boston host community status.
Secretary of State Ross Miller is responding to a dark-money group’s attack on his campaign for Nevada attorney general with a TV ad of his own.
A key lawmaker has pulled the plug on a legislative plan to broaden gambling in Florida during this year’s session, but supporters promise to revive the effort next year.
Frank Woodbeck, Nevada’s director of employment, training and rehabilitation, is leaving his post for a new job with the system of higher education.
A second defendant suspected of being part of a Korean organized crime group was sentenced in Las Vegas on Thursday to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a botched home invasion.
Lindo Michoacan is one of the valley’s most venerable Mexican restaurants, starting with the original on Desert Inn Road in 1990 and waxing and waning over the years to the current three locations, while competitors have come and gone.
A teen in England dropped her cell phone down a storm drain and went in after it, and had to be pulled out by firefighters.
You can celebrate National Grilled Cheese Month with one of these ooey, gooey grilled cheese creations.
Spencer Haywood, the basketball legend who lives in Las Vegas and helped change the culture of the game for future players by changing the NBA’s early entry rule in 1971, does not get enough votes to be a member of the Class of 2014. But he remains hopeful that he’ll make it to Springfield someday.
Instagram says it is fixing a bug that has hidden users’ photos on its mobile app from the past several days. The Facebook-owned photo-sharing app said on Twitter Wednesday that it is working on fixing a temporary glitch that is showing photos from several days ago.
The Vegas Loves Brazil Brazilian Day Festival Saturday and Sunday at the Rio will include Brazilian food and drink booths, more than 100 Brazilian artists, live entertainment, free workshops, carnival rides and a kids’ area. Admission is $8 per day.
Fuller disclosure may be the only way to ensure we know who’s trying to buy our democracy, now that the Supreme Court has eliminated most campaign contribution limits.