Faced with a staggering backlog of veterans’ disability claims in Nevada, the Department of Veterans Affairs will add 20 employees to process claims at the VA’s Las Vegas benefits office.
CHAPEL OF FLOWERS INTRODUCES NEW DIGITAL MEMORIES PHOTO PACKAGE
Question: What is your favorite apricot to grow in Las Vegas?
A 21-year-old University of Alabama swimmer who died during a severe storm on Monday is being talked about across the nation as a “true hero.”
The state’s health insurance exchange on Wednesday put off a decision on a fix for its struggling Nevada Health Link website even as state officials urged a fast decision.
Cash Colligan, former bassist for Vegas pop rockers The Cab, has ignited a feud with his old band.
Ask any local nature lover if he has visited the Bowl of Fire, and the answer will usually be, “Of course!” But many of those answers are incorrect because people confuse it with the similarly named Valley of Fire State Park. While both are must-sees for anyone who can do both and involve similar terrain, the Bowl of Fire is a completely different experience because it is accessible only by hiking. That means on most days, you’ll likely have the place to yourself. And you’ll always have the satisfaction of knowing you got there on your own two feet and will power.
Ever since Taco Bell released a statement in 2011 to say its beef is 88 percent beef, not 36 percent, as a lawsuit accused, the public has been left wondering: What’s in the other 12 percent? Wonder no longer.
Florida State’s Heisman Trophy quarterback Jameis Winston was issued a civil citation after sheriff’s deputies say he walked out of a supermarket without paying for $32 worth of crab legs and crawfish.
P2C Imaging and Second Chance Customs are looking for volunteers to help with what they hope will become an annual spring cleaning at Nellis Dunes on Saturday.
Stubhub, which helps brokers and fans buy and sell tickets on its website, announced Wednesday it will sell tickets to concerts that it will produce.
North Las Vegas residents can keep up with reported crimes by signing up for a new alert service from police. The North Las Vegas Police Department on Wednesday invited residents to sign up for AlertID, a communication platform that connects citizens and federal, state and local authorities to provide information that can help protect families and communities.
A mother in Washington is one of a handful upset that their child was told to pick cotton as a class activity. Redmond Middle School students were handed cotton plants last Friday and told to pick it “to see what it was like to be a slave.”
The controversy surrounding Donald Sterling and the fact the NBA has the power and desire to make him sell the Los Angeles Clippers opens the door slightly for broader thoughts on the possibility of a team landing in Las Vegas sooner than later.
The 60-ton carcass of a blue whale is rotting on the shore on Canada’s east coast, stinking up a town and triggering fears that it could burst.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife is recommending hunters statewide be allowed to take more elk and fewer mule deer this year due in part to persistent drought that will make it difficult to support typical deer herd sizes.
Slot machine provider Multimedia Games said Wednesday it spent $13 million to acquire electronic table game company PokerTek.
Station Casinos announced plans Wednesday to spend $20 million on improvements to Green Valley Ranch Resort by adding four restaurant and bar concepts and other amenities to the hotel-casino in Henderson.
Lois Craig’s attention to detail helped give the modern day map of Southern Nevada a different face. In turn, she is namesake to the bustling thoroughfare, Craig Road, and one of the first North Las Vegas schools, Lois Craig Elementary School, 2637 E. Gowan Road.
The NBA owners’ advisory and finance committee will hold a meeting Thursday to discuss the next steps in the removal of Donald Sterling as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Regional gaming operator Pinnacle Entertainment on Wednesday dismissed an investor proposal to spin-off the company’s 14 casinos into a real estate investment trust.
Nevada’s U.S. senators split Wednesday on raising the minimum wage to an hourly $10.10.
Oklahoma officials were conducting an autopsy Wednesday on an inmate who writhed, clenched his teeth and appeared to struggle before prison officials halted an execution in which the state was using a new drug combination for the first time. The man later died of an apparent heart attack.
After a couple of bad days spent explaining unpaid campaign debt from 2010, lieutenant governor candidate Sue Lowden is once again taunting her opponent by daring him to debate.
LAS VEGAS CITY COUNCIL APPROVES LEASE WITH HORSES4HEROES
The 132-foot, 1.2 million-pound locomotive Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive made a whistle stop in Las Vegas Tuesday night. It’s on display until 4 p.m. Wednesday before it resumes its journey at 7 a.m. Thursday to a restoration yard in Cheyenne, Wyo.
The effort to develop more kitchens, both residential and commercial, into no-fry zones dates back at least a few decades, as research has accumulated to support the theory that fried foods aren’t exactly conducive to the health of most of us.
Las Vegas writer Brandon McSmith teaches readers the basics of Texas Hold ’Em from knowing when to fold to knowing when to hold in “Texas Hold ’Em: What the Pros Don’t Want You to Know.”