Two men appeared on the national stage in April in the form of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and Los Angeles Clippers basketball team owner Donald Sterling. Both made racially insensitive statements.
A sales tax increase to boost police funding across Southern Nevada is in limbo, not likely to resurface again this year, but not officially dead until July 1, 2016, the statutory deadline for the Clark County Commission to boost the rate by up to 0.15 percentage points.
Trying to increase city revenues at the expense of public safety isn’t a good trade-off for taxpayers. But that’s exactly what’s happening as a result of the Las Vegas Fire Department’s heavy-handed suppression of patient transports by private-sector ambulance company American Medical Response.
Kathy Duva is suing several individuals and companies, including manager Al Haymon, Showtime and Golden Boy Promotions for interfering in a planned showdown between light heavyweights Sertgey Kovalev and Adonis Stevenson.
Oscar De La Hoya strikes me as a man who doesn’t buy the idea that recognizing power in another doesn’t diminish his own.
Bruised, somewhat battered, but still standing and still unbeaten.
After going through injuries and doubts about whether he event wants to continue to compete, James Stewart has responded with a strong Supercross season.
Cori Molisee, Montana Lloyd and Mandy Gebhart each won two individual events Saturday at Heritage Park to help Boulder City’s girls swimming team to a 157-141 win over Silverado.
The shortcomings of 31-year-old Cashman Field are no mystery to the new owners of the Las Vegas 51s — the Pacific Coast League Triple A team of the New York Mets. Gridlock in the concession area and cramped metal benches are just two of the issues.
Rachel Williams went 4-for-4 and combined with Kelsea Sweeney on a six-inning four-hitter on Saturday to lead Palo Verde’s softball team to a 10-0 home win over Canyon View (Utah).
Not many pitchers in Southern Nevada can be relied on as much as Faith Lutheran’s Brandon Johnson.
This is what most people know about the sport of international cliff diving:
Not many pitchers in Southern Nevada can be relied on like Faith Lutheran’s Brandon Johnson.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted last week to continue allowing lawmakers to lease personal cars with taxpayer money if they choose.
The Turkish judicial contingent was a respectful group, but try as they might members of the delegation couldn’t remove the looks of surprise from their faces.
Editor’s note: Nevada 150 is a yearlong series highlighting the people, places and things that make up the history of the state.
Six years after being hired at the Adelson Educational Campus, the fourth-grade teacher’s students excel on standardized tests, she’s one of Adelson’s curriculum coordinators and she’s now being named Clark County Educator of the Month for March.
Roger Stanton Baum was beginning to think Friday would never come.
Inclement weather forced Opportunity Village’s spring garden party indoors, but did not dampen the enthusiasm of guests who support the organization that helps people with intellectual disabilities.
Dear Savvy Senior: What does Medicare cover when it comes to eye care? I currently have good vision insurance through my employer but will lose it when I retire. — Looking Ahead
U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford on Saturday called on Gov. Brian Sandoval, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller and the Clark County sheriff to take action to move militia members out of Bunkerville after hearing more complaints from residents about the armed supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy.
As an actor, Joey Ciccone is known for playing tough guys. His acting resume lists film credits, TV roles and commercials. Chances are, you’ll be seeing him a lot more. The Desert Shores resident has signed on as the spokesman for Karatbars.
They are seeming opposites: Lawrence Vaughan was in his mid-20s, a self-taught computer programmer, who had an idea on how to make Internet poker work in Nevada. A mutual friend introduced him to South Point owner Michael Gaughan, 71, who built the Coast Casinos brand and is considered one of the Las Vegas casino industry’s pioneer operators.
The more than a century-old Manzanita and Lincoln resident halls at the University of Nevada, Reno are steeped in history, but their vulnerability in the event of an earthquake is causing some concern about the students who live in them.
A transgender prison inmate who complained about losing her breast tissue and growing facial hair after her hormone treatments were stopped must receive the treatments for the rest of her time behind bars, a federal judge ruled Friday.
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