Organizers have announced the dates of the inaugural Rock in Rio USA festival slated for next spring on the Las Vegas Strip. The festival is scheduled for May 8-9 and May 15-16 in 2015.
Read about community news and events from across the Summerlin area.
If you’re a 47-year-old guy who has raced in some of the toughest environments on Earth for the last eight years, you might say to yourself that maybe it’s time to relax in a lounge chair and enjoy the fruits of your home life in northwest Las Vegas. But that’s not for Mark Jaget, who began his professional life as a chiropractor, became a successful businessman and is now an adventure racer.
Health-related news and events from across the Las Vegas Valley.
Boston residents will not have the chance to vote up or down on Las Vegas-style resort casinos being proposed in the neighboring cities of Everett and Revere by Mohegan Sun and Wynn Resorts, state gambling regulators ruled Thursday.
Jake Pereira, UNR’s student body president, will keep his position after the Associated Students of the University of Nevada Senate voted Wednesday not to impeach him.
A program boasting one of the highest graduation rates among high school students likely to drop out will continue and grow in the Clark County School District next year, due to a unanimous approval from the School Board on Thursday. Jobs for America’s Graduates helps struggling students catch up through tutoring and other efforts. It grew to nine schools this year and next year will be in 10 high schools.
The drought is prompting the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District to cut water allotments to Fallon-area farmers.
Released in 1988, “Nothing’s Shocking” is an alt-rock classic, one of the most distinct records of its day, singular in sound and vision, right down to its totemic album cover, a sculpture of naked conjoined twins with heads ablaze. At their shows at Brooklyn Bowl this weekend, Jane’s Addiction will perform the record in its entirety.
Masato Shiga has worked as a sushi chef for 20 years, including 16 with Caesars Palace at Hyakumi Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar, Nobu and Bacchanal Buffet. He and his wife, Makiyo Adachi, always wished there was a great Japanese restaurant near their home.
Lulu’s takes yum to a whole new level with recipes straight from Mom’s kitchen.
Grape Street has been a neighborhood “secret” for 17 years.
The inaugural Findlay Classic 5k race and 1-mile walk on April 26 drew a strong field of about 200 runners.
Shyla Sturtz recently traded in a 2013 Elantra for a 2014 Sonata at Planet Hyundai Sahara at 7150 W. Sahara Ave.
The Crosswalk Crusader, conceived by a retired Las Vegas police sergeant, led a flash mob across Fremont Street during an event aimed to increase driver awareness of pedestrians in Las Vegas on Thursday.
It’s not “The Nutcracker,” but Nevada Ballet Theatre’s season-ending production of “Coppelia” has more than a few similarities with the Yuletide favorite, from its living-doll title character to its fanciful score, sets and costumes.
Whether you’re looking for a jazz singer, a family festival, classical music or a Mother’s Day show, we’ve got some suggestions for your weekend plans.
Las Vegas police asked for the public’s help Friday in finding a man who robbed a business near the intersection of Rainbow and Oakey boulevards in late April.
It’s National Hamburger Month, and here are five ways you can celebrate in style
The San Gennaro Feast runs through Sunday at the Grand Canyon Shopping Center on West Flamingo Road. On the menu: pasta, pasta and more pasta, calzones, calamari, clams, pizza, stuffed artichokes, fried dough, and sausage and peppers, plus music, carnival rides and more.
Netflix is raising its Internet video prices by $1 per month for new customers and giving its current U.S. subscribers a two-year break from the higher rates.
Edmunds.com has announced its 2014 awards, which included recognition for three popular Infiniti models — the 2014 Infiniti Q50 S, the Infiniti QX60 and the Infiniti QX80.
In January 2006, President George W. Bush was midway through his second term. The country was still embroiled in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and congressional elections would be in November. Bush’s State of the Union address included one remarkable statement and some important policy initiatives:
For more than 50 years, Findlay Automotive Group has been entrenched in Southern Nevada. Since the 1950s when company founder Pete Findlay journeyed from Panaca to operate Pete’s Used Cars on Boulder Highway, the group has focused on giving back to the community.
Air Force Airman Brian M. Millner graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio. Millner is the son of Amber K. Moreno of Las Vegas and Randy B. Millner of Mountain Top, Pa.
Burton Cohen was a man of few words when it came to talking about himself.
First lady Michelle Obama presented the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District with a prestigious national award Thursday for its efforts to fine-tune its collection and programs to help residents struggling with foreclosure, job loss and bankruptcy during the recession.
A semi-automatic pistol stolen in a burglary was found in Family Court Judge Mathew Harter’s garage last October, but no one from his own family was arrested, reliable sources report.