John Bonaventura is the worst elected official in Nevada. In a state with no shortage of incompetent, duplicitous and self-serving politicians, Bonaventura lowered the bar — he so quickly became such an embarrassment as Las Vegas constable that Clark County commissioners voted to abolish his office. When his term mercifully expires in January, his entire operation will disappear. The Metropolitan Police Department will take on the constable’s duties of serving court papers and eviction notices.
The AFL-CIO has learned from Big Labor’s Obamacare debacle: hugely complex initiatives that jack up taxes and grow government aren’t good for the economy, much less unions.
On Feb. 2, 2006, then-UNLV President Carol Harter stood in the multipurpose room of the Foundations Building on campus and announced her premature retirement.
When it comes to congressional leadership, history will never mistake Harry Reid for Robert Byrd. That would be like going from the ridiculous to the sublime at the speed of light.
Being a mom is tough. All the tantrums. All the excuses for bad behavior. All the clinging and tugging. All the messes to clean up.
Do you have a favorite song? Oh, the world is filled with such beautiful and varied music.
Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight Matt Brown’s career resurgence continues to be a remarkable story.
Before Saturday, Green Valley already had 21 Sunrise Region champions from pole vaulting alone.
The Las Vegas super featherweight fights on the undercard of Saturday’s Juan Manuel Marquez-Mike Alvarado main event as boxing returns to the refurbished Los Angeles venue.
Ranching on federal public lands is diminishing, and remaining ranchers in Nevada and throughout the West — a hardy breed of survivors enduring changing times — are feeling squeezed by the federal government.
It’s the largest commercial passenger aircraft ever built and it’s big enough to produce massive logistical headaches to airport managers worldwide. But it’s not coming to Las Vegas any time soon.
An investment in personality profiles for top-level officials has grown to a six-figure expense for the Clark County School District, which recently approved its largest contract yet with a $1,000-per-day consultant in Emergenetics, a behavioral assessment product introduced in 2007.
Fashions made of everything from trash bags to bubble wrap highlighted the annual “green” fashion show to benefit the Springs Preserve Foundation.
CORNETT SIGNS WITH CARDINALS; EX-GAEL GRIMBLE TO GIANTS
House Republicans last week approved resolutions to bolster their investigations of the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and IRS targeting of conservative groups that they claim have been stonewalled by the White House.
Eleven-month-old Daisy Tilton, bless her heart, wobbles around the backyard, staring and laughing at her high-stepping tiny feet the way babies do — happily mystified, it seems, that she no longer has to crawl to get around.
UNLV junior Dana Finkelstein tied for second Saturday in the NCAA women’s golf Central Regional at Stillwater, Okla., to qualify for the national championships.
Dr. Zubin Damania was practicing in San Francisco in 2012 when he got the call from an old college friend: Zappos.com CEO and Downtown Project founder Tony Hsieh, who wanted Damania to move to Las Vegas and help fix how health care is delivered.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Adam Scott’s wedding was so secret that not even his guests knew about it.
Before Saturday, Green Valley already had 21 Sunrise Region champions from pole vaulting alone.
LOS ANGELES — Las Vegas resident Bermane Stiverne knocked Chris Arreola down twice in the sixth round and was on the verge of a third knockdown before the fight was stopped and Stiverne was declared the winner by technical knockout, becoming the World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Saturday at the University of Southern California’s Galen Center.
A hiker was airlifted from a remote part of the Red Rock National Conservation Area Saturday after falling 15 feet and possibly sustaining a head injury.
A man who was shot to death in the east part of the valley Friday night was in an argument earlier that night, according to Las Vegas police.
A Las Vegs Strip hotel security guard has been indicted on two counts of sexual assault involving women he escorted to their rooms.
From tequila rants to “The Fish Pack” … thoughts on the Jane’s Addiction show at Brooklyn Bowl on Friday (the band returns to the venue on Saturday).
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
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