The sangria at Julian Serrano’s eponymous tapas restaurant at Aria was so popular, resort management decided to serve a version of it at the pool. And, as is fitting with sangria, they decided to have some fun with it: It has a rose base, is made with honeydew juice, and the “ice cubes” are a little different.
Many Democrats were sorely disappointed that no experienced candidate from their party stepped up to run for governor this year.
UNLV’s baseball team on Monday did what the school’s basketball team couldn’t this season: It qualified for the NCAA tournament’s field of 64.
The White House and the IRS had long asserted that the tax agency’s targeting of tea party groups was the work of rogue, low-level employees from the Cincinnati office. Nothing to see here. Move along, America.
Clam chowder is clam chowder is clam chowder? Not if you’re a fan of one type or another — but not both — and prefer either the creamy-white New England style or tomato-y-red Manhattan. It’s the latter that Shirley Bruss is seeking, and her fellow Taste of the Town readers have several suggestions for her.
In March, Double Barrel Roadhouse became the first restaurant to open in the plaza being created on the Strip in front of the Monte Carlo.
Francois Lurton is the man behind the attractive brand of everyday muscular wines and he is someone who knows how to craft wines people really love to drink.
On Friday, in a rainy town of not 55,000 souls along the Willamette River in central western Oregon, UC Irvine returns to the college baseball postseason when it meets UNLV in a regional game at Oregon State.
Patrice Wolfson is ready to give up her title as the co-owner of the last Triple Crown winner. She will get the chance if California Chrome is successful in his bid to join Affirmed and 10 other horses atop racing’s pinnacle.
A treasure trove of rare gold coins that were discovered by a California couple out walking their dog last year went on sale Tuesday. The nearly 1,430 coins date from 1847 to 1894 and have been valued at more than $11 million, and a single coin sold for $15,000.
Two downtown Las Vegas casinos operated by Boyd Gaming Corp. reached tentative contract agreements with two unions, leaving seven properties unsettled and targets for a potential strike starting Sunday morning.
Jared Remy, 35, son of longtime Boston Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Romy, was sentenced to a mandatory life without parole for killing Jennifer Martel, 27.
In a 5-4 split decision, 12 years after barring execution of the mentally disabled, the Supreme Court on Tuesday prohibited states in borderline cases from relying only on IQ test scores to determine whether a death row inmate is eligible to be executed.
Las Vegas police are looking for a man who they say robbed several downtown businesses. The man, described by police as 25 to 30 years old, about 6 feet tall and around 300 pounds, pulled out a knife and demanded money from a store employee on May 20, police said.
Andy Johnson has been promoted to head coach of the Findlay Prep boys basketball team, the program announced Tuesday.
They’re the $10 million men and women. Propelled by a soaring stock market, the median pay package for a CEO rose above eight figures for the first time last year. The head of a Standard & Poor’s 500 company earned a record $10.5 million, an increase of 8.8 percent from $9.6 million in 2012.
The 51s rallied from a 2-1 deficit with three runs in the fourth inning and two each in the seventh and ninth to defeat El Paso 8-5 on Tuesday night in El Paso, Texas, snapping a six-game losing streak.
A woman in her 80s met her 94-year-old half-sister over the Memorial Day weekend — the first time the siblings had ever set eyes on each other.
Bo Bernhard, executive director of the International Gaming Institute and professor of sociology and hotel management at UNLV, recently gave a TED Talk saying Las Vegas is a smart city. He’s not talking about book smarts but “social intelligence.”
To begin to understand the texture of this increasingly cultured cowtown, it helps to set foot inside Cowboy Joe Coffee.
The mother of the 11-year-0ld boy who shot in the head on Monday faces an attempted murder charge, according to Las Vegas police.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid warned Tuesday if House Republicans don’t vote on comprehensive immigration reform by Aug. 1, President Barack Obama will take administrative action on the matter.
Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura’s office will cease to exist on Jan. 4, 2015, but Clark County in the past couple of months has installed in the office 14 new computers valued at $11,186 in all.
This summer, the WSOP commemorates its 10th consecutive year at the Rio — hence, the $10 million prize — and the next seven weeks are expected to be more extravagant than ever before, complete with live music, indoor blimps and even Frisbee-catching dogs.
A delegation from Nevada is headed to Singapore later this week to officially launch a new water-related economic development initiative on the world stage. The nonprofit, public-private Nevada Center of Excellence was created more than a year ago, but it has developed more slowly than expected. A week-long international water conference in Singapore, June 1-5, will serve as its coming out party.
Festivals abound in Cerca country in June, ranging from Father’s Day celebrations to rodeos to parties for Nevada’s 150th year of statehood.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said House Speaker John Boehner is afraid of crossing the tea-party contingent in the Republican caucus, but also maintains a majority of Republicans support a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
A member services representative filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday in Las Vegas that accuses Navy Federal Credit Union of failing to compensate him and other employees for “off-the-clock work.”
