Our state sits at a critical juncture in which leaders at all levels must make a serious commitment to economic diversification. Nevada has a wealth of assets to help foster this diversity, one of which is the tech community that has built a successful foundation in Las Vegas over the past decade.
Henderson is taking the high road in licensing medical marijuana dispensaries. Rather than pick favorites at the outset of the process, the city proposes to screen license applicants based on defined suitability criteria, then forward them to state regulators for evaluation.
Speaking of emerging commerce, Nevada’s fledgling unmanned aerial vehicle industry took another important step forward last week when the Federal Aviation Administration approved a two-year certificate of authorization for drone testing and announced the first such flight would take place this summer.
Making sure kids eat properly during summer is not some abstract political football. It’s a real problem. Jeff Bridges doesn’t even live in Vegas. But he understands what’s at stake and refuses to do nothing.
Las Vegas Review-Journal sports writers Adam Hill and David Schoen have been given $5,000 fantasy bankrolls to bet during the World Cup on either sides, totals or props. Below are their bets for today, with an explanation of their picks:
Clark County School District officials on a quest for one health plan to serve all 30,000 employees on Monday received a consultant’s $158,350 analysis on how to leverage its status as the state’s largest employer. But a lawsuit filed May 29 in District Court may throw a wrench into the works.
The Las Vegas 51s managed just five hits in a 5-1 Pacific Coast League loss at Oklahoma City on Monday night.
Animals in Georgia’s Tbilisi Zoo are not allowed to be lonely, even if it means they end up with rather unusual companions. After the death of one rhino’s mate, she discovered friendship in an unusual place.
What looked to be one of the most heavily anticipated meetings of the Nevada Athletic Commission in quite some time has lost some of its luster.
Music festival producer Insomniac will partner with photo messaging application Snapchat to allow attendees to share their experiences at the Electric Daisy Carnival from June 20-22 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
A tearful Facebook video post helped a 10-year-old girl reach out for help after a severe storm pinned her father under a tree.
While the case is still open, the National Park Service is not planning any more coordinated searches for a Henderson woman who may have gone missing while hiking earlier this month.
A father attending the Rockies-Giants game on Father’s Day pulled off an incredible one-handed home run catch, but it wasn’t just any one-handed home run catch — he did it all while holding his 1-year-old son in his other arm.
Ghana dominated most of the game, but the United States won 2-1. To the casual fan, it was fun to watch, it was dramatic at the end, our guys won. This is how we like our sports when the rest of the world shows up to play.
A 61-year-old man who was arrested after he told police he killed a woman Sunday at a Reno motel had been released from prison in September after serving more than 20 years for the murder of his fiance in southern Nevada, state records show.
With a fellow pilot’s life on the line, Nellis Air Force Base Capt. Greg “Fangs” Farrell knew exactly what to do as he flew his Fighting Falcon jet through the darkness over the Atlantic Ocean looking for him: Never give up.
Jamming as much as possible into carry-on luggage has become routine for travelers, considering the fees many airlines charge for checking baggage. But those bags may be barred from overhead bins this summer.
An underwear-clad man Las Vegas police fatally shot in July had been on a Molly binge for days, a detective said Monday, when he charged officers “ninja” style.
On her last day of high school, a North Carolina teen was sent home for reportedly violating her institution’s dress code, and her mother was not happy about it.
The Supreme Court today affirmed laws that prohibit purchasing firearms on behalf of other people.
Las Vegas physician Victor Bruce has agreed to plead guilty next month in a broad federal investigation into the unlawful trafficking of the prescription painkiller oxycodone.
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A former Clark County teacher’s aide accused of aggressively handling two special needs students in the classroom is expected to plead guilty to child neglect charges, a prosecutor said. Lachelle James, who was arrested in March 2012 on five counts of child abuse and one count of battery, waived her right to a preliminary hearing Monday, according to court records.
Police in Las Vegas arrested a northwest Arizona fugitive who was convicted of manslaughter and other charges after skipping his trial in Kingman last week.
A “white shirt” on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier walks us through the final exterior checks on a VFA-87 F/A- 18C Hornet before a catapult launch.
The United States won its first World Cup match on Monday, taking a 2-1 victory over Ghana in the team’s opening Group G game. Clint Dempsey scored one of fastest goals in World Cup history, knocking in a low shot just 32 seconds into the match.
The first new two-year collective bargaining agreement with the Henderson Fire Department in six years is a give and take with the city.
Cenntro Motor, a New Jersey-based manufacturer of all-electric utility vehicles, is planning a $20.1 million, 150,000-square-foot production facility, parts warehouse and distribution center in Sparks.
The president of the State Bar of Nevada is apologizing for a couple of recent columns that have strayed into the controversial.
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