In Nevada today, a coalition of fringe environmental groups is trying to scare the public into banning hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” which is an essential technology for developing more than 90 percent of the nation’s oil and natural gas wells. This proven technology has the potential to unlock significant energy resources, create jobs and generate much-needed tax revenue in Nevada.
Free speech, a cornerstone of our nation’s democracy, is supposed to thrive on college and university campuses. Students can best sharpen their critical thinking skills through open, robust debate on any and all ideas.
Igor Dubinskyy of Ukraine won the $1,111 buy-in Little One for One Drop tournament at the World Series of Poker on Sunday night at the Rio Convention Center.
UFC president Dana White was in such a terrific mood during the wee hours of Sunday morning following a successful event at Mandalay Bay that he insisted nothing could bring him down.
Frankie Edgar put an end to BJ Penn’s Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title reign back in 2010 when he proved just a bit better than the Hawaiian.
Like about 76 million other Americans, Carl Reiber has hypertension.
It was one of those things that was always in the back of Bill Kading’s mind.
Henderson firefighters from Station 98 have spent the past six weeks training for worse-case hazardous materials scenarios with the hope of never having to use those skills.
While many in the valley got the day off for the Fourth of July holiday on Friday, Las Vegas police officers David Rosas and Grant Riley were busy patrolling the streets. And what a fiery night they had.
Hours after thunderstorms and flood advisories were issued for Las Vegas on Sunday, the clouds finally let loose across the valley when the sun went down.
Johnny Football may be flirting with a new nickname: Johnny Vegas.
On Monday, Bryce Harper’s first day back in the Washington Nationals’ lineup after missing 57 games with a thumb injury, a long line formed outside the ballpark for his bobblehead doll.
For years, an old blue-and-white cinder-block building sat abandoned on Ninth Street. Heat and lack of care has caused the paint to peel. In what became a pattern last winter, the windows had to be boarded up after squatters broke in and started accidental fires.
A journey that began 70 years ago when an Army private from Boston fought across France and Germany in World War II came full circle when a veteran from Henderson returned from a trip to deliver sand from Normandy’s Utah Beach to the soldier’s widow.
Harrison Ford’s injury will cause production on “Star Wars: Episode VII” to be suspended for two weeks.
In my early college years, before I got into training, I used to install window coverings here in Las Vegas.
Assemblywoman Lucy Flores of Las Vegas has parted ways with her campaign manager, Pete Hackeman, in the lieutenant governor’s race, one of the most competitive and closely watched on Nevada’s Nov. 4 ballot.
That’s the difficult question behind the next legal dispute over religion, birth control and the health law that is likely to be resolved by the Supreme Court.
He sang from his back on a gold-trimmed couch that was almost as gilded as the man draped upon it, flesh and fabric practically indivisible from one another.
With the potentially record-breaking $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers hanging in the balance, a trial beginning Monday will focus on whether Donald Sterling’s estranged wife had the authority under terms of a family trust to unilaterally negotiate the deal.
I’m not sure how far the list extends, but there are certain things in life that rarely disappoint.
The Clark County Fire Department is on the scene of a Henderson post office fire Sunday afternoon, the department said.
Clark Flatt knows all too well how the epidemic of teen suicide can creep into any home without any warning. His son Jason committed suicide when he was 16.
Whether you’re interested in planes or trains, knitting or travel, you’ll find a group of like-minded people on the west side of the Las Vegas Valley.
The legal, humanitarian and political constraints facing the Obama administration as it copes with thousands of Central American children entering the country illegally came into sharp focus in a series of interviews Sunday.
The Transportation Security Administration is requiring passengers at some overseas airports that offer U.S.-bound flights to power on their electronic devices.
Navy veteran Ron Deanne of Henderson in June retraced steps that Army Pvt. Ed Jennings took 70 years ago on battlefields and cities where the 5th Infantry Division fought in France and Germany during World War II, including Frankfurt, Germany.
Police investigators thought Christopher Dodge was driving east on Racel when he came across a vehicle stopped in the road. Dodge argued with a man from that car and they got in a fight, police said.
Xerox is supposed to stick around through November to run Nevada Health Link’s website, but some insurance sources say the contractor essentially has bailed on the project.
