Clark County has made strides in fixing the problems that beset University Medical Center, the valley’s only publicly owned hospital. It installed new leadership after a former CEO was accused of corruption. And, after much debate among commissioners, the county has created a new nine-member board to manage UMC’s operations, one that is uniquely attuned to the hospital’s needs.
The valley’s race to build new stadiums and arenas took an interesting turn Wednesday, and the takeaway was unmistakable: public financing increasingly looks like a deal-breaker.
Barely holding on to hurricane strength, Iselle’s outer edges brought rain and wind to Hawaii on Thursday as it approached landfall, poised to become the first hurricane or tropical storm to hit the island chain in 22 years and whose path another hurricane closely followed.
President Barack Obama authorized U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq Thursday night, warning they would be launched if needed to defend Americans from advancing Islamic militants and protect civilians under siege. His announcement threatened a renewal of U.S. military involvement in the country’s long sectarian war.
The 8-year-old who received national attention for his touchdown run in the 2013 Nebraska spring football game has had a recurrence of brain cancer.
Malaysia plans to delist Malaysia Airlines from stock exchange, making it fully state owned.
Brock Peterson went 3-for-4 with three RBIs to help the Albuquerque Isotopes to a 6-2 win over the Las Vegas 51s at Cashman Field in the first game of a five-game series on Thursday.
Sony Pictures Entertainment has moved James Franco and Seth Rogen’s new action-comedy “The Interview” to Christmas Day from its original Oct. 10 release date.
North Las Vegas police are investigating a crash that sent a pedestrian to the hospital with life-threatening injuries Thursday night.
The completed exterior signage at the Delano Las Vegas is seen Wednesday. Formerly known as The Hotel, the 1,100-room nongaming hotel on the south Strip is a collaboration between MGM Resorts International and the Morgans Hotel Group, which owns the Delano brand.
Las Vegas police and SWAT team officers are responding to a situation in an east valley apartment complex.
A brown bear in Russia attacked a fisherman. It took the sound of Justin Bieber’s voice to make the bear leave.
The Clark County Republican Party has filed a complaint with the Nevada secretary of state’s office alleging that Assembly District 34 candidate Meghan Smith, a Democrat, did not comply with state residency requirements and so is ineligible to run for the open seat.
The NCAA board of directors has overwhelmingly approved a sweeping package plan that will give the five biggest conferences the ability to create some of their own rules.
Virginia Beach is no generic beach town. It’s the largest city in Virginia, which means there are plenty of things to do throughout the year for free.
They’re usually called panini, although that is the plural form of the singular panino. At any rate, they’re pressed sandwiches, and they’re balm for the soul.
Australian pop rockers 5 Seconds of Summer headline the Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 17. Tickets are $49.50, $69.50 and $99.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ticketmaster outlets.
Cut Copy’s latest record, “Free Your Mind,” could start a party in a funeral procession.
A Texas man walked barefoot in the grass one day, cut his foot and flesh eating bacteria invaded his body, causing him to lose all of the toes on his right foot.
Cowabunga Bay Water Park, 900 Galleria Drive, opened July 4 and has provided residents with a fun way to beat the heat, according to general manager Shane Huish.
UNLV has a talented and deep receivers unit, one that will make it difficult for opposing defenses to double team Devante Davis.
A suspended Las Vegas physician has been charged with fraudulently obtaining controlled substances for his own addiction by posing for more than two years as one of his dead patients.
San Diego’s Big Mountain, best known for its cover of Peter Frampton’s “Baby, I Love Your Way,” headlines Reggae Bowl at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Brooklyn Bowl,
“Anytime I didn’t get asked out by someone, I don’t go to, ‘It’s because I’m overweight.’ It’s because, ‘Wow, they didn’t think I was worthy.’ I don’t blame them.”
The National Guard is ending its sponsorship of both NASCAR’s most popular driver and one of the most recognizable names in IndyCar.
In one of those strange quirks of Las Vegas bookings, country-fried rock fans have to scrape up enough Bud money to cover a two-nighter with Lynyrd Skynyrd on Saturday at the Golden Nugget and .38 Special on Sunday at the Eastside Cannery.
“Mad Men” star Christina Hendricks won’t work like a modern woman if she’s still getting paid like a woman living in the 1960s.
