Rail aficionados will have something to cheer about when workers contracted by the Nevada Transportation Department begin construction of the new freeway next spring.
UNLV’s comeback attempt never got off the ground, as San Diego State beat the Rebels 34-17.
Angry parents are talking about sex education or – to put it more clearly – guidelines suggested by a national group as the starting point for schools seeking a comprehensive curriculum, one the Clark County School District is considering.
Fox News’ host Eric Bolling apologized Thursday for sexist remarks he made with another newscaster regarding a female pilot who led an anti-ISIS airstrike operation this week.
Southwest Airlines’ popularity remains strong, but has slipped as the airline’s on-time ratings plummeted over the last year.
Weekend storms packed a wallop that caked rural Moapa Valley yards and vehicles with mud and temporally closed Interstate 15 in both directions early Saturday.
Jose Arellano scored two goals, and Marco Ruiz had three assists Saturday to help Sunrise Mountain’s boys soccer team to a 4-0 home win over Virgin Valley.
The Washoe County School District has received a $973,000 federal grant for anti-violence programs, nearly a year after a deadly schoolyard shooting rampage in the Reno suburb of Sparks.
The city of Las Vegas will need more than a proposed $200 million downtown soccer stadium to help pay down its eight-figure investment in redeveloping Symphony Park.
One man was hospitalized after a shooting in the southeast Las Vegas Valley on Saturday.
Michelle Larcher De Brito of Portugal and Madison Brengle of the United States will meet in today’s final of the Red Rock Pro Open.
Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered a way to hide large objects from sight using inexpensive and readily available lenses, a technology that seems to have sprung from the pages of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter fantasy series.
Ten years is an eternity in Las Vegas. Since 2004, the city that so many come to with hope, has offered a whole lot of change. This is look at five 2004 Best of Las Vegas winners that are no longer with us in 2014.
Wonder Woman star Lynda Carter will appear in the Bally Technologies, Inc. booth #1126 at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) on Tuesday, September 30, to help Bally unveil two brand-new slot games based on the beloved 1970s TV show.
Authorities in Idaho have arrested the driver thought to have abandoned a trailer containing 37,000 pounds of rotten chicken at a western Montana truck stop.
It’s nearly three hours into their patrol shift on a Tuesday afternoon when Downtown Rangers Wathna Reth and Teresa Reyes see a man stumbling along Fremont Street.
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and other officials on Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of power generation by Glen Canyon Dam, a structure that helped usher in a new era in the Southwest.
A gaming insider whose opinion is respected in the industry has a theory that Massachusetts gambling regulators unknowingly handed some momentum to those who want to overturn the state’s 2011 casino law.
Gov. Brian Sandoval is in the middle of a trip to Afghanistan as part of a contingent with the National Governors Association and will talk about his experiences in a phone interview Sunday with members of the media.
A federal judge has refused to block the release of oil and gas leases in Nevada that critics say will be used for hydraulic fracturing that could harm sage grouse and cause more environmental damage than the Bureau of Land Management admits.
A diverted JetBlue Airwaves flight headed to San Francisco Saturday landed safely in Las Vegas, a McCarran International Airport spokesperson said.
RENO — A former executive director of the Nevada Podiatry Board has been sentenced to five years’ probation after pleading guilty to misappropriating board funds and falsifying financial accounts.
Rarely does a cross country team’s sixth runner decide a team title.
Lorde, what a year she has had. Even if we just stick to Las Vegas. Seriously, four trips?
The Cactus Avenue-freeway interchange and Interstate 15 flood repair project were finished ahead of time, but don’t expect early openings to be a trend in Southern Nevada — accelerated projects are generally more expensive to build.
Michelle Phan, YouTube beauty maven and entrepreneur, now wants to get her manicured hands into the music biz as well.
The former Alaska governor, who ran for the vice presidency in 2008 alongside U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), spoke at the Values Voter Summit on Friday and made a pretty significant gaffe.
A trio of men were indicted Friday in connection with a Las Vegas mortgage fraud scheme in which five people were “swindled out of their life savings,” according to prosecutors.