The nation technically put the Great Recession in its rear-view mirror five years ago, but to the president and CEO of the San Francisco’s Federal Reserve Bank, which oversees Nevada, there’s still a ways to go to reach full recovery.
A December 2013 fatal police shooting was was justified, the Clark County district attorney’s office has determined.
An app designed to help federal law enforcement seek the public’s help with fugitive and suspected child predators is now available on Android smartphones and in Spanish.
Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two men connected to the armed robbery of a restaurant near the intersection of Paradise at Flamingo roads.
A bear cub found dead in the bushes of New York City’s Central Park this week was likely struck and killed by a vehicle, state wildlife officials said on Wednesday.
Attorney general candidate Ross Miller said Tuesday that if elected Nov. 4 he would set up a strike force to go after Internet crimes against children, particularly those involving sexual abuse.
Frank Marino has often said he did not expect to see same-sex marriage happen in Nevada in his lifetime.
Interactive show hoped to be up and running in time to tap into wedding market created by lift of same-sex marriage ban.
Timing derails plans for fly-fishing on the Provo River. But grandkids end up on an adventure to the outdoors store.
Brett Favre said Wednesday that he couldn’t be happier to see Peyton Manning on the brink of breaking his NFL record of 508 touchdown throws.
Mitt Romney hears it wherever he goes, whether at campaign events for Republican congressional candidates, restaurants, or private dinners, the message is the same — run for president in 2016.
NFL owners unanimously voted to add another member to their club, approving Terry Pegula as the new owner of the Buffalo Bills.
The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States died on Wednesday and the government ordered five airports screen passengers from West Africa for fever
BILOXI, Miss. — A U.S. bankruptcy judge has given MVB Holding until midnight Oct. 27 to vacate the former Margaritaville Casino building and turn the keys over to the property owners.
Denver Broncos tight end Julius Thomas has been fined $8,268 for his chop block on Arizona Cardinals defensive end Calais Campbell last Sunday, according to multiple reports Wednesday.
Hillary Clinton’s speech Monday to the UNLV Foundation will be open to press coverage, the university said Wednesday, as the former secretary of state considers a potential run for president in 2016.
Shareholders of Las Vegas-based Bally Technologies will vote on accepting the company’s $5.1 billion buyout by Scientific Games Corp. on Nov., 18, the company announced Wednesday.
Chris Wood attempted 43 percent of his shots from beyond the 3-point arc in his freshman year and made just 22 percent. He’s bulked up and worked on his low-post game to take advantage of his 6-foot-11 frame inside.
A Colorado city is promising to revise its swimsuit rules after a Muslim woman was turned away from its recreation center pool for wearing an Islamic dress over a shirt and pants.
As sea levels rise, tidal flooding along the U.S. coast is likely to become so common that parts of many communities could become unusable within three decades, according to a new report.
A 29-year-old woman with terminal brain cancer has moved to Oregon because it allows assisted suicide for the terminally ill and she is spending the last few weeks of her life campaigning for others facing death to have the same right.
Only 32 percent of NFL fans in a nationwide survey believe commissioner Roger Goodell should lose his job after his handling of recent domestic violence cases.
Management company Warner Gaming received initial approval Wednesday from state gaming regulators to take over the Horizon in Lake Tahoe and transform the shuttered hotel-casino into a Hard Rock-branded property.
A Los Angeles lawyer and two others have been indicted in a federal heroin trafficking case in Las Vegas. Glen Hunsberger and co-defendants Manuelle Alkeine and Jannifer Peskett were charged by a federal grand jury Tuesday with one felony count of conspiracy to distribute heroin.
LAKE MEAD — Boulder Basin has been a hot spot for anglers over the past week. While the size of the striped bass is on the smaller side, the quantity is there. Boils are happening early and top-water baits are the ticket. Spinnows have enticed many fish, but you can also try a Jumpin’ Minnow or a Zara Spook. Smallmouth bass are hanging off cliff walls in about 20 to 25 feet of water and taking baits fished on a dropshot.
A call came in about 9:50 a.m. Wednesday about a person threatening someone with a knife in the 6400 block of Bamboo Place, police say.
A national public safety accreditation agency has named Las Vegas City Councilman and former Metro officer Stavros Anthony as one of its commissioners.
Though a lot has changed at Lake Mead over five decades, the experience that draws people there by the millions remains much the same — despite all the bleak reports and doomsday predictions for the lake and the river that feeds it.
In a 911 call released Tuesday, Daniel Crespo Jr. tells a police dispatcher that his father had hurt him and was lying on the floor dying.