On his campaign website, Nevada Assemblyman-elect John Moore dresses sharp and looks like a man who’s ready to conquer Carson City as a conservative representative of the residents of District 8. Moore appears somewhat less confident on his wanted poster.
Elliott Smith died broke. He thought he had hundreds of thousands of dollars. But only in the last months of his own life did he learn that his only living friends had stolen almost every penny, family members said.
A 16-year-old Las Vegas girl remains in critical condition after she was hit by a car Saturday evening in the southwest valley.
While driving through older residential neighborhoods in downtown Las Vegas east of Fremont Street, further south along Rancho Drive between Charleston Boulevard and Sahara Avenue and at the corners of East Desert Inn and Eastern Avenue, you’ll come across homes that don’t seem to fit the typical stucco, Spanish-tiled roof tract housing seen throughout Southern Nevada. Built in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, these homes are excellent examples of midcentury modern architecture.
With so many sweeteners on the market today, it’s hard to know what to buy. Here’s a guide.
The Clark County Commission meets jointly with the Clark County Water Reclamation District Board of Trustees, the University Medical Center Board of Trustees and the Clark County Liquor and Gaming Licensing Board at 9 a.m. in commission chambers of the Clark County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway.
The House last week easily approved legislation to permit construction of the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry up to 830,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada to refineries in Texas.
With full Iggy Azalea show on New Year’s Eve, Drai’s enters concert business but knows it has some explaining to do.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) wrote one of my childhood books, “The Jungle Book,” the gripping tales of the feral child Mowgli and his animal friends Bagheera, the leopard; Baloo, the bear; Kaa, the python; and Mowgli’s deadly rival Shere Khan, the tiger.
n alternate on the 2012 U.S. Olympic team in the steeplechase — a 3,000-meter event featuring 28 hurdles and seven water jumps — Ben Bruce decided to test his mettle in the marathon this year to double his chances to qualify for the 2016 Summer Games.
As the final seconds ticked down Saturday afternoon in Tuscaloosa, Ala., the Crimson Tide had already essentially secured a victory over No. 1 Mississippi State. But the spread result was still in doubt.
Shayne Davern ran for two touchdowns, including the decisive score in overtime, and Air Force hung on to beat UNR 45-38 on a snowy Saturday for its fourth win in a row.
High-scoring games are routine in this era of the NFL, in part due to rules geared to help passing attacks. A quarterback as hot as Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers does not need much help. A coach as aggressive as Philadelphia’s Chip Kelly is sharp enough to stay ahead of the curve.
Vic Drakulich has been officiating fights in Nevada since 1986. Now, the 61-year-old referee is in a fight of his own. Drakulich was diagnosed with a rare form of abdominal cancer two weeks ago and will undergo surgery in mid-January at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Top Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight contender Fabricio Werdum retained his spot in the rankings with a devastating knockout of Mark Hunt in the main event of UFC 180 on Saturday night in Mexico City.
Erik Karnehed needed a rest, and the junior midfielder for the Palo Verde boys soccer team did what he could to get the attention of the Panthers’ bench.
R.J. Hubert isn’t the Moapa Valley football team’s leading receiver. But the junior certainly was the most dangerous player on the field Saturday. Hubert hauled in five passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns to help the Pirates to a 40-7 home victory over Elko in the Division I-A state semifinals.
Arbor View girls soccer coach Jay Howard could see how nervous his team was in the first 15 minutes Saturday. All it took was one touch by Haley Vicente for the Aggies to finally loosen up.
The first set of Saturday’s Division I girls volleyball state championship match between Coronado and Shadow Ridge had five sets written all over it. But none of the Cougars wanted to read that book.
North Las Vegas is in a financial mess.
For those who would like to see Obamacare scrapped and replaced — which is most Americans, according to the latest polling — Jonathan Gruber is the gift that keeps on giving.
Parents and taxpayers have three remaining opportunities to give Clark County School District officials an earful about their botched secret sex education overhaul. A good place for the public to start: Why in the world is the low-achieving district wasting time and resources on sex education changes in the first place?
The bill for green energy is kees growing. First, you, the taxpayer, provide the federal loans needed to build expensive renewable projects. Then you pay higher power rates to consume the more-expensive energy the government forces you to buy. Then you eat the losses when the loans aren’t repaid.
Too few of our modern-day state leaders appreciate the absolute role they must play in bringing about substantive change in America’s schools.
