Leaders of the state’s two largest charter school sponsors met for the first time Wednesday to plan for the coming legislative session that many expect will focus on expanding school choice.
A person familiar with the search says Florida has hired Colorado State’s Jim McElwain as its next football coach.
An inmate at the Henderson Detention Center who was found dead of an apparent suicide Tuesday afternoon was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office on Thursday.
James Bond will take on a sinister organisation with links to his past in the next installment of the blockbuster spy series, which star director Sam Mendes said on Thursday would be called “SPECTRE”.
Jared Cook said he’d “absolutely” repeat the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” gesture he and four teammates made during Sunday’s game. Even if he’s receiving threats or it costs the St. Louis Rams some fans.
A white former police chief in Eutawville, South Carolina, has been indicted on a murder charge in the 2011 shooting death of a black man in the town hall parking lot, a county clerk’s office said on Thursday.
A Texas couple who ran two mortgage industry businesses in Henderson have been sentenced to federal prison in one of Southern Nevada’s largest mortgage fraud schemes.
A Christmas tree placed at the grave of an 8-year-old South Carolina boy is gone. And the young girl who placed it there to remember her best friend is devastated.
Wind gusts and sticky fuel valves conspired to keep NASA’s new Orion spacecraft on the launch pad Thursday, delaying a crucial test flight meant to revitalize human exploration.
The U.S. House voted Wednesday to extend more than 50 tax breaks for another year, including one that allows Nevadans a deduction for what they pay in state and local sales taxes.
A dozen years after Sloan Canyon was designated a national conservation area, the Bureau of Land Management is looking for help to decide what improvements should be made, and when.
Former head football coaches Ed Orgeron and Houston Nutt spoke with UNLV officials by phone, but the search to replace Bobby Hauck still appears headed toward Bishop Gorman High School’s Tony Sanchez.
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The Water Street District is set to transform into a fairy tale wonderland for its annual WinterFest.
For about 50 years, a local woman has turned her 5-acre agriculture land into a weekend farmers market and formed a sanctuary for abused and neglected animals, but the possibility of closure is there.
After northwest Las Vegas resident Lori Schmidt adopted her cockapoo Charlee from The Animal Foundation in February, she said she was haunted by thoughts of the dogs that were left behind in the shelter. It inspired her to use her resources as a photographer to start a project to raise funds to buy dog food for the shelter by dressing Charlee up for holiday greeting cards.
Jeff Clapp’s mother said he had two speeds: “off” and “blast off.” Clapp is in blast-off mode these days. On Oct. 17, he and his wife of 12 years, Beth Malloy, opened Refuge Climbing & Fitness, 6283 S. Valley View Blvd., Suite C.
On a recent Monday at Chaparral High School, 3850 Annie Oakley Drive, a packed classroom sat listening to John Abulencia discuss finances, life goals and fulfillment. Abulencia is the assistant casino manager at the Cromwell.
After nearly two decades immersed in politics, a now-82-year-old Las Vegas man helped develop groundbreaking projects that are now essential to Las Vegans every day. For his contributions, his name is affixed on a sign on the 215 Beltway, recognizing one of his more significant projects.
Michael Morelli and Jimmy Brown each recorded three pins on Wednesday to lead Boulder City’s wrestling team to victories over Canyon Springs, Legacy and Mojave in a quad meet at Mojave.