A combination of record high temperatures and sparse rainfall during California’s three-year drought has produced the worst conditions in 1,200 years, according to a study accepted for publication by the American Geophysical Union.
At least one of 43 college students missing in Mexico since September has been identified among charred remains found near a garbage dump, two Mexican officials confirmed Saturday.
Kolby Edwards, 29, has been identified by homicide setectives as the suspect from an early Saturday morning fatal shooting that left one dead in the north valley, Las Vegas police said
Follow the link for the schedule and results (when available) of the region and state football playoffs.
How do cabs and Uber compare? The fares were comparable — within a couple of dollars — but the Uber payment system was much simpler. Uber’s biggest edge was in pickup time. On average, Uber drivers arrived six times faster than the cabs.
Graffiti commenting on sex abuse allegations against Bill Cosby were removed Friday from the comedian’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The word “rapist” was scrawled on Cosby’s star three times, according to reports.
Las Vegas police on Saturday identified the man they suspect fatally shot another man during an altercation in a central valley apartment complex Friday evening.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce have joined forces for a new breakfast series that aims to ignite conversations about important community issues.
Do you feel like there’s no way anywhere in Las Vegas could be more stressful than where you live? Depending on your ZIP code, you might be right.
Despite songs written to tell us “It’s the hap -happiest season of all,” stress levels can skyrocket this time of year. It is important to keep stress in check so we maximize our enjoyment during the holiday season.
“It’s not often that you can say the first non-Native American to pass through a state was a Catholic priest, so that’s one reason for my passion,” said Monsignor Gregory Gordon, pastor of St. Anne Catholic Church, who spearheaded a drive to replace a historical state marker honoring the priest’s place in Nevada history, which went MIA 15 years ago.
As someone who is adopted, 25-year-old Whitney hopes to garner awareness through constantly speaking out on the subject.
From now until Christmas Day, it’s a brief time of year when it’s OK to spend some extra money, since we get to buy family and friends some cool stuff. But the spending can start to become a problem when it keeps going on and on, and gets more and more expensive.
When the Salt Lake airport tweeted a photo of a Salt Lake City sunrise, it was almost begging for a challenge. McCarran accepted.
If you’ve got a pothole complaint to voice, such as multiple Road Warrior readers did last week about the condition of Eastern Avenue and the ramps leading to the 215 Beltway, all you have to do is call the right office.
“I also offer my thoughts and prayers to the family of a non-U.S. citizen hostage who was also murdered by these terrorists during the rescue operation,” the statement read. “Their despair and sorrow at this time are beyond words.”
Hotel amenities these days are as much a ploy to get you to gush about them to your friends back home as they are to make your stay comfortable. This list of over-the-top hotel amenities is worth bringing up because each is a rare one-off, not available in all sizes.
Hedary’s Mediterranean Restaurant was the dream of Frank Hedary, and his recipes are at the heart of the operation. He no longer owns the Sahara Avenue eatery, but his legacy lives on through its new proprietors, mother and son Cathy and Joey Davey.
Andre Bocelli loves Las Vegas so much, he recorded one of his DVDs here. He is back in Vegas to launch his new tour, Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
A woman is being accused by her friends of collecting more than $18,000 for terminal cancer that she never had.
Facing dwindling water supplies, Western states are struggling to capture every drop with dam and diversion projects that some think could erode regional cooperation crucial to managing the scarce resource.
Judy Huth, the woman who is accusing Bill Cosby of sexual assault when she was a minor, met with Los Angeles police detectives on Friday along with attorney Gloria Allred.
It’s almost bowl season, which means lavish gifts for the players. Christmas comes early for some teams.
Sen. Dean Heller has urged the the Department of Veterans Affairs to name a permanent director for the regional office in Reno that has had only an interim head since mid-summer.
It took Las Vegas Fire and Rescue ten minutes to extinguish a blaze at a central valley vacant-building early Saturday morning, a department spokesman said.
Pakistani soldiers killed a top al-Qaida operative Saturday who was indicted in the U.S. for his alleged involvement in a plot to bomb New York’s subway system, the military said in a statement.
I’m not sure where the term “laundry day blues” came from, but maybe it’s because most laundry rooms are depressing. They don’t excite our fun side.
Postmodernist is one of the newest styles in the United States. Walt Disney World’s Swan Hotel, with a 47-foot swan on each side of the roof, and its Dolphin Hotel with two 56-foot dolphins on the roof, are examples.