Gov. Brian Sandoval unveiled a $7.3 billion two-year general fund spending plan Thursday that includes nearly $1.15 billion in additional tax revenue, including a new business license fee that would generate nearly $440 million for an ambitious plan to improve public education.
With his last name, which is ideal for headline writers, it makes sense that Andrew Luck is good. He’s on the fringe of becoming great, but it takes one more win to reach that next level of NFL quarterbacks.
Get ready for Fresh Squeezed Juice Week — which is Saturday through Jan. 23 — with one of these healthy choices.
Wolfgang Puck’s Downtown Summerlin restaurant will survive the suburbs, where other celebrity chefs have failed, because of a varied, accessible menu and attentive service.
Cody Canada and The Departed add some edge to Americana.
Las Vegas police are investigating a Thursday night shooting in the southeast valley.
The Lightning has landed. Nellis Air Force Base received its first F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter jet Thursday for the United States Air Force Weapons School, part of the 57th Wing at Nellis.
A former salesman claims Westgate Resorts had “an elaborate and detailed system of unlawful discrimination” that affected all of the company’s salespeople in the Las Vegas area.
Eight football recruits will visit UNLV this weekend, including four who have committed to or signed with the Rebels. Three players are locals.
Bill Foley, the public face of an ownership group seeking to create an NHL team in Las Vegas, arrived in Las Vegas on Thursday, lunched with MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren at Bellagio, and then schmoozed with local leaders in hopes of drumming up at least 10,000 season ticket commitments for an NHL franchise.
Husband-and-wife “American Idol” veterans Ace Young and Diana DeGarmo headline the latest tour of the musical favorite, which opens an eight-performance run Tuesday at The Smith Center.
Two bodies were found Thursday evening in a southwest valley home, according to Las Vegas police. Metro responded at 4:59 p.m. to a home in the 8900 block of Veneroso Street, near South Fort Apache and West Pebble roads.
Industry experts participating in NAIOP Southern Nevada’s 2015 Outlook event Thursday at The Orleans said the Las Vegas market should continue its recovery, though some sectors and submarkets will fare better than others.
Here’s a funny little quirk of Las Vegas ticketing. The real Elton John is in town this weekend and you can get into the upper balcony for $55, while a loungey little tribute to him (and Billy Joel) called “Piano Man” costs $65.
Vehicles lined up during the Las Vegas Chapter of Speedway Childrenճ Charities Laps for Charity fundraiser media event Thursday at the Las Vegas Speedway.
Authorities will be cracking down on impaired drivers starting Friday and through Feb. 2, the day after the big game.
Elon Musk’s dream of sending commuters hurtling through tubes at close to the speed of sound in a transport system he’s calling the Hyperloop is coming closer to reality.
Reform proposals for Clark County juvenile justice and welfare systems include a public awareness campaign and pushing for more in-home services to keep children with their families.
Two fraternities at the University of Virginia say they won’t sign an agreement dictating new safety procedures after a student’s claim of being gang raped.
When one listens to Deontay Wilder’s outrageous talk, it’s like listening to a 2015 version of Muhammad Ali. That’s not to say Wilder is Ali. Far, far from it. But on Saturday Wilder will try to join Ali as an American heavyweight champion of the world.
An 8-foot alligator was found next to the carcasses of two cats in the back yard of a suburban Los Angeles home where the reptile had been living illegally since the 1970s, authorities said on Thursday.
On Tuesday night, a police officer in Holmen, Wisconsin, saw a brake light was not working on Thomas Fuselier’s vehicle and tried to pull him over, according to the criminal complaint.
Metro is accepting applications to the department’s Explorer Program, in which older teens and young adults will learn what it takes to be a police officer, how to process crime scenes, and how to take emergency phone calls.
The man killed Monday night in a shooting at central valley apartment was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office Thursday.
Clark County and its largest union are rapidly approaching the one-year anniversary of when the Service Employees International Union Local 1107 declared an impasse in negotiations, and don’t appear to be any closer to reaching a contract agreement.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. placed its largest operating division into bankruptcy on Thursday, taking the initial steps to eliminate almost $10 billion of debt and restructure the casino operator’s troubled balance sheet.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal was without phone service for about five hours Thursday because of a network phone outage.
Bishop Gorman senior tight end Alize Jones announced Thursday on Twitter that he has orally committed to Notre Dame, a change of heart that comes less than three weeks before national signing day.