Literary happenings coming up include signings at Dragon Castle Books, the Mob Museum, Tuscany Grill and more.
“Extremely rugged” mountains near the California-Nevada border are making it tough for search and rescue crews to reach wreckage of what could be a small plane that disappeared on its way to Henderson.
A woman who acted as a getaway driver for several robberies in southern Nevada could face up to 127 years in prison on robbery and firearm convictions, the U.S. attorney’s office said Wednesday.
If President Obama was humbled by the Republican sweep of 2014, he didn’t show it during Tuesday’s State of the Union speech.
Grand Bazaar Shops Las Vegas has an opening date for its Strip debut. The retail development across the Strip from the Bellagio fountains and near Bally’s Las Vegas, Paris Las Vegas, and The Cromwell includes 120 stores and a host of boutiques across two acres.
Medicaid expansion has dramatically reduced Nevada’s general fund costs for providing mental health services, state officials told a panel of lawmakers Wednesday.
The Rebels welcome Mountain West rival New Mexico to the Thomas & Mack Center tonight. Tip is at 8:00 p.m.
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who sat out last year due to a season-long steroids suspension, has been getting tips from Barry Bonds.
A customer came into her shop about a year ago asking to have a gay slur written on a Bible-shaped cake, and owner Marjorie Silva said she felt she had to draw the line.
When Air Force veteran Merle Voight was diagnosed with breast cancer early last year, the 49-year-old was in shock. The former nurse recalled working on the oncology floor, seeing chemotherapy patients vomit as they also lost weight and most of their hair. That image frightened her, but a Non-Department of Veterans Affairs medical care program helped turn a scary event into one of hope.
After a three-year hiatus, Theatre in the Valley is grateful for a new start and a permanent home.
An American gun company has found a way around the anti-Russia sanctions that have banned imports of the Kalashnikov assault rifle: Make them here, in the U.S.A.
Two dozen third graders from Reynaldo Martinez Elementary School were given a full scholarship to the college or higher education institute of their choosing by The Rogers Foundation, a non-profit organization formed by Beverly Rogers in honor of her late husband Jim Rogers.
Las Vegas Councilman Bob Beers said Wednesday that he plans to sue the city over the number of signatures needed to put a publicly subsidized downtown soccer stadium on the June ballot.
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Celebrity friends Chris Evans and Chris Pratt — one a New England Patriots fan and the other a Seattle Seahawks fan — have a pretty funny Super Bowl bet going.
Five employees of Disneyland have been infected with measles in an outbreak traced to the California amusement park, although three of them have recovered from the viral disease and are back on the job, company officials said on Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that 52,498 Nevadans were signed up as of Jan. 16 in coverage bought through the federal marketplace that Nevada Health Link is using to enroll members.
The Nevada Tourism Commission is revamping its annual Governor’s Conference on Tourism into a shorter, meatier annual event focused on attracting international visitors.
They say comedy is a funny way of being serious, but whether it’s booking, performing or teaching, Henderson resident Philip Peredo is serious about comedy.
Nathan Jacobson, a guard at Snohomish (Wash.) High School, committed to play football at UNLV.
Ammar Harris, a self-proclaimed pimp charged in a shooting that left three people dead on the Strip, was sentenced Wednesday to an extra two to five years in prison for a scheme to smuggle cellphones into High Desert State Prison.
The United States and Cuba clashed over immigration policy on Wednesday at the first session of high-level talks seeking to restore diplomatic ties between the Cold War adversaries
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the man who was struck and killed by a car Sunday night in the southwest valley.
The Chefs for Kids Dinner and Auction, “Mangia Italiano,” begins at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at Paris Las Vegas, 3655 Las Vegas Blvd. South. The evening, which will include live and silent auctions and live music, benefits Chefs for Kids’ efforts to eliminate malnutrition and hunger in Southern Nevada. Tickets are $185; call Susan Lednicky at 702-257-5548 or visit www.ChefsForKids.org. …
Jay Leno left no doubt where he stands on the Bill Cosby controversy with his remarks during a Q&A session at the NATPE conference on Wednesday.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada will undergo needed surgery on his right eye that was seriously injured in a New Year’s Day accident, an aide said Wednesday.
Authenticity tops the list of qualities in the new book “Stella by Starlight” by Sharon M. Draper.
Two bodies have been found in the ruins of an Annapolis, Maryland, mansion that burned two days ago, Anne Arundel County fire officials said Wednesday at a press conference.