Snow chains are required on a section of state Route 160, which connects the Las Vegas Valley to Pahrump, the Nevada Department of Transportation announced Monday afternoon.
After exploding out of the box with about 5,000 season ticket deposits in the first 36 hours two weeks ago, the ownership group seeking a National Hockey League team for Las Vegas reported Monday that the number has reached 6,950.
Erich Nowsch, the 19-year-old accused of gunning down 44-year-old Tammy Meyers on Feb. 12, made his first appearance in a Las Vegas courtroom Monday.
Two adults were displaced in a Henderson house fire that caused $300,000 in damage and minor injuries to a firefighter Sunday night, according to a city news release.
The owner of four dogs that mauled a 65-year-old Las Vegas woman and her neighbor Friday has ben jailed in the attack.
A longtime Las Vegas physician has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of taking $5,400 in kickbacks to refer Medicare patients to a home health agency.
Prosecutors withdrew the death penalty Monday for a man convicted of fatally shooting of 22-year-old Mike Portaro outside a tavern in the northwest valley after Portaro’s mother said she did not want to see another death.
A Lake Havasu City man was sentenced Monday to 8 years in prison for killing his best friend and injuring the friend’s sister in October, 2013.
As parents, it is essential we train our children how to react in an emergency with what to do, who to call or where to go. Four-year-old Calise Manning knew exactly what to do when her mother, who was nine months pregnant, began having a seizure.
Apollo Robbins, credited as “con artist adviser/pickpocket design,” created 40 bits of thievery for the new Will Smith movie.
Nevada’s employer count hit a new high in the fourth quarter. The state had 61,200 employers in the period from October through December, the state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported Monday.
Latino voter turnout fell in 2014 below both 2012 and 2010, accounting in part for the drop in Democratic votes and the rising Republican wave that gave the GOP control of the U.S. Senate and both houses of the Nevada Legislature.
The desert looks really freaky covered in snow. Almost like another world. At least, it does from a drone.
Local governments want to limit presumed benefits for public safety workers who develop heart or lung disease, cancer or hepatitis, but police, fire and other labor organizations Monday denounced cost concerns as unfounded.
During an intense verbal altercation that required the sides to be physically separated last week, the agent for Adrian Peterson reportedly told a Minnesota Vikings executive that the running back would never play for the team again.
New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez, returning from a year-long doping ban, arrived unexpectedly at the team’s spring training camp in Tampa on Monday, two days before position players were due to report.
After eight days of testimony, the murder trial in the “American Sniper’s” deaths has not answered the one question that still haunts the families of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. is getting used to saying no. For the second time in two weeks, the casino operator rejected a demand from an unsecured second level bond holder for payment of the obligations.
“Behold, the Mojave Desert,” Spanish Trail Country Club marketing director Jeff Drothler jokes, gesturing out over a lush expanse of grass and lagoons dotted with geese, blue mountains rising in the distance.
A toddler was killed in a fatal attack by a family’s dog in a Pittsburgh suburb, police said on Monday.
Target Corp. halved the size of online orders eligible for free shipping to $25, undercutting Amazon.com Inc. and traditional rival Wal-Mart Stores Inc. as it focuses on its online business.
Questions swirled Monday about how a woman, a former police officer and another man were killed, while a sheriff and deputy suffered gunshot wounds.
A bill seeking to change the public employees retirement system for future hires by switching to a mostly defined-contribution plan was introduced Monday in the Assembly.
Police in Connecticut plan to arrest nearly 70 more people after netting 40 suspects in a weekend raid on a cockfighting ring, state police officials said on Monday.
Literary happenings coming up include the third annual Love for Literacy Festival and book launch festivities for S.P. Grogan’s “Atomic Dreams at the Red Tiki Lounge.”
Battle Born Media has acquired the Sparks Tribune to add to its portfolio of newspapers in the state.
After a week away, Steve catches up on some news that broke while he was on staycation.
TPC Summerlin, which hosts the PGA Tour’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, has announced that a multi-million-dollar lifestyle center project has been approved for the golf club.
Allegiant Air is buying six more used Airbus jets that will become a part of the Las Vegas-based air carrier’s fleet by the end of 2017.
A mysterious tweet appeared and then shortly after disappeared on Brandon Flowers’ account Monday morning, possibly announcing his new album.