A 60-58 home loss Wednesday night to San Diego State assured UNLV would be in action on the opening day of the Mountain West tournament and need to win four games in four days to earn the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Rebels await news Thursday morning that could go a long way.
As visitors to Chocolate: The Exhibition at the Springs Preserve check out vintage chocolate cups, saucers and warming pots, they may insist they can smell chocolate in the air. It’s not just their imagination.
From a pond habitat collage on a bulletin board to drawings of trout in the hallways, there’s something fishy happening at Pinecrest Academy, 1360 S. Boulder Highway.
We are coming off a pretty tough weekend. Obviously you never want to go 0-and-3 against any team, but that was the case against Fresno State last week. But that’s the game and sometimes those baseball gods aren’t on your side.
Do you want to have crazy fun with your best friend in Las Vegas? Try this. Take your friend to one of seven places listed below, then get your friend to shave his head. Hilarious!
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will eliminate its elephant acts by 2018 amid ongoing criticism by animal welfare activists, the circus’ parent company said on Thursday.
A Las Vegas couple asked the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to approve a bill that would allow them to carry their loaded weapons and still serve as foster parents.
Nevada is going through a growth spurt and Clark County is leading the way. And the trend is probably going to continue at least for the next 18 years based on projections by Nevada Demographer Jeff Hardcastle.
Islands are the must-have showpiece of kitchen renovations in 2015.
Talk with your doctor about permanent birth control options if you’re done having children.
Learn the pros and cons of taking a line of credit for your business.
Learn the specifics of tire inflation to be sure your vehicle is operating at peak performance.
Step into Downtown Summerlin’s Wonderland Bakery, and you leave the real world behind. The floor sparkles with embedded fairy dust. A miniature train travels a looping track above. On the shelves are shining crowns for little princesses and wands for bestowing wishes.
On Feb. 3, Katherine “Dolly” Hetrick retired after working for 22 years at Hancock Fabrics. She took a few days to do some sewing, spend some time with friends and take care of a few household chores. On Feb. 6, she jumped out of an airplane.
When Katherine Schlintz, founder of the Protect Animal Life Humane Society, began donating dog and cat food to Meals on Wheels, she noticed what an impact a few pounds of kibble made.
Answers to Sudoku and crossword puzzles from March 5, 2015, View editions.
As of Feb. 11, the Southern Nevada Health District had identified four cases of measles, the first confirmed in Clark County since 2011.
Henderson residents Cheryl Moss and Russ Petersen never imagined themselves as dog owners, but after adopting their first fur child Ruby, they couldn’t picture life any differently.
Henderson resident Elaine Anderson knows the importance of family and sharing memories. So when she found a container full of old family photos on the side of the road, she knew she had to work fast to locate the owner.
Much like the biblical story of Noah’s Ark, Noah’s Animal House in North Las Vegas provides hope and safety to the pets of women and children leaving a chaotic environment in search of a new life. Founder Staci Columbo Alonso was inspired to name the shelter for her teenage son, Noah, who shares similar features with the biblical animal savior.
There are only two guys coming off the bench for UNLV at this point, but both were effective on Wednesday night.
Las Vegas author Len Kreisler shares his medical adventures starting with his job as a U.S. Army physician in top-secret bacterial warfare research and concluding with his position as medical director for the Nevada Atomic Test Site in the book “The Obligated Volunteer.”
Government officials do not have the discretion to decide which documents are public records and which ones are confidential. They cannot reject a request for public records based on what they think the documents might be used for. They cannot set a cap on the number of records requests a party can submit. They do not have the latitude to reject some records requests because they complied with others. And they certainly can’t tell news organizations whether to report on government documents or when they must stop reporting on those public records.
Businesses can grow and flourish if government will just let them. Consider Nevada’s sports books.
