Red Rock Academy, a state-sanctioned juvenile correctional facility in Clark County, has reportedly been closed because of compliance issues the state has declined to detail.
Here are a handful of local players to follow during the spring recruiting period: Keenan King from Arbor View, Michael Geraghty and Ikem Okeke from Bishop Gorman, and Samuel Poutasi and Anthony Smith from Desert Pines.
Green Valley High School’s former banker resigned from the Clark County School District Tuesday amid an investigation that tens of thousands of dollars are missing from the school’s coffers. The district confirmed late Tuesday that Melissa Traylor had resigned a month after she was removed from her job at the high school.
County assessors would no longer be required to publish annual property tax rolls in the local newspaper under a Nevada legislative proposal that would save taxpayers statewide hundreds of thousands of dollars at the expense of newspapers.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada said Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s refusal to allow the Senate to vote on a nuclear deal with Iran left him “no choice” but to sign the provocative message that Republicans delivered to the Middle East power this week.
First, the women. Now, the men. It seems everyone is getting in on the “Ghostbusters” reboot action. But not everyone is happy about it.
A bill designed to give lift to Nevada’s aviation industry cleared its first legislative pylon Tuesday with passage by a Senate committee.
What makes a state great for women? Is it job opportunities? Income equality? Educational opportunities? Available and affordable healthcare? How about: All of the above.
Motorists can expect to see disruptions on Flamingo Road by the end of the month or early April after the Regional Transportation Commission on Tuesday kicked off a $40.3 million improvement project on one of Southern Nevada’s busiest east-west thoroughfares.
Arizona coach Sean Miller isn’t fixated on being one of the top seeds in next week’s NCAA tournament. But he wants the Wildcats to play well at this week’s Pacific-12 tourney at the MGM and have some momentum going into next week.
A bill introduced Tuesday by four members of Congres from Nevada would give the state new veto power over storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.
Only one Rebel managed to break par Tuesday at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters, and UNLV is tied for ninth place in the 15-team field. UNLV’s Redford Bobbitt, playing as an individual, has a share of the individual lead with Alabama’s Robby Shelton at 8-under 136.
A bill seeking to change Nevada’s public employees retirement system for future hires by switching to a mostly defined-contribution plan has a hefty price tag in the neighborhood of $800 million a year, according to a fiscal note submitted for the measure.
As Nevada’s medical marijuana industry gets off the ground, it’s confronting a problem that has gotten little public attention: Growing the plants indoors takes massive amounts of power and water.
A man and woman accused in an attack on a 64-year-old school crossing guard pleaded guilty Tuesday to battery charges.
The prime-time television debut of Premier Boxing Champions drew an average of 3.4 million viewers on Saturday. The ratings for the card at the MGM Grand Garden, were a “strong start,” according to an NBC official.
Newly elected U.S. Rep. Cresent Hardy tours Las Vegas distribution center where his predecessor once pitched packages.
The state Department of Motor Vehicles is facing a perfect storm of new responsibilities and program changes that is generating a huge jump in customers and growing wait times at its offices, lawmakers were told Tuesday.
Quarterback Jake Locker, the eighth overall pick by the Tennessee Titans in the 2011 NFL Draft, announced he will retire after just four NFL seasons.
Boise State defeated the UNLV women’s basketball team 64-46 in the Mountain West basketball tournament quarterfinals at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Lady Rebels’ season ends at 13-17.
Actor Harrison Ford’s vintage airplane lost engine power shortly before he crash-landed at a Los Angeles golf course last week, a report released on Tuesday said.
Global Cash Access owned slot machine maker Multimedia Games for just 13 days in December, but the business had an impact on the company’s fourth-quarter results. The Las Vegas-based provider of payment processing products to casinos, said its net loss of $5.7 million in the quarter than ended Dec. 31 was attributed to $10 million in costs and accounting adjustments from the $1.2 billion deal to acquire the slot machine company.
If a man’s home is his castle, Michael Garrett must be Superman, because his house is super-sized.
Promising Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman is expected to miss the entire 2015 season because of a torn ACL in his left knee, the American League team said on Tuesday.
The jury has reached a verdict in the “Blurred Lines” case against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams, ordering them to pay $7.3 million to the family of Marvin Gaye for copyright infringement.
A bill detailing Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposal to overhaul Nevada’s business license fees to fund his education priorities is expected to be introduced in the Nevada Senate on Wednesday.
President Barack Obama told students at Georgia Tech on Tuesday he wants to make the process of repaying student loans easier to understand and manage.
San Francisco 49ers inside linebacker Patrick Willis reluctantly walked away from football on Tuesday, announcing his retirement from the NFL at age 30.
A Southern Poverty Law Center annual report says the number of hate groups in the United States remains on the decline for the second year in a row.
Former Dr. Dipak Desai, now serving a murder sentence stemming from a Hepititis C outbreak at his Las Vegas clinic, next month will plead guilty to a federal charge stemming from overbilling.