Medical schools serve a vital role in our community, including Touro University Nevada, the state’s largest college of medicine. As additional medical schools are being considered in Southern Nevada, it is essential that the facts associated with their development and resource utilization are clear and that the discussion is open and factual.
If Nevada wants to gain more control of the land within its borders, it will have to fight the federal government for that land. So it was refreshing to see last week that the state has taken a step forward in the Jarbidge dispute.
Conor McGregor expects to win the featherweight belt from longtime champ Jose Aldo in UFC 189 on July 11 at MGM Grand. Why is he so confident? “Fear has a strong stench and he is reeking of it,” the Irishman says of the champ. “I simply see fear.”
Henderson police improperly voided almost 100 traffic citations after they had been filed in court — and in at least one case, did so because a friend or family member of a police employee had received the ticket, an internal audit found.
Obama’s opening to Havana could help restore Washington’s influence in Latin America and give him a much-needed foreign policy success.
A pitching change in the sixth inning on Monday forced Basic baseball coach Scott Baker to scramble his infield, and he ended up moving shortstop Ryne Nelson to third base.
Alessandra Elena’s RBI double capped an eight-run rally with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday as Coronado’s softball team stunned visiting Foothill, 9-8.
Centennial’s Tanner Durkin served an ace to close out a 23-25, 25-15, 21-25, 26-24, 16-14 victory over visiting Legacy on Monday.
With its four propellers churning and its polished aluminum fuselage glistening in the afternoon sun, “Fifi,” the last flying World War II-era B-29 bomber, landed smoothly at Henderson Executive Airport on Monday.
I am a firm believer in taking family vacations. I think it is a great way to build lasting memories and bonds with your children that will stick with them throughout their lives, but I also think it is important to take a vacation without the kids. Here is why.
Isaiah Blaylock worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday to help Shadow Ridge’s baseball team hold on for a 5-4 win at Centennial.
CARSON CITY — Major developments emerged on Monday in the debate over taxes to fund Gov. Brian Sandoval’s $7.3 billion two-year budget, with Assembly Republicans introducing an alternative revenue plan in a late evening floor session.
The Nevada Athletic Commission has another month to make its decision on the officials who’ll work the May 2 megafight. But executive director Bob Bennett already is drawing up lists lists for the referee and judges for the biggest fight Las Vegas has seen in decades.
Check the Hasbro line. Krzyzewski (Duke coach Mike) would beat Krystkowiak (Utah coach Larry) on the Scrabble board. Gonzaga center Przemek Karnowski would beat them both, but only if you used his first name.
Apparently, Ultimate Fighting Championship superstar Ronda Rousey has a few other skills besides inflicting her painful, tapout-inducing armbar move on a rival mixed martial-arts fighter. Rousey has political pull, too.
Chinese relic experts claim that a 1,000-year-old mummified monk encased in a Buddha statue was stolen from a village temple in Eastern China in 1995, state media reported.
It’s been 30 years since “Clue” first hit movie theaters. But what’s happened to the eccentric cast of characters? After shedding their need to kill with pipes, ropes and revolvers in the dining room, or billiard room, or maybe in the study, well, where did they go?
For a generation of moviegoers in the early 1990s, “Pretty Woman” was a cultural touchstone. But how does it stand up today? Not everyone is a fan.
Tyler Branton shot par 72 at Silverstone on Monday to help Arbor View’s boys golf team to victory in a Northwest League match.
Only 17 percent of voters in Nevada Assembly Speaker John Hambrick’s Las Vegas district approve of an effort to recall the Republican, according to a poll released Monday.
Malaysia-based Genting Berhad will break ground on the $4 billion Resorts World Las Vegas on May 5, a company spokesman said Monday.
A phone message threatening President Barack Obama’s niece, a player on the Princeton basketball team, prompted authorities to increase security at Monday night’s NCAA women’s tournament game between the Ivy League school and Maryland, USA Today reported.
The executive director for the organization that represents the state’s two largest education unions has been replaced. It was not immediately clear if Gary Peck was fired or resigned from the leadership post at the Nevada State Education Association. According to the NSEA web site, Peck has been replaced by interim executive director Richard “Dick” Terry.
Federal prosecutors and defense lawyers were in court Monday debating the validity of an FBI search warrant and an unprecedented ruse agents used to gain access to luxury Strip villas before raiding an international betting operation.
If you’re looking for luxury at a Las Vegas hotel, you really can’t go wrong with the word “penthouse.”
A motorcyclist suffered serious injuries after crashing into a truck in the central valley early Monday afternoon.
An online group claiming affiliation with Islamic State terrorists has threatened American military members and their families in the past, and over the weekend, a new threat surfaced on the Web.
The company that is coordinating the state’s efforts to commercialize unmanned aerial systems is asking companies in the growing industry to comment on proposed Federal Aviation Administration rules on the use of small drones.
Utah has become the only state to use a firing squad for executions, the Associated Press reports.
