Back in February 1982, still several years before explosive growth began hitting the Las Vegas Valley, an edition of the Review-Journal included a relatively modest feature, taking up just a single page.
Any emergency room doctor will tell you that a patient who presents with multiple injuries requires multiple interventions to save his life. The state of medicine in Southern Nevada is just such a patient. Greater Las Vegas dramatically underperforms compared with other metropolitan areas — large and small — across the U.S., and its anemic medical care profoundly underserves the state’s residents.
The state Legislature this week held hearings on two bills that attempt to reduce the cost of pension benefits through very modest changes that would only apply to new hires. Not to any retiree currently drawing a pension from the Nevada Public Employees Retirement System, nor to any current public-sector employee.
Almost 75 years after movie queen Carole Lombard and 21 others were killed in a plane crash amid its jagged peaks, climbing Mount Potosi remains an exhausting and somber experience for those who dare.
It was April 2, 1990. Jerry Tarkanian, chewing a towel, was on one bench, with Mike Krzyzewski on the other. The UNLV-Duke showdown in the NCAA championship game in Denver was the headline show on the Strip. But Nevada sports books were banned from posting lines and taking action on the Rebels.
Centennial’s softball team relied heavily on the long ball in recent seasons as it rolled out one of the most formidable lineups in the area.
Austin Byler’s one-out RBI double in the 12th inning lifted UNR to a 10-9 win over UNLV in a Mountain West baseball game Thursday in Reno. Joey Armstrong went 4-for-7 for the Rebels, who fell to 12-16 overall and 2-11 in the conference.
The Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge will be renewed next season. UNLV drew the toughest assignment by getting a Dec. 2 road game against Wichita State, which finished this season with a 30-5 record and reached the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.
Florida officials on Thursday said undercover investigators had broken up a murder scheme involving Ku Klux Klan members working in state prisons, announcing the arrests of three men who intended to kill a released black prison inmate.
Forget the day after the Super Bowl. Monday should be declared a national holiday so that all Americans can enjoy watching baseball’s Opening Day and the NCAA Championship men’s basketball game. It doesn’t get much better than that, but this weekend’s sports slate comes close.
Las Vegas resident Layla McCarter will compete in Big Knockout Boxing’s first-ever women’s fight Saturday at Mandalay Bay, meeting Diana Prazak in a seven-round bout for the lightweight championship.
A national scam to sell marked-up subscription renewals involves a Henderson business and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, but the state’s top prosecutors failed to join a lawsuit in the matter.
Centennial’s softball team displayed its quickness on the basepaths Thursday, using small ball to manufacture its runs in a 3-1 victory over Brawley (Calif.) during pool play of the Spring Jamboree at Majestic Park. The Bulldogs stole four bases in the win.
When Keeneland moved the Blue Grass back one week, it set up a true Super Saturday. Three big Kentucky Derby preps will go Saturday: the Blue Grass, Wood Memorial and Santa Anita Derby.
Findlay Prep used its size advantage to grab a 63-50 victory over previously unbeaten Blanche Ely (Fla.) on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Dick’s Sporting Goods High School National Tournament in New York City.
They say the early bird gets the worm, but in this case, it’s the blood moon on Saturday.
About 100 Las Vegans gathered at a candlelight vigil Thursday night, rallying around the grieving family of a grandmother and a little girl who were killed by a suspected drunk driver while waiting at a bus stop earlier this week.
MTV has selected Robert Downey Jr. to receive its MTV Generation Award, to be presented by his “Avengers: Age of Ultron” co-stars Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner.
Virginia Commonwealth University coach Shaka Smart accepted the Texas Longhorns job on Thursday night, according to ESPN’s Jeff Goodman.
Caeden Marin was 4-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, and Desert Oasis rallied for a 9-3 victory over Bullard (Calif.) in the 6A Division championship game at the Lions Tournament in San Diego on Thursday.
The Clark County District Attorney’s Office must make public dozens of records about payments made to witnesses in criminal cases, a judge ruled Thursday.
Most climbers who try don’t succeed in climbing the 29,035-foot-high Mount Everest, the world’s tallest peak. But they do leave their trash. Thousands of pounds of it.
With seven installments that have so far raked in nearly $2.4 billion, it’s one of the biggest franchises in movie history. It’s also one of the most convoluted.
Harrison Ford is on the road to recovery, according to famed producer Frank Marshall, who spoke to Variety at the New York premiere of his latest project “Sinatra: All or Nothing at All” on Tuesday. Marshall reported that his “Indiana Jones” colleague and close friend has left the UCLA Medical Center and is now recuperating from the March 5 plane crash.
I am always surprised when someone who lives in Las Vegas doesn’t know we have a Mr. Olympia here.
A measure intended to capture more sales tax in Nevada from out-of-state retailers was approved by a Senate committee Thursday.
A Las Vegas couple recorded a man they say was lying in a busy street Wednesday evening before he jumped on the hood of their car, making odd noises and acting threateningly toward their family.
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