A Nevada assemblywoman and Las Vegas bail bondsmen are fighting a Las Vegas Municipal Court they say is “money hungry” and bad for business.
Middleweights Luke Rockhold and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza each scored early submission wins at UFC on Fox 15 in Newark, N.J. They could be in line for a title shot, but first, champion Chris Weidman will fight Vitor Belfort on May 23.
Making his second start of the season for the Las Vegas 51s on Saturday night before a sellout crowd of 9,928 at Cashman Field, Noah Syndergaard allowed two runs on two hits with five walks and five strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings of a 17-4 win over the Fresno Grizzlies.
Congress completed work last week on a bill that overhauls the way Medicare pays doctors, ending a long practice of short-term fixes that was threatening medical services to seniors.
Phil Bickford, the College of Southern Nevada’s pitching prospect from Ventura, Calif. — he’s projected as a high first-round selection in June’s major league draft — has an easygoing style to him. He is 7-1 with a 1.60 ERA and 117 strikeouts in 62 innings this season.
For beautiful, tasty vegetables, a regular supply of water is essential. In Southern Nevada, that requires attention to irrigation, mulch and soil improvement, and wasting none.
Leo Santa Cruz, the World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion, will fight on the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao pay-per-view portion of the undercard May 2 at the MGM Grand Garden. Santa Cruz will meet Zsolt Bedak of Hungary.
Marie Lu, who writes young adult literature, talks about how she became an author. She is hosting a writing workshop for teenagers as well as presenting a program for the public at Clark County Library Tuesday.
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Food City 500 begins at 10:16 a.m. today at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn. Matt Kenseth will start from the pole position.
When we consider Nevada’s government challenges, two points stand out:
See Hillary ride in a van! Watch her meet everyday Americans! Witness her ordering a burrito bowl at Chipotle! Which she did wearing shades, as did her chief aide Huma Abedin, yielding security camera pictures that made them look (to borrow from Karl Rove) like fugitives on the lam, wanted in seven states for a failed foreign policy.
Ah, spring, when a young lawmaker’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of throttling members of the other party who won’t let him hold votes or bring amendments to bills on the Senate floor.
Elections have consequences, and the Las Vegas City Council delivered a predictable one during Wednesday’s meeting, its first since the April 7 municipal primary that saw four incumbents win re-election.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management finally released some records related to last year’s Bundy ranch confrontation in Bunkerville. Considering the limited number and scope of documents provided to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, one of two scenarios is true: Either the BLM is so incompetent that it put no thought into the overdone cattle roundup and never analyzed the guns-drawn showdown that resulted, or it’s so arrogant and unaccountable that its leaders believe they can ignore the law.
One coronation down, one to go. The second won’t be nearly as tidy as the first.
Cade Adams threw a six-hitter to lead sixth-ranked Desert Oasis to a 10-0 baseball win over No. 7 Liberty, the defending state champion, in six innings on Saturday.
Clothing designs by Naeem Khan were featured during the annual Flair for Care fashion show and luncheon April 8 at Wynn Las Vegas to benefit Nathan Adelson Hospice.
Charlotte Dujardin of Great Britain retained her title Saturday in the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final at the Thomas & Mack Center, scoring 94.196%.
Bishop Gorman junior Vashti Cunningham cleared 6 feet, 4¼ inches to break the national high school record in the girls high jump Saturday at the 57th annual Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. The previous record was 6-4, set in 2009.
Hundreds of science projects filled the Coral Academy of Science’s multipurpose room and courtyard Saturday for the second annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Expo in Henderson.
When Eric Hilton speaks, the clarity of his message is undeniable: Las Vegas can be known as a great place for medical care.
Bishop Gorman junior Vashti Cunningham broke the national high school record in the girls high jump Saturday at the 57th annual Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif.
Gov. Brian Sandoval’s prescription drug proposal, designed to help prevent highly addictive painkillers from being dispensed to people without a medical need, must pass out of the Senate by Tuesday to stay alive.
The second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival was alive and hopping at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif.
Logan Houck, David Miller and Dylan Sweikert each won one individual event and swam on two victorious relay teams Saturday to help Palo Verde’s boys swimming team to a 174-120 win over Legacy at Pavilion.
Olivia Johnson, Tonicia Thomas and Astrid Villegas each won two individual events Saturday at Multi-Generational to help Rancho’s girls swimming team defeat Liberty, 137-107.
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