When learning gets messy, Steele Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Cheri Garner gets happy. Garner was named Clark County’s March Educator of the Month.
With the end of a 15-year drought in local development of communities for people 55 and older, the Las Vegas Valley is set to harvest a bumper crop of age-qualified neighborhoods.
The second day of what is expected to be a long career in the major leagues went much better than the first for Kris Bryant.
Carl Stajduhar had a home run, a double and five RBIs to lead New Mexico to a 10-8 win over UNLV in a Mountain West baseball game Saturday at Wilson Stadium. The Rebels are 15-22 overall and 2-15 in conference play.
About 100 Armenian-Americans, politicians and others from the Las Vegas Valley gathered in Henderson on Saturday to celebrate a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the United States’ first Honorary Consulate of Armenia.
Advocates for legalizing marijuana launched a petition campaign in Phoenix on Friday seeking a ballot measure that could make Arizona the fifth U.S. state to allow small amounts of pot for recreational use.
Ronald McDonald got everyone off on the right foot by leading the 11th annual Ronald McDonald House Charities Runnin’ for the House 5K Run and 1 Mile Walk on Saturday.
Cade Adams could be at the top of any pitching rotation in Southern Nevada, but the 6-foot-2-inch sophomore doesn’t mind waiting his turn on the Desert Oasis baseball team behind seniors A.J. Landis and Nolan Kingham.
The Las Vegas woman killed in a drive-by shooting Friday night was unconditionally kind and friendly to everyone, so it wouldn’t be out of character for her to help two females, her boyfriend said Saturday.
After a year and $1.4 million spent getting ready, one of the labs that will have to test all the marijuana sold in Nevada is almost open for business.
The website for the inaugural Further Future festival describes it as “a shared experience that’s beyond our future.” Think Burning Man, only smaller and more exclusive.
Isabel Duff, whose reign of Veterans Affairs health care facilities in Southern Nevada spanned a stormy period when veterans complained of long waits blamed on a doctor shortage, prolific patient loads and delays in reconstructing the hospital’s emergency room, will retire May 1.
Commercial real estate may not grab the headlines the housing sector claims, but the industry’s fortunes are just as tied to overall economic health.
Tournament Most Valuable Player Jason Zambrano dished out 28 assists, and Jordan Glenn added seven kills and three blocks to lift Mojave’s boys volleyball team to a 25-27, 27-25, 16-14 win over host Legacy in the championship match of the Longhorn Invitational on Saturday.
Las Vegas Police said Stoll was arrested at the Wet Republic pool at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. Multiple reports indicated that he was charged with cocaine possession.
It happens only once every two years at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas — the Athletic Department’s sports gear and apparel sale.
There will be plenty of reasons for Nevada Latinos to turn out in record numbers for the 2016 election, say insiders who predict Hispanics will account for 20 percent of the state’s electorate, or one out of every five votes cast in the West’s most competitive battleground state.
A Las Vegas teenager caught up in a North Dakota human trafficking case is missing after her Monday morning flight landed early at McCarran International Airport and she fled before authorities could meet her, a Clark County spokesman said on Friday.
For the past two years, Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project has absorbed criticism for developing bars, restaurants and tech startups — but no places to live in downtown Las Vegas. No more.
Amanda Pryor tossed a five-hitter and struck out eight Saturday to lead host Pahrump Valley’s softball team to a 9-0 win over Boulder City.
Oran K. Gragson Elementary School got a visit from several exotic animals Friday from Roos N More.
In a recent study published in the journal of Physiology and Behavior, scientists found that people who eat together tend to get along better.
The names of the Nevada National Guard soldiers and airmen who have served in combat operations in the Gulf War, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom were unveiled Friday on 43 plaques stretching across an auditorium wall at the Office of the Adjutant General.
Otherworldly goo lumps in blue and purple speckled beaches in Oregon and Washington states this week, after strong wind got caught in their sails.
The state’s contract with Rite of Passage was set to expire Sept. 30, 2017. The state said both parties reached an amicable agreement to end the relationship, but the nonprofit claims it was forced to sign the agreement, with the state threatening to issue a termination notice for cause.
A family trip to a Nebraska zoo turned terrifying for one family after the gorilla they were looking at leaped toward the exhibit window, cracking it.
The chief judge in Clark County vowed Friday to improve the guardianship process after a series of stories by the Las Vegas Review-Journal exposed flaws in the system that left thousands of elderly and mentally ill in Clark County open to exploitation.
After years of singing on the Strip, Philip Goldstein felt the need to explore the spirituality in his life. The path has taken him to the young congregation of Shirat Shalom where he is cantor.
While the smartwatch is not new, Apple is known for taking an existing concept and turning it into the next must-have consumer electronics product. The Apple Watch is no exception.
We always think of Elvis’ “Viva Las Vegas” as our city’s theme song, but two prominent performers say Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’ ” and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk” are their informal chart-toppers on the Strip, lately.