About a decade ago, a doctor friend was lamenting the increasingly frustrating conditions of clinical practice. “How did you know to get out of medicine in 1978?” he asked with a smile.
Embarrassingly low turnout makes Southern Nevada’s off-year municipal elections a waste of public money. It appears North Las Vegas voters will get a second ballot this year, but one that could actually pay for itself and save city taxpayers thousands of dollars more.
There’s no place on Earth like the Las Vegas Strip. And that makes the already-challenging task of tackling Las Vegas Boulevard congestion unlike any transit problem anywhere.
Bones, dog and cat droppings, greasy foods and diseased plants are just a few of the items that should go into the garbage, not your compost.
The benefit raises funds for scholarships for deserving Nevada students to continue their education.
Britney Spears’ longtime manager Larry Rudolph is having heart-valve replacement surgery on Monday.
Matt Carson’s run-scoring single in the seventh capped the scoring in Nashville’s four-run inning as the Sounds surged past the 51s 6-1 in a Pacific Coast League game Saturday in Nashville, Tenn. The loss was the fourth straight for Las Vegas.
Feel a need to chill out now that triple-digit summer heat is upon us? Try one of these five cooling summer cocktails.
Colorado State is moving ahead with plans for a new stadium, but San Diego State simply hopes to have a place to play. And a stadium at UNLV might be more realistic than ever, but it’s still a back-burner issue compared to other needs.
A southeast valley house fire on Saturday caused $75,000 in damages and displaced the family living there.
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., honored students from Joseph E. Thiriot Elementary School and Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden & Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage with a Congressional Recognition.
Las Vegan Jessie Vargas, the unbeaten World Boxing Association junior welterweight champion, will have Erik Morales in his corner instead of Roy Jones Jr. when he fights Timothy Bradley on June 27 for the vacant World Boxing Organization welterweight belt.
Las Vegas police were looking for “a person of interest” after a late Friday night shooting death in the central valley.
This is what makes the World Series of Poker so inviting each year, players such as Paul Conelly and those journeys that bring them to the Rio, regular people with fascinating backgrounds who dream of reaching a final table and watching a river card turn in their favor to earn them massive amounts of cash.
Clark County’s child welfare system has begun implementing reforms identified by a special blue ribbon panel of experts, expected to produce better outcomes for those in its care.
Senior Carl Jonson rebounded from a first-round 83 with a 4-under-par 68 on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA men’s golf championship in Bradenton, Fla. Jonson, who has a bulging disk in his neck, led a comeback for the Rebels, who moved from 25th to 18th place.
Micah Roberts, a former race and sports book director who has been setting NASCAR odds since 1995, analyzes the field for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Del.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Chicago Blackhawks basked in the warm embrace of their third triumph over the Western Conference in seven years, while the Anaheim Ducks felt only a cold, abrupt shove from the playoffs for the third straight season.
A single-vehicle rollover on northbound Interstate 15 near the Spaghetti Bowl left one person in critical condition and diverted all lanes of northbound traffic off the freeway Saturday night, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
Chumlee believes his life really was closing in on the end credits while vacationing in Hawaii this year when he got stuck in a swirling vortex or death waves.
Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson is expected to play in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, coach Steve Kerr said.
At least 15 people were forced from their homes after a blaze destroyed one unit and damaged two others at a northwest valley apartment complex Saturday, according to the Las Vegas Fire Department.
Joseph “Beau” Biden III, an Iraq war veteran who served as the attorney general of Delaware and was a son of Vice President Joe Biden, has died at the age 46, the White House said in a statement Saturday night.
A 9-year-old boy is dead after his father accidentally ran him over when they were cleaning their garage in Henderson on Saturday afternoon, police said.
Breakups are beasts — they claw at your heart and tear apart your world with one blow. Therefore, I have decided to refer to the different kinds as species.
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Las Vegas, triple-digit weather and all.
Kim Caipa praised young people Saturday for the passage of Brady’s Bill — named after her dead son — that could save the lives of high school and college students in Nevada.
Much of Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval’s sweeping education agenda overcame key legislative hurdles on Saturday, as lawmakers passed bills aimed at poor-performing schools, boosting academic performance, and giving incentives to educators.
A man was shot to death by at least one Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper after he was told to get away from rising flood waters on a road and began fighting with a trooper, an official said on Saturday.
Administration officials Saturday presented to the full Nevada Assembly an amendment to Gov. Brian Sandoval’s compromise tax plan that seeks to assuage concerns of some Republicans and win enough votes to assure passage.