Last month, a couple of dozen Henderson residents showed up at a City Council meeting to speak out against a proposal to dramatically raise recreation fees. And in a laudable moment of serving the public interest, the City Council listened, tabling the measure and voting unanimously to instead consider a revised proposal. But make no mistake, the city wants to raise those fees one way or another, and a vote to do so could happen at tonight’s meeting.
A storm that brought rain and wind across the Valley forced the postponement of Monday night’s Pacific Coast League game between the 51s and Albuquerque Isotopes at Cashman Field.
Frank Tripp will be inducted into Ultimate Fighting Championship Hall of Fame on Saturday. But he says he can’t watch the highlight of his loss to Matt Hughes in 2005.
Jason Mercier’s Main Event got off to a dubious start Monday when his alarm didn’t go off because of a dead cellphone battery and he overslept.
Bill Lasher’s road to a thriving business began when he was a tenth-grader and broke his back in car crash, losing the use of both of his legs. Today, Lasher runs Lasher Sport out of a Las Vegas business center that opened in November 2013
“Hef and I are really happy. That’s all that matters.”
I’m assuming you read Howard Stutz’s column in the Review-Journal, where he said the 11-month-old SLS hotel posted a $35.3 million net loss in 2015’s first quarter, signaling a long road ahead for the bold but not optimally located hotel.
I asked Twitter followers who they think Kourtney Kardashian should date after breaking up with her TV character significant other Scott Disick.
Some folks will dwell on his flaws, others will wallow in his legend. Hero or horse thief, take your pick. I prefer to think about where Ralph Lamb came from, and how far he traveled in one remarkable lifetime.
A thunderstorm moving across the valley is causing flooding, hail and strong winds, the National Weather Service said. Parts of the valley are under a flash flood warning until 9:15 p.m., according to the weather service. The Las Vegas Fire Department is warning drivers not to use Charleston Boulevard from Rainbow Boulevard east due to flood water.
Daniel Boria says he was trying to get attention for his cleaning business when he tied more than 100 helium balloons to a lawn chair and soared through the sky over his city.
British rider Chris Froome took the Tour de France leader’s yellow jersey after finishing second behind Spanish veteran Joaquim Rodriguez in Monday’s crash-marred third stage, as a second straight day of chaos caused around 20 riders to fall and several to quit.
The school of journalism at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas — hamstrung by weak leadership and aimless curriculum — needs an overhaul to raise completion rates and produce more competitive graduates, according to an external review commissioned by UNLV.
South Carolina lawmakers took a step Monday toward removing the Confederate battle flag that flies at the statehouse in Columbia, long denounced as a symbol of slavery by critics.
Washington Nationals slugger Bryce Harper will skip the Home Run Derby next week because his father is not available to pitch to him.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been stripped of the welterweight world title he won after beating Filipino Manny Pacquiao this year for failing to comply with rules, the World Boxing Organization said on Monday.
Not since “The Birds,” Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1963 thriller, have we witnessed such a calculated and vicious attack by a pigeon as the one that was perpetrated on Kevin Kiermaier over the weekend at Yankee Stadium.
A public fact-finding review won’t be necessary for the May 2014 death of a man Las Vegas police shot at but never hit, according to the Clark County district’s attorney’s office.
Every year, more than 600,000 Americans are released from prison back into their communities. And when they are, even a minor criminal record can make it hard to get a job and a place to live.
President Barack Obama pledged to increase U.S. support for the moderate opposition in Syria’s civil war on Monday and said the United States needed to do more at home to prevent attacks and combat Islamic State efforts to recruit followers.
Members of 100 Black Men of Las Vegas Inc. offer a variety of mentoring projects, such as field trips, motivational speakers, college tours and weekly chess tournaments.
“We have a giant robot. You have a giant robot. You know what needs to happen. We challenge you to a duel.”
It will be just like old times in the All-Star Game for Las Vegas sluggers Kris Bryant and Bryce Harper, who will be teammates, on the National League, for the first time since they joined forces on a youth baseball team in Southern Nevada.
A record 20.3 million Americans watched on television as the United States beat Japan in the final of the Women’s World Cup on Sunday, setting a new high for any soccer match televised in the nation, according to preliminary ratings data on Monday.
Nearly three years after police raided his home, Steven Ficano retrieved his cash, but he recently learned that he might have more trouble securing the return of 26 guns authorities seized.
Free lessons and ice skate rentals brought locals out to Fiesta Rancho’s SoBe Ice Arena for “Fun Day Monday.”
A 29-year-old man died in a rollover crash on a dirt road at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area over the weekend, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol. The crash happened on Six Mile Cove Road, west of Lake Mohave near Searchlight, NHP said.
The search continued Monday for a man who jumped off a boat in Lake Mead Sunday and failed to resurface, Lake Mead National Recreation Area officials said.
An Austrian secondary school teacher is facing suspension and a disciplinary hearing after killing a rabbit in class, despite pleas from his students to spare its life.
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