WASHINGTON — Besides preserving desert valleys and buffering a massive piece of modern sculpture, a new federal conservation area in rural Nevada carries another impact: It blocks a priority shipping route to Yucca Mountain.
A new grassroots organization is starting in Nevada that will advocate in the public policy arena to advance limited government and fiscally conservative values.
A Scottish couple thought they were going back to visit Las Vegas earlier this year after buying discounted tickets, but a small mistake cost them that trip.
The Boy Scouts of America has moved one step closer to ending its ban on gay adults as leaders. The organization‘s executive committee adopted a resolution last week that would change policy.
Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker will be in Las Vegas on Tuesday. It‘s his first campaign stop since the Wisconsin governor announced Monday he is running for president. Walker‘s campaign event starts at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, and he gives remarks at 11:15 a.m. at Red Rock Harley-Davidson, 2260 S. Rainbow Boulevard.
"There‘s no place like home," said Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" and one fan clearly agrees after offering a $1 million reward for information about a pair of the ruby slippers she wore in the film that have been missing for a decade.
The newly formed First Friday Foundation recently took over the monthly arts event, with board members holding their inaugural meeting July 1.
Left-hander Dallas Keuchel of the Houston Astros and right-hander Zack Greinke of the Los Angeles Dodgers were named the starting pitchers for the All-Star Game.
President Barack Obama reduced the prison sentences of 46 inmates on Monday, bringing the commutations he has granted to a total of 89.
A 13-year-old Las Vegas middle schooler has made it his mission to save children left in hot cars from heatstroke.
Shoppers at a Southern California Target on Friday got more than they bargained for when someone played an audio track pornography over the store‘s PA system.
The “dry heat” of Las Vegas brings around a new wave of complaints from Las Vegas locals and visitors alike every summer (and by summer, we mean the 8 months of 95 degree-plus heat), but it’s really not that bad.
A mother described frantically trying to contact her son, not knowing he had been shot dead in an east valley parking lot, as a row of stoic men in dress blues wiped tears away.
Prisons are supposed to be the most difficult buildings to escape from. Yet time and again, inmates break free — sometimes with dramatic helicopter stunts, sometimes by just slipping through the cracks — literally.
Maroon 5 will be making its way back to Las Vegas for a two-night stand at Mandalay Bay Events Center on Dec. 30, and 31.
Investment firm T. Rowe Price Group, once the largest single shareholder in Wynn Resorts Ltd., has reduced its stake to 4.6 percent after the firmâs second massive sell-off since April.
Looking for a way to escape the Vegas heat? Try immersing yourself into this beautiful video.
A 70-year-old woman was killed and her husband was arrested in a North Las Vegas shooting Monday afternoon, police said.
A Florida woman was arrested over the weekend for an incident that began with an argument over the Confederate battle flag.
Even years after his death, Brady Caipa continues to impact the community. The 17-year-old died from acute alcohol intoxication and asphyxia after attending a teen party in October 2011.
Deciding whether to rent a vacation home or commit to owning one, and where to buy, is a big decision. Owners and real estate experts say your goals, budget and comfort level should factor in your choice.
Grammy-award winning rapper 50 Cent filed for Chapter 11 protection on Monday under his real name, Curtis James Jackson.
Nevada has no executions on the immediate horizon but is pushing ahead to build a new death chamber at Ely State Prison and would use a drug at the heart of a recent U.S. Supreme Court case to carry out lethal injections.
Gov. Brian Sandoval said last week that if critics of the new commerce tax push to get their proposal on the November 2016 ballot as a referendum, voters need to know the potential consequences if it is repealed.
Gov. Brian Sandoval said last week that if critics of the new commerce tax push to get their proposal on the November 2016 ballot as a referendum, voters need to know the potential consequences if it is repealed.
In a letter emailed to his supporters Monday, Danny Tarkanian announced that he will run for Congress in 2016 in Nevada‘s 3rd Congressional District.
Las Vegas police have identified the two officers involved in Friday‘s shooting in the central valley that wounded an officer and left a man dead.
Las Vegan Kyle Busch won the latest NASCAR Sprint Cup race on Saturday night, but he wasn‘t swinging a baseball bat at another competitor for something that occurred on the track.
The two people who died in a Sunday night north valley crash have been identified by the Clark County coroner‘s office.