A Clark County jury took less than two hours Wednesday to convict a 40-year-old man in a 2008 slaying and robbery of a woman whose body was found in a northwest valley ravine.
Thirty four of the world’s top NBA players returned to Las Vegas this week for the USA National Team’s minicamp from August 11 to 13.
Virginia freshman quarterback Nick Johns was charged with driving while intoxicated last month and has not been practicing with the team.
After people died last week in Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park and New Mexico’s White Sands National Monument, some of the millions of vacationers headed to national parks may be concerned about their safety.
Lee Ann Womack will forever be linked to the monster crossover hit of 2000. But the Texas singer who helped get us used to figuring out if a song (or its singer) is “country” or “pop” has left the pop side of that divide to the youngsters, returning to the traditional country that inspired her.
A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to more than 14 years in federal prison in the armed robberies of six businesses during the summer of 2013.
The Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday rejected a request by rooftop-solar officials to continue the existing net metering program if a legislatively mandated cap of 235 megawatts is reached in coming weeks.
Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry proved to coach Andy Reid that he is ready for preseason game action nine months after being diagnosed with lymphoma.
A 24-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Wednesday for fatally shooting a Las Vegas Metro officer Trevor Nettleton.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said Wednesday he is undecided about his vote on the Iran nuclear deal, with his loyalties to the Jewish community making the vote especially difficult.
Tony Lara, who appeared on Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” in 2011, has died, according to law enforcement in South Dakota and the show’s Facebook page. He was 50.
“Waterworld” has become synonymous with box office bomb. The film turned 20 years old in July and in honor of the massive money pit we take a look at five of the biggest box office flops.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said marijuana shouldn’t be a Schedule I controlled substance, derided NV Energy for its approach to rooftop solar power generation and said he wouldn’t ask President Barack Obama to designate Gold Butte as federally protected land – but allowed that he may still make that request in the future.
More than 1,500 new teachers and 400 long-term substitutes were invited to participate in the Clark County School District’s (CCSD) New Teacher Onboarding (orientation) event Wednesday, Aug. 12 at the South Point hotel-casino in Las Vegas.
Despite years of rumors and speculation, Las Vegas never got its own screaming, slapping, Champagne-flinging “Housewives” spinoff. Instead, we’re getting the screamier, slappier, Champagne-flingier “Hotwives” spinoff.
Colorado’s top health official signaled that the 3 million gallons of spilled wastewater that contaminated the Animas River last week may not pose a health risk.
Echo & Rig Butcher and Steakhouse in Tivoli Village manages to combine the friendliness of your neighborhood butcher with the class of an elegant, yet casual eatery that is focused on — what else? — steak.
In a U.S. laboratory, a monkey arm is stripped down as far as its individual cells. All that’s left behind is a bare, frail scaffold.
I was tipped to Mykonos Greek Cuisine by its owner, who called to tell me there was an authentic Greek restaurant in Sun City Summerlin — the only authentic one in town, she said, although I suspect some of the other Greek restaurants would wish to dispute that.
Fleming’s to feature Freemark Abbey Estate at Aug. 14 wine dinner
USA Basketball is in town for its minicamp. Check out our live blog from the second day of practice.
From where I sit, admittedly hatless in the noonday sun, there are two kinds of people in this world: Those who worship Burning Man and those who get no pleasure from having sand wedged in places nature never intended.
Nothing quite stresses out students and parents about the beginning of the school year as the return to homework, which for many households means nightly battles centered around completing after-school assignments.
Transparency always serves the public interest better than government secrecy — even if the openness comes years late.
Nevada schoolchildren are preparing to head back to the classroom. Meanwhile, members of Congress are counting the days until they must head back to Washington. When students start cracking open laptops, lawmakers will be taking a crack at critical legislation affecting taxpayers.
Former President Jimmy Carter said on Wednesday that recent liver surgery revealed he had cancer that had spread to other parts of his body.
Robert Gardner’s letter attempts to answer how the gay marriage ruling harms Christians (“Gay marriage ruling,” July 27 Review Journal.). I would advise Mr. Gardner that millions of times each day in this country, businesses provide goods and services to paying customers who “violate God’s word.”
The man who was shot and killed by Las Vegas police last week “was in dire need of mental health services,” a department official said Wednesday.