In serving students, campus organizations and ministries employ strategies that may be different from those used by faith communities in the community at large. Key to it all, representatives say, is simply being accessible to students in whatever ways students might wish.
Reacting to the Roanoke, Va., shootings that left a TV reporter and a cameraman dead, a Las Vegas television station is assigning armed security to its reporting crews.
Have you got that itchy feeling? The one that means you’re longing to transform your home in some way, whether large or small? And you’re determined to do it yourself.
I’m not sure there is ever a live sports event locally where Chris Maathuis isn’t holding a microphone. Einstein said it was possible to be in two places at the same time. Some days, it seems as though Maathuis is in 10.
A man who fell from the upper deck of Atlanta’s Turner Field during a Braves-Yankees game has died, the Atlanta Braves said.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of 13- to 17-year-old boys and girls who received the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine did increase “slightly” in 2014 for the second year in a row.
In Nevada, there are 558 people waiting on an organ transplant list, including 76 African-Americans, 119 Hispanics, 78 Asians and 12 American Indians.
Bishop Gorman fans grew accustomed to seeing Tyjon Lindsey make plays on offense last season. On Saturday night, the gifted wide receiver made his biggest contribution on defense.
With three children, Dee Heinz’s family has participated in just about every bake sale and class fundraiser known to the modern PTA. Suffice to say she was more than pleased when her 12-year-old brought home an “Alternative Fundraiser” notice from her school PTA.
In the foothills of the northern Sierra Nevada, one native shrub stands out from all the rest. It is commonly called manzanita, but the name covers many different species of Arctostaphylos that make outstanding drought-resistant landscape plants for dry gardens.
For decades, the color gold was discarded as old-fashioned and blasé. But now, it’s making a bold comeback and has found its way back into fashion, jewelry and home decor.
While it’s true that many folks enjoy the ease of hopping into a shower stall for their morning ablutions, you are still likely to find at least one tub in just about every American home.
A new bill in Congress aims to help veterans obtain child care while they pursue an education. The measure would offer federal grants for colleges to establish or expand child care centers that could assist students who have served in the military.
It looks like NV Energy picked the wrong week to make the case against the state’s budding rooftop solar movement.
Touro officials welcomed the 135 students at an orientation paving the way for their four years of classroom, laboratory and clinical study to become doctors of osteopathic medicine.
BILOXI, Miss. — John Ferrucci recalls standing at the Broadwater Marina on a humid, late summer morning in August 2005, trying to determine the best way to slip the moorings of the President Casino barge and float it 35 miles west to Hancock County, where it would reopen as the Silver Slipper.
Days are getting shorter, nights are getting longer, temperatures are getting cooler and school is back in session. It can only mean one thing, Las Vegas — summer is coming to an end.
A neighbor called the cops on Jerry Seinfeld, his son and some young pals for selling lemonade without a permit by the roadside in the Hamptons.
A 41-year-old man is in critical condition after being struck by a car in the central valley Saturday evening, police say.
Bishop Gorman fans grew accustomed to seeing Tyjon Lindsey make plays on offense last season. On Saturday night, the gifted wide receiver made his biggest contribution on defense.
Cimarron-Memorial boys soccer coach Mark Bailey was content leaving Green Valley on Saturday night with a scoreless draw.
Chi Chi Gonzalez pitched six strong innings, and Bishop Gorman product Joey Gallo went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer as the Round Rock Express downed the 51s 4-1 in a Pacific Coast League game Saturday in Round Rock, Texas.
Centennial’s girls volleyball team got off to a shaky 2-7 start a year ago before stumbling to a 10-21 record. The Bulldogs opted for a different route out of the gates this season.
Eduardo Quintero scored two goals Saturday as Canyon Springs’ boys soccer team won its second straight Mesquite Cup championship with a 4-0 victory over Pahrump Valley in the title match in Mesquite.
Erika, a tropical storm that killed 20 people on the Caribbean island of Dominica and at least one person in Haiti, fell apart on Saturday over eastern Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
After talking about it endlessly, Republican presidential candidates are finally starting to get specific about how they intend to replace the Affordable Care Act. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker released his plan earlier this month. As the reaction to it shows, Republicans have to be ready with answers to a lot of hard questions.
There’s a certain demographic in this country — it’s unseemly to mention the specific population by name — that has no sense of personal responsibility.
On September 5, 2014, Russian agents crossed into Estonia and kidnapped an Estonian security official. Two weeks ago, after a closed trial, Russia sentenced him to 15 years.
Calling Nevada’s new Education Savings Accounts vouchers doesn’t make them vouchers.
