If you’re a veteran like Willie L. Smith and you want to ask Veterans Benefits Administration Service Center Manager Allen Bittler in Reno about the delay in processing your disability claim and where it stands in the backlog, well good luck.
It’s over. The 51s, seeking their third consecutive postseason berth, will be on the outside looking after losing to Tacoma 6-3 on Sunday night before a crowd of 3,923 at Cashman Field.
Conservative Republican Sharron Angle, who ran unsuccessfully against U.S. Harry Reid in his 2010 re-election campaign, is again taking her issues directly to voters with three initiative petitions to amend the state constitution.
The More Cops sales tax increase that the Clark County Commission approved Tuesday will bolster the ranks of local police departments.
College football turned into a religious experience Saturday for Las Vegas public relations executive Melissa Warren and family members.
It was last Thursday morning and the flotsam and jetsam of the Tom Brady announcement had just begun to swirl when the PGA of America put out a terse one-paragraph statement: The Grand Slam of Golf, a fairly popular exhibition match featuring the winners of the four majors — or in the case of this year, the three major winners and a capable alternate — would not be held in 2015.
Typical summer weather is coming back to the Las Vegas Valley, the National Weather Service said. The weather will continue to warm up into Monday with a 98-degree high and a 79-degree low.
During yet another masterful performance by Demetrious Johnson on Saturday night, Ultimate Fighting Championship color commentator Joe Rogan indicated his belief the flyweight champion may be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
One game is only a first date, but that’s all it took for most in the media to make a long-term commitment to UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen. He is being hyped as the next great one.
So this is sports in the Windy City: Just outside Wrigley Field at the corner of Addison and Clark, a short toss from the iconic red marquee over the main entrance to where the Cubs have broken hearts for the better part of 100 years, is a guy who hawks T-shirts.
Hardly a week goes by anymore without some sort of drone incident in the headlines, almost always for some dubious, nefarious or ridiculous reason.
The Indianapolis Zoo was locked down briefly on Sunday morning after a cheetah jumped out of the main exhibit area, a zoo spokeswoman said.
Immigrants to the United States should “speak American,” former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said on Sunday, adding her voice to a controversy triggered by Donald Trump’s criticism of fellow Republican White House hopeful Jeb Bush’s use of Spanish.
A Las Vegas police officer thought a vehicle had hit his patrol car Sunday afternoon, but it was a man firing a shot shooting at him with a semiautomatic handgun.
Clustered between Madagascar and the southeast coast of mainland Africa lies a secret paradise: the Comoros Islands. With its crystalline blue waters and white sand beaches, it is a true natural beauty that remains largely untouched by tourism.
Even when it makes no logical sense, we are still haunted by the idea that we should be doing something else when we’re on vacation.
Underlining Universal’s stellar year, the studio’s “Jurassic World” has crossed a major milestone in the international box office.
A man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being struck by a suspected drunk driver in front of his workplace Sunday morning, Las Vegas police said.
Denali and other natural wonders that have stood on the North American continent for millennia were named for European explorers, American presidents and others, even though they had been named by Native American nations thousands of years earlier.
A Julian Serrano restaurant without an extreme degree of attention to detail? Maybe in a parallel universe, but not in this one.
If you type “fun facts” into the Google.com search box, you get a random piece of information using a wide variety of sources. You don’t even have to submit questions.
Bishop Gorman’s girls volleyball team went 5-1 on Saturday and finished second in the High Sierra Invitational in Reno.
Pantelion, the Lionsgate-Televisa joint venture, looks to be on track for another solid hit with 3D animated Mexican pic “Un Gallo Con Muchos Huevos.”
Prayers, stories and adorable dog pictures are some of the things uplifting Vicki Gardner’s spirits as she recovers from a bullet wound in a Virginia hospital, according to a family Facebook page. Family members did not indicate when Gardner will be released from the Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, but said they had no doubt of her full recovery.
Pope Francis implored Catholic institutions throughout Europe to show mercy to the flood of refugees arriving on their shores by offering them shelter.
For those who love it, whitewater stand-up paddleboarding — or whitewater SUPing — holds a powerful allure. For some, it brings a big thrill with a little less risk.
In the year since beloved comedian and actor Robin Williams took his own life, his daughter, Zelda, has occasionally posted to Instagram to share her feelings about depression and hope. She posted again on Saturday.
The lawyer for a Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses said his team filed on Sunday a notice of appeal over a contempt ruling that landed her in jail.
A principal behind the card-counting exploits of college students that was outlined in a book and movie will be the keynote speaker later this month at the gaming industry’s largest trade show and conference in Las Vegas.
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Asian grocery store looks to add new location near Summerlin
Poker star falls short in pursuit of record 18th WSOP victory
Wynn’s plans to build a third tower on Strip still alive
Southwest Vegas food hall closing only a year after opening
‘Top Chef’ stars to close Las Vegas Strip pop-up restaurant