The Meadows School offers a private grant scholarship that offers five students entering kindergarten who are from underprivileged households an all-expense-paid tuition from pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade.
Clark County Park Police officer Wade Barnhart is set to discuss keeping safe from fraud and other personal crimes during a class slated from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 24 at the West Flamingo Senior Center.
Only a few weeks ago, Nevada Republican Party Chairman Michael McDonald and his pal Brad Esposito said they were eager to tell their side of the story in the $2.2 million Miracle Flights for Kids loan scandal.
It’s always a good thing when you enter a golf show and hear drivers smacking balls into the nets with an occasional “Oh, yeah!” accompanying.
A Las Vegas man died Wednesday after driving a stolen scooter into oncoming traffic on Sept. 18 in Henderson.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas was dealt a big victory this week when it was chosen to host the final presidential debate before next year’s general election, an effort aimed at thrusting UNLV into the national spotlight as it strives to become a better-recognized research institution.
The Mike Tyson Bitcoin ATM will bridge the gap between Bitcoin users and mainstream pop culture by providing consumers with the ability to use cash to purchase bitcoins instantaneously through their mobile devices. The Bitcoin ATM will be the first celebrity-sponsored Bitcoin product to date.
An ambulance rolled over with a patient inside after a crash in the south valley Thursday night, but Las Vegas police said there were only minor injuries.
He never met Nellis Air Force staff sergeant Nathan Paet, and his affair with Paet’s wife was fleeting. But Michael Rodriguez manipulated the 2010 killing of Paet, motivated by greed, prosecutors said Thursday as Rodriguez’s death penalty trial came to a close.
Utah bears the scars of many mining ventures. The Mormons who colonized the region in the mid-1800s diligently explored the territory for resources.
The man who died at a UNLV construction site Wednesday has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
By now, you’d think Hillary Clinton would have learned enough from past mistakes to leave health care alone. You’d think the Democratic presidential candidate would have the sense to tell voters, “You punished my party in last year’s election because the Affordable Care Act did precisely the opposite of what we promised, and so I vow as president to unwind this law, reduce government control of health care and make things better for struggling families.”
While the editorial on the Nevada Health Co-op (“Sick system,” Aug. 28 Review-Journal) dovetails nicely with the Review-Journal’s hackneyed anti-union views, some important information was left out in both the editorial and the report on the co-op (“Nevada Obamacare insurer fails,” Aug. 27 Review-Journal). Readers didn’t hear from the people insured by the co-op.
If there’s a lesson to be learned from Thursday’s speech of Pope Francis to a joint session of Congress, it’s that God is neither Republican nor Democrat. And those who would claim otherwise will inevitably have to confront some uncomfortable truths.
The world’s largest gold miner has discovered treasure in the Las Vegas Valley. Thanks to a few lucky twists of fortune, Barrick Gold Corp. stumbled upon the perfect place for its new Global Shared Services office.
Former UNLV player personnel director Jimmy Morimoto has taken the same position at Mountain West football rival Fresno State.
It was April of his freshman year. Ben Yeager woke up on a couch in a dark basement not sure where he was and how and when he got there, he wrote in a powerful personal essay for The Washington Post.
Sen. Harry Reid is donating his official and personal papers to the University of Nevada, Reno, a trove of almost 35 years of documents and electronic files a school official says will provide treasure for researchers seeking to understand the powerful Nevadan and his role in recent U.S. history.
Southern Nevada’s appetite for hosting more special events to draw large numbers of tourists could result in a renewed push to build a stadium to stage events too large for facilities Las Vegas already has.
The Los Angeles Lakers signed forward Metta World Peace on Thursday to a reported one-year, non-guaranteed contract.
As the third annual Life is Beautiful festival approaches, here’s a look back at some of our favorite photos from the previous two years. The festival, taking place in downtown Las Vegas, features a variety of music, arts and food.
We recently spoke with three prominent figures in the Las Vegas entertainment scene about the impact the Life Is Beautiful festival has had since launching in 2013, how it differs from other festivals and some of their favorite Life Is Beautiful memories.
The Nevada Supreme Court has reversed the first-degree murder conviction of a Las Vegas man after concluding that “significant irregularities” deprived him of a fair trial.
Silverstone Ranch homeowners and their lawyers were in federal court Thursday seeking a new temporary restraining order to turn on the water at the community’s closed golf course.
Like mail delivery, nothing stops Life Is Beautiful, including rain, sleet or snow. While those things are unlikely, particularly the last two since we’re in Southern Nevada, the show will go on regardless. That said, if you have tickets, there are some things that you should know before you go — not to worry; we read all of the fine print, so you don’t have to.
The folks at Life Is Beautiful have done a splendid job of assembling a wide array of talent this year.
NBC makes over its Thursday night lineup with the revival “Heroes Reborn” and the Vegas-based action series “The Player”.
Like many young girls, Cristina “Kina” McAllister loved science when she was a kid. And, also like many science-loving young girls, McAllister drifted away from science during her middle school and high school years.
When poet Juan Felipe Herrera was a boy, he learned to find beauty everywhere.
The Utah Shakespeare Festival’s fall season kicks off Thursday in Cedar City with the Bard’s early comedy “Two Gentlemen of Verona.”