Throughout the Clark County School District’s recent history of academic underperformance, middle schools have been anchors on achievement, unable to remedy deficiencies from elementary school or adequately prepare students for the rigors of high school.
For an institution that purportedly values and wants parental involvement above everything else, the Clark County School District has a lousy way of showing it.
The Ice House was once the home of one of the hottest — and, at the same time, coolest — downtown bars, the Ice House Lounge.
UNLV’s annual football game against UNR is big enough by itself, with both teams desperate to own the Fremont Cannon and bragging rights for a year. There’s even more at stake this season.
TeamRankings.com, which uses a computer-based model, projects success for UNLV’s football team the remainder of the season.
Residents near Buffalo Drive and Badura Avenue have long had concerns about the intersection. Turning left onto Buffalo is impossible according to resident Judy Pleshe.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval embarked on a major Nevada road trip this week, looking to cover more than 1,100 miles as he visits nine state parks and travels through 14 counties as part of a “Discover Your Nevada” tour.
Patty Kreckman was in a domestic violence situation when her husband gave her an ultimatum — him or the cat. She chose the cat and moved out.
Wednesday’s column on a casino-themed anti-smoking protest outside the G2E convention at the Sands Expo Center was enjoyed by all.
View features photos of pets ready for adoption each week.
RENO — A Reno man who pleaded no contest to torturing and mutilating dogs in a motel room was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison.
Don’t rent trouble. If ever there was an axiom that finds its highest expression in politics, it’s the idea that each day has enough potential trouble without creating more problems.
Students across the Clark County School District this week have signed pledges against bullying, created public service announcements to encourage their peers to stand up to bullies and popped balloons with intolerant words written on them to “stomp out bullying.”
A 20-year veteran of the Clark County School District police was arrested last month in connection with multiple charges — including DUI and battery — after causing a late-night collision that escalated into a fight.
The residents came with ideas about downtown Las Vegas. Aleta Dupree, who doesn’t own a car, thinks downtown needs better transportation resources.
CARSON CITY — The Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City will be getting a face-lift, thanks to a $3.5 million grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
It took a few months, but it now appears the Bunkhouse Saloon will reopen sometime in the next few months.
Southern Nevada residents should be just catching their breath after enduring the huge Project Neon program sometime after 2020 when the next big Interstate 15 freeway work gets underway.
Michelle Paet stood sobbing in a Las Vegas courtroom Thursday and admitted to orchestrating a plot that left her husband dying in his blood-soaked Air Force fatigues in front of their four children. Then she turned to her in-laws, seated in the back row.
Peanut butter and jelly. Bacon and eggs. Rock ‘n’ roll, Mario and Luigi, Whip/Nae Nae, Batman and Robin. Some things just naturally go together; they belong in pairs.
A 53-year-old woman died after a car jumped the curb and struck her while she walked an east valley sidewalk, according to Las Vegas police.
On a recent weekday, it was a quiet late morning at Einsteins Bros Bagels on Tropicana Avenue across from McCarran International Airport.
Las Vegas entrepreneur Christina Vitagliano is author of “Gene Simmons is a Powerful and Attractive Man And Other Irrefutable Facts,” illustrated by Corey Marier and Craig Marier.
Baseball’s hit king Pete Rose and his partners opened a 9,000-square foot sports bar Thursday on the Strip, confident they have a winning location in the city’s highly competitive restaurant wars.
A Texas mother has been arrested on charges of endangering her five children ranging in age from 3 months to 8 years, who were discovered last week at home alone in filth, authorities said on Thursday.
Poet reading: Black Mountain Institute Ph.D. Fellow Olivia Clare is set to read from her poetry compiled in the book “The 26-Hour Day” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at The Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St. Visit the writersblock.org.
The federal trial for the man charged in the deaths of nine people at a South Carolina church was delayed on Thursday, as U.S. prosecutors told a judge they have not decided whether to seek the death penalty against the accused gunman.
