If you are one of those people who take perverse pleasure in watching people more famous than you fail, then you must have enjoyed watching kickers miss extra points and field goals in the NFL last weekend.
Tim Chambers is today the inescapable truth of two faces: A man still very much intent on building UNLV into a baseball power and one crying out for help.
Cimarron-Memorial’s Arturo Bahena admits he didn’t have the best tryout for the boys soccer team this season, but the junior still was a little surprised when longtime coach Mark Bailey cut him from the varsity team.
The computer — or maybe it’s just numbers pulled from a hat — used by the Clark County School District to create the prep football schedule typically spits out a few good matchups each week.
A Maine resident accused of fatally stabbing a stranger in the ice cream aisle of a grocery store will plead guilty on Thursday to murder, his attorney said.
Gold Butte is not for wimps. Trust me.
The Black Canyon. While it may bear a rather ominous name, the 12-mile stretch of cool water offers only the most adventurous voyagers passage to hidden caverns, otherworldly hot springs and secluded beaches.
Kayla Coles had 11 kills and 16 digs, and Serenity Sivongsa added 20 assists and nine aces Wednesday to help Rancho’s girls volleyball team to a 25-20, 23-25, 25-13, 25-13 win over visiting Eldorado.
The Las Vegas Valley’s immature health care system is experiencing a prolonged growth spurt. In the aftermath of the launch of UNLV’s medical school, last month MountainView Hospital got word that its internal medicine residency program had been approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Letters from Jim Fitch and Al Maddox
The lede to this column is a deep, guttural groan that originates in the throat and expands into the lungs before collapsing in the pit of the stomach.
Randy Casas’ goal in the final 20 seconds of the match Wednesday lifted Las Vegas’ boys soccer team to a 2-1 win over visiting Liberty.
Ariana Reyes had two goals and an assist Wednesday to help Clark’s girls soccer team to a 3-2 win at Sierra Vista.
Lainey Waldman went 3-0 in singles Wednesday to help host Centennial’s girls tennis team to an 11-7 win over Shadow Ridge in a Sunset Region quarterfinal.
The Clark County School District, for the first time in seven years, will increase its monthly contribution for teachers’ health care premiums starting in 2016.
Corals reefs are suffering a severe underwater heat wave this year for the third time on record, including a mysterious warm patch in the Pacific known as “The Blob”, scientists said on Thursday.
A man police say posed as a doctor and treated people at an east Las Vegas Valley home has been arrested, and investigators are looking into his connections to the sovereign citizens movement.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas hopes to boost ongoing efforts to improve its reputation as a research institution through a newly launched partnership with Tesla Motors.
Sami Penor and Ashley Lung shared medalist honors with even-par 72s on Wednesday and helped Coronado’s girls easily win a Southeast League match at Anthem.
Jake Arrieta carried his masterful pitching over to the postseason by tossing a four-hit shutout as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 Wednesday night in the National League wild-card game.
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Las Vegas police arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with a Sept. 23 beating that left a 72-year-old Canadian dead, Metro announced Wednesday.
Clark County prosecutors are crying foul after a judge unilaterally declared that two reputed drug mules carrying $1 million in heroin were stopped by state troopers only because they were “driving while Hispanic,” and let them out on unusually low bail.
A 78-year-old Las Vegas man is dead and a woman faces a DUI charge after a car left a south valley road and struck him while he walked on the sidewalk.
Las Vegas has poured a little gas on a long-smoldering fire services dispute with Clark County. At issue: A decades-old agreement that charges the county for services provided by the Las Vegas Fire Department in pockets of unincorporated county within city limits.
A man killed his wife and then himself Tuesday night after texting a friend that he could no longer handle the stress and pain, Henderson police said Wednesday.
The man Metro said intentionally struck and killed a 42-year-old Las Vegas woman as she was crossing the street Monday night was in a domestic relationship with her, Metro announced Wednesday.
About 25 miles west of Las Vegas, travel writer Larry Bleiberg hopped on a mountain bike and prepared to navigate a single-track dirt trail in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.