It was just another annual checkup, nothing out of the ordinary, but as Jeanette Tellefsen was leaving her gynecologist’s office that day in 2012, she was handed a slip of paper that brought on a mixture of surprise and dread.
Every newly diagnosed breast cancer patient faces a journey that is as individual as they are. But a host of local programs means they don’t have to go it alone.
Valley Health Systems is having $55 mammogram screenings this month during the weekdays at Centennial Hills, Spring Valley and Summerlin hospitals.
It’s not too soon to predict Ike Nwamu will be a fan favorite this season. The muscular 6-foot-5-inch senior guard was the star of the UNLV basketball team’s first public show Thursday night.
Patience might be a virtue in some aspects of life, but there’s no place for it in the sports world anymore. Jim Harbaugh is a Type A personality, meaning he’s aggressive, ambitious and impatient.
Deals at the trade deadline always make headlines when big names are involved. Not all of them pay off. The Toronto Blue Jays cashed in by acquiring shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and ace David Price.
Three days into his PGA Tour debut in 1986, Jerry Foltz injured his back in a car accident after being hit by a drunk driver and was never the same. But the Western High School graduate knew golf, and he was good at talking about it. And if you’ve watched the Golf Channel through the years, you’re familiar with his work.
According to Biff Tannen’s sports almanac, the Blue Jays will beat the Royals today in the opener of the American League Championship Series, UNLV will roll past Fresno State, the Patriots will punish the Colts in Sunday’s Deflategate Bowl, and the Cubs will defeat the Mets on Saturday in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series to continue their magical run to their first World Series title since 1908.
Canyon Springs has played just one league football game. But senior running back Jerrod Blackwell knows the team must turn things around quickly if the Pioneers are going to rebound from a slow start.
Daniel Godfrey scored the go-ahead touchdown, then came up with a late interception to seal Sierra Vista’s 14-7 road victory over Spring Valley on Thursday night.
Sydney Smith and Morgan Goldstein dueled throughout the regular season for the No. 1 spot on Faith Lutheran’s girls golf team. The teammates went head to head Thursday with a little more on the line.
Shayne Siegel had seven kills and an ace Thursday to lead Sunrise Mountain’s girls volleyball team to a 25-7, 25-14, 23-25, 26-28, 15-5 victory over host Desert Pines.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says we need a revolution. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says we all want to change the world.
Niko Dongmann scored his second goal of the match with just more than a minute to play Thursday to lift host Arbor View’s boys soccer team to a 2-1 win over Cheyenne.
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper was face to face with his clone at the Bellagio, and “it kind of freaked me out.”
Kayla Steiner scored two goals in the second half Thursday to propel Valley’s girls soccer team to a 2-0 win over visiting Liberty.
A shooting on the Strip that left three people dead was the result of mistaken identity, prosecutors said Thursday as a death penalty trial for the gunman opened.
You know that daily latte is a habit that might not seem expensive until you do the math and find that — whoa — $3 a day adds up to more than $1,000 a year. You might be doing several things on a regular basis that are draining your bank account. Here are 11 common habits you need to quit if you want to save money
A man was hit by vehicle and killed after an argument Thursday night in the west valley.
Seattle Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman has been arrested on suspicion of vehicular assault and hit-and-run, both felonies, police said on Thursday, and the NFL team has suspended him indefinitely.
Ben Watson caught 10 passes for a career-high 127 yards, including a two-yard touchdown on a fourth-down gamble late in the third quarter, and the Saints (2-4) shut down the high-octane Atlanta Falcons offense for a 31-21 victory.
Catherine Cortez Masto’s Senate campaign had a fundraising quarter featuring a high-profile dinner guest: President Barack Obama.
The integrity of the American justice system is rooted in its transparency. Defendants face their accusers in public and have their charges adjudicated in open court. Taxpayers can see for themselves whether parties are treated fairly — or whether the system hands out special treatment.
North View reporter Sandy Lopez has been named a 2015 Journalist of Merit in the Nevada Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest.
A 12-year-old boy who was sued by his aunt for $127,000 over a broken wrist she suffered when he jumped into her arms at his birthday party four years ago said in a joint televised interview on Thursday that “I love her and she loves me.”
I live in a small community on the outer edge of Mountain’s Edge called Indigo. The management company is Community Management Group.
A flash flood watch has been issued for the valley through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
It’s easy to say that winning Friday night would mean UNLV takes needed momentum into its bye week. Sure, there is some truth to that, but such a statement misses the greater point.
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