In today’s increasingly green-minded society, private entities face a lot of pressure to follow environmental regulations at the local, state and federal levels. Failure to comply can result in significant fines, aggressive prosecution and even the shuttering and/or seizing of businesses. If private-sector firms face intense pressure to comply with environmental regulations, we could assume that entities run by governments — the institutions charged with enforcing these same regulations — would do everything they could to make sure that they are in compliance with these standards, as well.
He signed the scorecard and then stopped at his golf bag for a quick check of things, and when William McGirt noticed there were only 20 messages awaiting on his cellphone, he was a bit surprised.
While many players lick their chops about the hole after the par-4 12th, the par-5 13th, in looking to make birdie or eagle, this tricky par 4 can get them in a foul mood if they don’t play it right. It plays long with its narrow fairway and water that protects the right side of the fairway as well as the front of the green. Add a tough pin placement, as was the case Sunday, when it was tucked in the left front corner, and this hole was more about maintenance than scoring.
How much heartbreak can one man endure?
After winning his second Professional Bull Riders world title in three years, J.B. Mauney didn’t hoist the championship trophy over his head when he was presented with the hardware following Sunday’s final round of the PBR World Finals before a crowd of 15,500 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
When the Staples Center opened in downtown Los Angeles in October 1999, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band headlined the inaugural event.
Quality quarterbacks are in short supply in the NFL these days, which is why the good ones make around $20 million a year. The Dallas Cowboys got what they paid for when they picked up Matt Cassel by the cheap at a garage sale.
CARSON CITY — Yohan Lowie had a vision when he set out to design a new courthouse in Las Vegas to house the southern offices of the Nevada Supreme Court and Nevada Court of Appeals.
Medical examiners told the family of a woman who died last week in a cryotherapy chamber at a south valley business that her death happened in “seconds.”
The puns on his first name undoubtedly have been used countless times. So let’s just say Smylie Kaufman had a lot to smile about Sunday. The PGA Tour rookie had the best day of his brief professional career, tearing up TPC Summerlin with a final-round 10-under-par 61 and holding off six pursuers to win the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
TOFINO, British Columbia — A Canadian whale-watching tour boat with 27 passengers on board sank off the coast of British Columbia on Sunday, killing at least four people, rescue officials said.
Summerlin resident Kevin Na and former UNLV golfer Chad Campbell were in the hunt, but fell short of winner Smylie Kaufman.
High school is typically a time to prepare and discover life’s potentials, but for others, it’s also the only place that brings comfort and security.
If you could design the ultimate playground, what would it look like?
Helene Neville recently completed the last leg of roughly 3,600 miles this year alone. She is one of five people to have run a distance equal to the perimeter of the continental United States and the only one who is older than 50, a grandmother and a cancer survivor.
HOUSTON — Torrential rainstorms battered Louisiana on Sunday, leaving thousands without power, after pounding southeastern Texas as the remnants of Hurricane Patriciaconverged with a second storm.
Gail Romero made subtle gestures with her hand as she sang the old pop standard “Blues in the Night” into the mic in front of other members of Speeding Theatre — Over 55.
There have been various issues at Sunrise Trailhead for several years, and entities involved with the park and the area surrounding it have been seeking solutions.
Sometimes the most frightening stories are those with minimal effects that leave the rest up to the imagination.
An Oklahoma woman was charged on Sunday with four counts of second-degree murder a day after she allegedly crashed the car she was driving into a crowd at an Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring dozens, police said.
A woman killed in a fiery Saturday afternoon crash in Henderson has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
The New York Mets are on their way to the World Series with help from a pitcher who is apparently very happy to be out of Las Vegas.
It turns out the green energy produced at the Ivanpah solar power facility isn’t so green after all.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Sunday identified a construction worker crushed to death Saturday near Flamingo Road and Town Center Drive.
A woman who was stabbed to death at a Central Valley Siegel Suites on Friday morning was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
“Is there anything the Nevada Department of Transportation or the City of North Las Vegas can do to help improve the traffic situation here?”
When a Donald Trump look-alike and a faux Caitlyn Jenner ring the doorbell on Halloween night, they may solicit a piece of candy but the treat they really seek is recognition.
New York authorities have arrested a man accused of strangling his mother and keeping her body in a motel room for seven weeks before driving to South Carolina and dumping her remains in an isolated area, police said on Sunday.
Gaze across some of the 3.4 million acres of Death Valley National Park and it’s pretty obvious why a lost group of ’49ers gave the valley its name. But if you know where to look, there’s plenty of life in Death Valley.
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