At a certain point, you have to realize you can’t hit a fastball. House Republicans don’t quite get that they are hopeless at oversight hearings. They keep losing — and now the chairman of the House Oversight Committee has just introduced articles of impeachment against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
After reading the Review-Journal article on the Roos-N-More zoo, I had a flashback to my childhood in Chicago, where I would ride my bicycle to the Brookfield Zoo (“Moapa zoo cleared to reopen,” Oct. 22 Review-Journal). I would pay my quarter to see the animals, eat a lunch my mom packed and enjoy nature. That was 50 years ago.
Nevada communities surrounded by extensive public lands find their local economies and way of life influenced profoundly by federal land management decisions. That is why I joined with the Nevada Association of Counties on Sept. 29 to host the Summit on Public Lands in Nevada.
Nevada’s casinos and the state’s largest electricity supplier are locked in an escalating conflict, but the Nevada Legislature can turn the impasse into a victory for both parties if it will merely restore economic freedom to electricity markets.
Households from higher-income ZIP codes are applying for Nevada’s new Education Savings Accounts in greater numbers than families in low-income ZIP codes.
Nevada’s education savings accounts were sold to the 2015 Legislature, in part, as a way to level the playing field between students from rich and poor backgrounds.
The Public Utilities Commission would rather not have the word “public” in its name.
Today marks the start of a new open enrollment period for Nevada’s health insurance exchange. The process promises to be smoother than either of Nevada Health Link’s previous two signup periods, which were among the worst Obamacare debacles in the country — no small feat for a law that has caused chaos throughout the health insurance marketplace and canceled millions of policies.
This is not meant to burst any bubbles, but prepare for a pretty massive bazooka-like blast: The move by college basketball to a 30-second shot clock this season has every chance to deliver the opposite of intended results.
Teams are listed in predicted order of finish based on Mountain West preseason media poll.
Helen Reddy released “I Am Woman” as a single in 1972, three years after Shirley Muldowney competed in her first U.S. Nationals. Three years after the record went to No. 1, Muldowney won her first NHRA Nationals, at Columbus, Ohio.
Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack kept the Las Vegas brand sizzling with their ultimate heist in “Ocean’s 11” in 1960.
Three people, including a 10-year-old girl, were killed on Saturday in the New York borough of the Bronx when a car slammed into them on crowded sidewalk during Halloween trick-or-treat festivities.
There isn’t usually a fourth-quarter play that could have changed an entire game when a team wins by four touchdowns. There was one such moment in UNLV’s 55-27 home loss to Boise State on Saturday, though.
Blake Decker’s return helped open up the playbook and the offense responded with 487 total yards. The coaching staff figured running the ball would be a challenge against the stout Boise State defensive front, so the game plan was pass-heavy.
Tony Sanchez wouldn’t answer the question, which usually means if you give him a few minutes and attack the point in a different manner, he will have something to say.
The Kansas City Royals moved within one win of their first World Series crown in 30 years by beating the New York Mets 5-3 on Saturday to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven for the Major League Baseball championship.
Chef Chanh Boupha carves a pumpkin during a Halloween event Saturday at Walker Furniture at 301 S. Martin Luther King Blvd.
After a slow start, Adrian Peterson is off and running, and the Minnesota Vikings are beginning to become the threat they were expected to be in the NFC.
A pedestrian was expected to survive after being hit by a vehicle in the east valley Saturday night, Las Vegas police said.
Wreckage believed to be of the cargo ship El Faro, which was lost off the Bahamas along with its 33 crew members during Hurricane Joaquin, was discovered on Saturday at a depth of 15,000 feet, U.S. officials said in a statement.
The 215 Beltway north has reopened at Lone Mountain Road in the northwest valley after being shut down by a crash for about an hour, according to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.
Access to north Interstate 15 is blocked from east 215 Beltway after a noninjury crash, according to the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.
Coronado’s girls volleyball team finished second Saturday in the Redondo Power Classic in Redondo Beach, Calif.
Fanciful, brightly painted sugar skulls and elegantly attired skeletons may have seemed at home at Halloween, but Sunday starts their holiday: Day of the Dead.
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, which means most Americans will move their clocks back one hour. But the change led to some (ahem) time-consuming work for some employees at Tourneau on the Strip.
Las Vegas resident Allen Guelas was near the Las Vegas Strip when he heard a radio announcement about the new Dick’s Sporting Goods store at Fashion Show Mall.
Derrick Jones Jr. scored 18 points and Stephen Zimmerman Jr. posted a double-double as freshmen led the way Saturday for UNLV in a closed scrimmage against Southern California in Los Angeles.
