It’s a sport that the Northwest knows well — the desert Southwest, however, not so much. But that didn’t stop area youths from trying out the newest sport to come to town: log rolling.
Most stories that spotlight the foster care system are focused on the heinous crimes that foster parents commit or on the imperfect system itself, but northwest Las Vegas resident Judy Tudor has a different story to share.
Sophia Smith watched as life threw a curveball at her teenage nephew while he was getting in shape to participate in a youth sports program.
Las Vegas Mayor Pro Tem and Ward 6 Councilman Steve Ross has watched the city grow since he moved to the area in 1972.
A neighbor’s lost pet stirred Henderson resident John Reynoso Jr.’s creative juices.
Packaged foods don’t grow on trees, so why eat them?
Las Vegas resident Vic Plascencia has discovered cycling. Every Saturday for the past three months, he has driven to W. Wayne Bunker Family Park, 7351 W. Alexander Road, and rode for four, sometimes five hours, mostly around the park.
President Barack Obama will address the nation on Sunday evening (5 p.m. PST) to give an update on the investigation into the San Bernardino shooting that killed 14 and to discuss terrorism, the White House said Saturday.
A woman was found slain in an apartment Saturday morning, and a man with whom she was in a “dating relationship” was arrested in California shortly afterward, Las Vegas police said.
In case you had any doubt, state Assemblywoman Michele Fiore (R-Las Vegas) has made clear yet again her stance on the right to bear arms.
Jimmy Leyton’s brief life was like those of a lot of other teenage boys growing up in his careworn east Las Vegas neighborhood.
Global climate change talks in Paris moved into a new, tougher phase on Saturday as negotiators agreed on a draft accord, albeit one that still leaves hundreds of points of dispute for ministers to resolve next week.
It’s called death row. The place where Nevada’s worst of the worst spend 22 hours or more each day in solitary cells, waiting for the call that means they will be executed by lethal injection for their heinous crimes.
A little more than six months after Gov. Brian Sandoval signed a dizzying list of education reforms into law, policymakers and education leaders will meet Monday to consider what’s next for the Silver State.
Economic policy expert Robert Lang sees a day in the not-too-distant future when attendees of the International Consumer Electronics show will sign up for a special tour to North Las Vegas to see Faraday Future’s new electric car manufacturing plant at Apex.
Chicago police reports on the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald last year are “dramatically at odds” with the dashcam video that triggered protests in the city, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The National Park Service will celebrate its 100th birthday in 2016 by offering free admission to all parks on 16 select days in the upcoming year, and the Bureau of Land Management is joining the party.
Bishop Gorman and Liberty square off for the NIAA Division I State Championship today at Sam Boyd Stadium. Kickoff is at noon. Follow the action on our live blog below.
It’s hard to miss Ainsworth Game Technology’s new North American headquarters. The 291,000-square-foot building, currently under construction in the southwest valley along the 215 Beltway near South Jones Boulevard, is already emblazoned with the red Ainsworth “A” logo.
A Johnson County man has been arrested, accused of stalking a celebrity.
A 73-year-old man who had been pulled over for driving without his headlights was arrested by a Seattle police officer after he tried to snort cocaine in front of the stunned patrolman, authorities said on Friday.
The Bellagio’s Conservatory and Botanical Gardens unveiled the conservatory’s new winter look Friday at a tree-lighting ceremony that featured a performance by the Green Valley High School choir.
Saddle bronc rider Cody “Hot Sauce” DeMoss is in an all too familiar spot in the world standings entering today’s third round of the National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center.
ISIS on Saturday hailed the two people who massacred 14 people in Southern California this week as “supporters” of the terror group — a message that came after U.S. investigators said they suspect one of the shooters professed loyalty to the Islamist network.
Soak up some sun over the weekend, Las Vegas. The warming trend the valley is enjoying should end by Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.
A Frank Sinatra song played softly in the background recently at Lawrence Peterson’s garage as he stood in his green workshop apron, hand-setting the type he planned to run through his 1887 Golding Pearl treadle letterpress.
Two pedestrians involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash Friday night in the northeast valley were not in a crosswalk when they were hit, according to Las Vegas police.
Western governors gathered Friday for a conference in Las Vegas, just two days after the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, put a renewed emphasis on homeland security.
UNLV administrators on Friday stalled a proposal to hand the school’s radio station to Nevada Public Radio after more than a dozen students, volunteers and listeners decried the deal before a panel of state education officials.