You just never know when you’re going to happen upon a top-notch Thai spot in a plaza with a store selling showgirl supplies, a spa that promises “girls, girls, girls” and something that appears to be an adult film studio.
Two Clark County men have died from the flu so far this season, the Southern Nevada Health District announced Thursday — a reminder to wash hands, cover coughs and “get your flu shot,” district spokeswoman Stephanie Bethel said.
This is a Christmas story that I wrote many years ago that was influenced by my then 5-year-old niece, Coriander.
State Treasurer Dan Schwartz criticized Nevada’s lieutenant governor Thursday over a lawsuit filed on behalf of families seeking state money to send their children to private school.
A 20-year-old woman was pregnant when she was shot and killed in North Las Vegas earlier this month, authorities confirmed this week.
Three people have been arrested in connection with a robbery Thursday morning, according to Las Vegas police.
The city of Henderson encourages residents to recycle their holiday trees from Dec. 26 through Jan. 14.
The owners of the Las Vegas 51s are fast to tell anyone that their Triple A baseball team needs a new ballpark.
The 2015 America’s Health Rankings annual report found that Nevada ranks 38th among all U.S. states in overall health.
Robert Downey Jr. has been pardoned by California Gov. Jerry Brown for a 1996 drug conviction that the “Avengers” star served jail time for.
The Nevada Transportation Department is planning multiple safety improvements on Boulder Highway in 2016 and 2017.
Le Cordon Bleu’s Las Vegas Campus Hot Food Competition Team is set to host an auction in support of its American Culinary Federation Team at 1 p.m. Jan. 16 at the campus, 1451 Center Crossing Road.
Most of downtown Las Vegas’ famed wedding chapels are clustered around the Regional Justice Center or along Las Vegas Boulevard.
Good boys and girls — and their kids — watched Santa’s sleigh (better known to grownups as the International Space Station) fly over the United Kingdom on Christmas Eve, thanks in part to a timely tip from the nation’s weather service.
The Nevada Department of Transportation and other local partners will restrict vehicle access along Las Vegas Boulevard (the Strip) from Sahara Avenue to Mandalay Bay on New Year’s Eve.
Fans of Quentin Tarantino know that if there’s one thing the writer-director loves — even more than bloody violence, music from the 1970s and women’s feet — it’s the sound of his own words.
For more than 60 years, the town of St. Thomas was a legend — Nevada’s Atlantis, lying deep under the surface of Lake Mead. But after drought lowered the waters in 2002 and uncovered the old settlement, it has become an interesting and educational destination, with the bonus of a scenic drive to get there and back.
The Nevada Bureau of Consumer Protection on Thursday filed a motion to halt the implementation of a new net metering rate for rooftop-solar customers while petitions seeking reconsideration or clarification of the controversial decision can be filed.
A federal judge this week denied defense motions to grant a new trial for a once high-profile couple convicted in the largest mortgage fraud case in Nevada.
One person was fatally shot by police responding to a fight inside a mall packed with Christmas shoppers on Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina, emergency officials said.
Looking for a bite in the coming week? Here are a few suggestions.
The new $375 million arena on the Strip that’s set to open in April might be hogging the headlines, but good, ol’ Thomas & Mack Center has been quietly undergoing a $72.5 million upgrade.
A Las Vegas man serving a life sentence for a murder he says he didn’t commit was given a new chance Thursday to argue his innocence by the Nevada Supreme Court.
Want some mac and cheese with that Big Mac? McDonald’s is experimenting with a limited roll-out of mac and cheese, a tried-and-true comfort food that recently appeared on McDonald’s menus.
Midbar Kodesh Temple and Temple Beth Sholom recently hosted a Mitzvah day, with congregants and friends of the synagogues working together in the community and sponsoring synagogue specific projects in their own buildings and neighborhoods.
The secret is out. You can ski and play in the snow within an hour’s drive of Las Vegas. And now that it’s no longer a secret, Mount Charleston is subject to the same kinds of things that happen to all popular places — it gets crowded.
Whether or not Las Vegas can boast of being The Entertainment Capital of the World, or merely of the U.S., or even second-best, is a matter of semantics. But one thing no one can deny is that the quality of entertainment in this town is on so high a plane that it routinely exceeds the nose-bleed level of the stratosphere.
There’s something for everyone happening around the Las Vegas Valley during the holiday season. Looking for a festive activity for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day? The View staff offers top picks for getting you in the spirit.
