By the time the water began to rise, it was nearly too late. Scrambling up the rock-face under darkening skies and torrents of rain, Ryan Doble — 17 at the time, 22 now — was with five friends at Red Rock Canyon, trying to escape rising waters of a flash flood.
One person has died and six people were displaced from their east valley apartment after a fire Sunday morning, according to the Clark County Fire Department.
A topsy-turvy season in college basketball delivered a few more twists when the brackets came out Sunday.
Betting on the NCAA Tournament in Las Vegas is a supersized version of the Super Bowl. Instead of one big game, this is an unpredictable 67-game tournament staged over three weeks. A total of 32 games tip off Thursday and Friday with another wild 48 hours to follow.
Supporters of UNLV legend Stacey Augmon’s effort to become the next Rebels basketball coach took out a full-page advertisement in Monday’s Las Vegas Review-Journal. The ad states it was paid for by “Rebels for Success.”
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are running against each other. But they’re making their cases by using the same opponent: Donald Trump.
In 2008, the Clark County district attorney’s office created a database to assure lawmakers that prosecutors would be upfront about deals made with criminals in exchange for their testimony.
Organizers of the South by Southwest (SXSW) arts festival said Sunday they apologized to U.S. Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad after a volunteer said she must remove her Muslim headcovering to receive credentials to the event in Austin, Texas.
The first blockbuster upset of March Madness: Twitter over CBS on Selection Sunday. The NCAA said Sunday night it is looking into how a copy of this year’s tournament bracket got leaked online during the network’s extended selection show on Sunday.
The Mountain West should play a 16-game conference schedule instead of 18 so as to allow for more nonleague opportunities against top 50 and top 100 teams. Teams need more chances to schedule the sort of meaningful games league play doesn’t allow.
A possible FBI probe of ExxonMobil would be a completely politically driven move.
This week is Sunshine Week, but transparency and accountability in government should be called for every week of the year.
Justin Jones’ two-run single was the key hit in UNLV’s seven-run sixth inning as the Rebels edged Ohio State 8-7 in a nonconference baseball game Sunday at Wilson Stadium.
Showing few signs of trying to ease the nation’s tense political atmosphere, Republican front-runner Donald Trump is standing by his antagonistic campaign rhetoric, rejecting any responsibility for violence at his rallies and defending his supporters who have been charged with assaulting protesters.
The Las Vegas Valley is expected to see steady and mild temperatures for the week ahead, according to the National Weather Service.
NEW ORLEANS — Widespread flooding in Louisiana and Mississippi has damaged thousands of homes and the risk of more flooding played out Sunday as rain-filled rivers rose over banks.
NOTE: National Sunshine Week started Sunday. The American Society of Newspaper Editors in 2005 launched the first Sunshine Week, a celebration of access to public information that has been held every year since to coincide with the March 16 birthday of James Madison, father of the U.S. Constitution and a key advocate of the Bill of Rights.
A man who died in a crash Wednesday night in North Las Vegas, has been identified by the Clark County coroner.
The driver of a car that hit a shuttle bus, causing it to overturn on Interstate 15 Saturday night, has been identified, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
A police officer was fatally shot in an “unprovoked attack” near a police station in a Maryland suburb of the nation’s capital, authorities said Sunday.
The Bike the Pioneer Trail event on Sunday brought out cyclists who hit the streets with a police escort.
SAN FRANCISCO — A storm brought strong winds, heavy rain, snow and high surf to California on Sunday, the fourth day of wet weather that has inundated rivers and roads and led to some evacuations.
When Tony Samuel took the head coaching job at New Mexico State in 1997, a 22-year-old student assistant named Tony Sanchez helped him make a smooth transition. Now, almost 20 years later, Sanchez is helping Samuel transition to his job as defensive line coach at UNLV.
Chinese players Carol Zi Yang and Aiwen Zhu — who were ranked No. 41 in the nation in doubles earlier this season — have helped the UNLV women’s tennis team to a 15-0 record, the best start in school history.
The driver who stole a U-Haul on Thursday night, sped through the Las Vegas Valley, shot at a citizen’s vehicle and evaded police until a patrol car rammed into it and stopped it has been arrested.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Sunday night will hold another duel in their increasingly contentious Democratic nominating marathon, two days before five states vote in crucial primaries that could set the tone for the rest of the contest.
One of two teenage girls accused of trying to kill a classmate near Milwaukee to appease the online fictional character Slender Man is being treated at a state mental hospital, the girl’s attorney said.
The father of a 9-year-old Chicago boy who was shot and killed in November has been charged with shooting three people.