Las Vegas ranked nation’s luckiest city for home-price gains since ‘12

A new report from Zillow ranks Las Vegas the nation’s luckiest city for home-price gains, with a four-year value jump of nearly 75 percent. That appreciation bests big cities in states that have enjoyed healthy, recent real estate booms.

 
Obama nominates federal judge Merrick Garland to Supreme Court

President Barack Obama nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, thrusting a respected moderate jurist and former prosecutor into the center of an election-year clash over the future of the nation’s highest court.

Elderly woman missing since Monday found

A woman who had been missing since Monday was found Wednesday, according to Las Vegas police.

Caesars investors scramble after critical examiner’s report

Investors in Caesars Entertainment Corp. were scrambling on Wednesday to grasp the cost from a court-ordered investigation that said the casino company could face $5 billion in potential damages from the bankruptcy of its operating unit.

Nevada’s congressional members stand firm after court nomination

President Obama’s nomination of federal Judge Merrick Garland for the U. S. Supreme Court did nothing Wednesday to change positions staked out earlier by members of Nevada’s congressional delegation.

Float tubes can open new world of fishing

No one knows for sure who invented the first float tube or what its origins were, but we can be thankful today that someone gave in to their curiosity and gave it a whirl.

Outdoors: Zion plans numerous hands-on learning events this time of year

Over the next month or so is one of the finest times to enjoy Zion National Park, Utah. The weather is ideal; the leaves are popping out on the deciduous trees; wildflowers are appearing; and the birds are out and about enjoying springtime.

UNLV quarterback job continues to be up in the air

Heading into spring football practice, UNLV coach Tony Sanchez said he hoped that either junior college transfer Johnny Stanton, returnee Kurt Palandech or redshirt freshman Dalton Sneed would emerge as the clear-cut winner of the quarterback competition.

Stocks end modestly higher after Fed holds rates steady

U.S. stocks rose Wednesday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and forecast it will raise rates more gradually than it had envisioned late last year. The Dow gained 74 points.

Spaghetti Bowl ramp reopens after vehicle fire

The U.S. Highway 95 northbound ramp to Interstate 15 was temporarily blocked by a vehicle fire Wednesday afternoon.

New Corrections Department director named

Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday picked a veteran corrections administrator from out of state to take the helm of Nevada’s beleagured prison system.

Neon Reverb is truly downtown Las Vegas’ festival — PHOTOS

Now that I’ve had a chance to check out Neon Reverb myself after hearing so much about it, I see precisely why so many fans were bummed when the festival ended a few years back.

Couple share story of trying to save Desert Shores duck

“Not many people would stop and do what you did,” the employee at the animal hospital told Chris and Alan Beck, after they tried to save the life of a coot — a small black duck — that had been lying on the middle of Soft Winds Drive, a street in the Desert Shores section of Las Vegas.

Highlighting achievements, March 17, 2016 — PHOTOS

Lung Force Heroes: Those personally impacted by lung cancer gathered March 16 in Washington, D.C., from every state in the country, including Lysa Buonanno, who worked as a bartender in Las Vegas for 17 years and was diagnosed with lung cancer at age 40, though she never smoked. Visit LUNGFORCE.org/shared-story/lysa-b.

 
Commuters in nation’s capital face long day with Metro shutdown

An unprecedented safety shutdown of the Metro subway system inconvenienced hundreds of thousands of people in and around the nation’s capital on Wednesday.

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