Tickets to the Burning Man festival sold out just half an hour after they became available online.
Naval Medical Center San Diego security is investigating a report that an armed man was spotted at the facility.
Almost two years ago, the St. Louis Rams selected defensive end Michael Sam in the seventh round of the NFL Draft.
A man was stabbed in the wrist in a fight early Thursday morning, according to Las Vegas police.
City Lights Art Gallery is tucked away on Army Street in downtown Henderson, but the paintings and drawings created by its members and students get around town on a regular basis. The nonprofit co-op at 3 E. Army St. is one of various groups and organizations helping to bring culture to the Henderson area.
The party-hardy reputation of the Strip means Las Vegas is not usually the first city that comes to mind for cultural leanings. But secreted in little pockets of the Las Vegas Valley are sprouts of culture, including an abundance in the Summerlin area.
The Las Vegas Valley should be back to warm spring weather on Thursday.
Support for the arts isn’t confined to downtown or the Cultural Corridor. Virtually every neighborhood in Las Vegas has its arts offerings, and Spring Valley and southwest Las Vegas are packed with culture from theater to gallery offerings.
Out-of-town wags often claim that Las Vegas has no culture, but it seems they’re basing that on a few hours on the Strip or a false comparison to the place they’re from. The valley is steeped in culture, and there is something culturally enriching to do every day and night of the week.
It’s no surprise that downtown is considered by many to be the cultural core of Las Vegas. The largest and most well-known monthly arts event, First Friday, is scheduled at the 18b Arts District on the first Friday of each month.
Living in Las Vegas, locals can view high-end performances and art on the Strip while also having a variety of art and culture throughout the rest of the valley. The northwest area, specifically, offers galleries, theater and dance classes to satisfy one’s artistic needs. Art, after all, does more than provide a pretty picture.
It’s a troubling landscape that greets audience members at the beginning of the touring immersive show recreating the chilling world of “The Walking Dead.”
A second attacker is suspected of taking part in the bombing this week of a Brussels subway train and may be at large, according to Belgian and French media reports, amid signs that the same Islamic State network was behind the attacks in Brussels and bloodshed in Paris last year.
The death of a family member is rarely an easy experience, but saying goodbye to one’s child can be even harder. In the case of Jeff and Sherry Ruby, they received a bittersweet ending after finding that the death of their son helped give life to many others because he was a registered organ donor.
You might say Steve Lake, 67, has a thing for numbers. He completed a quest to visit 500 colleges in America. It took more than two decades to achieve. He reached No. 500 — Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio — in 2008.
Digital 86, on the Web at digital86.com, is the brainchild of Alex Simon of Summerlin. His company, established in spring 2014, replaces online media bad-mouthing with ones more favorable to his clients.
Joshua Pine, a senior at Palo Verde High School, became the school’s first state wrestling champion in four years at the Feb. 20 state tournament in Primm. The feat is all the more impressive when you consider that Pine broke his neck early in his sophomore year and missed nearly all of that season.
Host Centennial used a seven-run third inning to overcome an early deficit and defeated Liberty 14-4 in six innings Wednesday.