Dr. Joan Brookhyser helped create Nevada’s organ donor program more than 30 years ago, but she is no longer an organ donor.
You’ve gotten word of Las Vegas’ stabilizing housing market. But not all local businesses are cashing in, even as some revamp 15-year-old finishes in their upper-end homes.
April 18 is rapidly approaching, and taxpayers who forgot to file or who have put off writing a check to Uncle Sam will soon have to face the music — that is, unless they avoid paying altogether.
There is a house fire in the western part of the valley, near South Jones Boulevard and the U.S. 95 Highway.
They made Chris Beard sit there for more than two hours while they discussed whether he was worthy of making $900,000 next season for drawing up X’s and O’s on his now famous dry eraser board, and $1.4 million a couple of seasons down the road, provided he is as successful here as he was at Arkansas-Little Rock last season.
The Clark County coroner Saturday identified the male who died of a homicide near Las Vegas Boulevard North and Nellis Boulevard, near Nellis Air Force Base, on Thursday morning.
In 1868, four years after Nevada became a state, the Army Medal of Honor from the Civil War era was still being awarded to cavalry soldiers for gallantry in action.
Detectives are seeking the public’s help locating a man who escaped from custody Friday night, according to Las Vegas police.
Bernie Sindler’s voice was as distant as a whisper in a well, but he had a story to tell. And something to sell.
April showers arrived in California as a series of low-pressure systems scoots through the state, but the rain totals won’t do much to ease five years of drought, forecasters said.
Death Valley offers more miles of roads for exploring than any other national park. About 1,000 miles of paved and unpaved roads reach into most parts of the far-flung desert and mountain preserve.
Police say a Pennsylvania woman tortured her 2-year-old son with at least 15 cigarette burns while her boyfriend watched and laughed.
Villanova University has canceled classes Tuesday as students celebrate the men’s basketball team’s first NCAA championship title since 1985.
Rock star Bruce Springsteen on Friday canceled a concert scheduled for this weekend in North Carolina in protest over the state’s new law restricting public toilet use based on gender identify by transgender individuals.
At the Friars Club tribute for Jerry Lewis’ 90th birthday on Friday in New York, many of the jokes were not about Jerry Lewis.
Belgian authorities charged four more suspects Saturday with “participating in terrorist acts” linked to the deadly suicide bombings in Brussels, the federal prosecution office said.
Manny Pacquiao is set to fight Timothy Bradley for the third time Saturday night and, using the wagering handle as a barometer, there is little buzz.
A rainwater leak set off the fire alarm at the Plaza hotel in downtown Las Vegas early Saturday morning, according to a Las Vegas Fire and Rescue media release.
Speed and alcohol are factors suspected in a fatal traffic accident in Northern Arizona near the Utah border on Thursday.
A dispute between neighbors Friday escalated into a homicide in the northwest Arizona community of Meadview.
UNLV officially has its coach and you couldn’t have hoped for a better opening message from him, one about building and winning and sustaining a level of success all the right ways, that the goal is not to get things done quickly but rather correctly.
Andrew Dice Clay was working in Las Vegas, performing at the Dunes and co-starring on NBC’s acclaimed drama “Crime Story” before most of the world knew who he was.
A cabana is defined by where you live or who you ask. If you live near the Mediterranean Sea or Pacific Ocean, it is a small tent or hut with one open wall that is used as a dressing room.
Q: I bought a new refrigerator that has an ice maker ready to go. I was thinking how nice it would be not to have to fill the trays to make ice. When I have a party, I won’t have to spend the previous two days making ice. There is a valve at the bottom of the wall, so how do I hook up the ice maker?
This month I’d like to finish what became a series on redesigning a room. The last step is accessorizing, which, besides selecting paint colors, seems to be the most frustrating area for most homeowners.
Q: My evergreen oak tree is more than 20 years old. Some of the leaves are turning yellow and dropping. While there is some new growth, it is not as vigorous as prior years. The tree is on drip irrigation and gets a deep watering twice a month. There is a 5-foot circle underneath with no rock. It also was deep-root fertilized in February by a commercial company.
One person is left with life-threatening injuries after an auto-pedestrian accident Friday night, according to Las Vegas police.
David and Consuelo Kickbusch have moved around a few times since they arrived in Las Vegas in 2004, but just a few weeks ago, they were thrilled to start their new journey as residents of One Las Vegas, a twin-tower high-rise condominium community on the south end of Las Vegas Boulevard.
“When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras.” Ever heard that before? Basically, it means that more often than not, the simpler and more common explanation for things is usually going to be the right conclusion.