Sears Holdings Corp. on Thursday said it will close 68 Kmarts and 10 Sears stores nationwide, but none in Nevada.
When I heard Rep. Joe Heck had addressed a group of real estate professionals about the barriers to small business success in Nevada, I was disappointed that I’d missed the event. And not just because it was held at Lawry’s, home of the best prime rib in town.
Regents and state lawmakers need to take control of Dan Klaich and his Nevada System of Higher Education, instead of letting a bureaucrat run wild trying to protect his turf.
Ride-sharing services continue to decimate the taxi industry. Less known, however, is how outfits such as Uber and Lyft are impacting rental-car companies.
The Carson River is having its first healthy water year in quite some time and dozens of large fish were frolicking in a shallow wetland near the river on Thursday. Wildlife Department Public Information Officer Chris Healy said the fish are likely carp and were probably spawning,
Cameron Meeks shot a 4-under-par 68 at Spanish Trail on Thursday to help Palo Verde to victory in a Southwest League match.
Paige Buettner and Sierra Selinger each won a pair of individual events to lead Boulder City’s girls track team to victory in a four-team meet in Overton on Wednesday.
“Matthew did what I would expect him to do,” said the mother of the man killed Monday during an armed robbery at a Lee’s Discount Liquor in the southwest valley, who may have saved his pregnant coworker with his silence. “I’m very proud and honored that my son protected her and her son.”
R.J. McCarter won three individual events Wednesday to lead host Bonanza’s boys track team to a 74-72 victory over Desert Oasis in a dual meet.
As Tiger Woods’ career continues to sink from his one-time dominant status, a superstar on his level is convinced that Woods will never again reach stardom and probably wants to retire.
Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs pitched his second no-hitter in a span of 11 regular-season starts, shutting down the Cincinnati Reds in a 16-0 rout Thursday night.
All indications are the University of Nevada Board of Regents will approve new coach Marvin Menzies’ five-year contract when it meets at 9 a.m. Friday at the Nevada System of Higher Education building.
A large group of people took to the Strip on Thursday afternoon to call on the Trump International to open contract negotiations with its freshly unionized culinary workers.
Celebrities rarely seen here showed up at Club 3121, formerly the Club Rio showroom, to party with Prince like it was 1999.
Las Vegas police are warning the public of virtual kidnapping, a new scheme in which phone scammers falsely claim to have kidnapped a family member and then demand a ransom.
It hasn’t been much more than a year since emerging superstar Anthony Pettis sat as the center of attention in a conference room at the MGM Grand as a Wheaties box was unveiled featuring a picture of him with his UFC lightweight belt slung over his shoulder.
A transformer exploded near Eastern and Tropicana avenues around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, setting fire to several trees near an apartment building.
This past Saturday, less than a week before Prince died Thursday at the age of 57, Allan Carter’s Las Vegas-based label, SquidHat, put out “Punk Sexy,” a tribute album devoted to the iconic musician. The album features local bands and is available online.
Police responded to the call at around 6 p.m. The extent of the rider’s injuries is unclear.
Costumed characters, painted women and anyone else working for tips in New York’s Times Square will soon have to stay in special zones after New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday signed a bill to bring more order to the bustling tourist attraction.
Silver State Schools Credit Union has selected its new chief financial officer.
A fight is looming in federal court over how long to continue the May 2 trial of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and 18 other defendants charged in the 2014 Bunkerville standoff.
Now that Prince has died and taken my teens and twenties with him, as I stare at this screen in shock and denial, I’ll tell you the short version of how I convinced Prince, the most famous idol of my life, to invite me over for a chat on May 24, 2004.
North Las Vegas’ main budget priority is to hire more police, fire and business-related staff, but budget cuts in recent years have left the city with little money to do so.
A man who admitted to fatally shooting 44-year-old Tammy Meyers is having second thoughts about a deal he made with prosecutors.
A fight in a high school restroom involving several female students ended with the death of a 16-year-old sophomore Thursday, authorities said.
Southwest Airlines, the busiest commercial passenger operator at McCarran International Airport, reported record first-quarter earnings Thursday, including the highest first-quarter load factor of 80.5 percent.
John L. Smith is On the Boulevard with an update on an ex-governor’s role in the war of the Wynns; the blight of the north end of the Strip; and thoughts on the passing of a beloved Review-Journal editor.