The first Helldorado event was in 1934, and the Review-Journal has been around to cover almost every one since. We selected some of our favorite photos from past events to help pump you up for this weekend’s festivities.
The technique of the armbar submission from closed guard is demonstrated by BJJ black belt, Robert Drysdale, a highly decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.
Combat-wounded veteran Marine Cpl. Tyler Huffman is showing a mobility-equipped 2015 Ford F-150 Super Cab truck, designed to allow him to drive again.
The Clark County School District cautiously reserved comment on a new directive the Obama administration issued Friday requiring all public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity.
A detachment from the Nevada Army National Guard’s most-deployed unit, the 72nd Military Police Company, has returned, this time from Afghanistan, where it maintained security in a dangerous part of Kabul for U.S. military leaders and its coalition partners.
Police arrested two men Friday in connection with an April homicide.
Former UNLV assistant coach Stacey Augmon, who helped lead the Rebels to the NCAA basketball championship in 1990, did not provide specifics during an interview at the NBA Draft Combine.
Reactions to Friday’s White House directive that transgender students should be able to choose the school restrooms and locker rooms they use based on their gender identity ran the gamut, but most of the people randomly surveyed in Las Vegas felt strongly one way or the other.
North Las Vegas police are investigating a Friday afternoon shooting that left one man hospitalized.
A judge in Virginia has sentenced a 56-year-old Las Vegas man to five years in prison for assuming the identity of defunct businesses to obtain electronics that he then resold.
The badly decomposed body of a man found in the trunk of a car in a south valley neighborhood Wednesday has been identified by the Clark County coroner.
No one was injured when a small plane made an emergency landing on northbound Interstate 15 near the state line Friday morning.
A motorcyclist died in Henderson after he struck a light pole Friday.
Sixty-one-year-old Shirlena Rutherford was arrested for arson in the early morning fire Friday at a large northwest Las Vegas apartment complex, located at 6666 W. Washington Ave., that left one person injured and displaced more than 40 others.
Authorities in Elko County say they’ve been forced to euthanize 12 roosters seized from a California man accused of engaging in illegal cockfighting.
Three men in a pickup died Friday when the driver pulled in front of a speeding Amtrak passenger train, splitting the truck in two.
Two adults were hospitalized after a fire at a west Valley home, according to the Las Vegas Fire Department.
Las Vegas police are investigating the death of a 3-year-old child Friday afternoon.
A family friend accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old boy in North Las Vegas this week has been released from custody.
The Wolff Co. and 901 Fremont, LLC, an affiliate of Downtown Project, on Monday will introduce, a mixed-use, multifamily residential project at the intersection of Fremont and Ninth streets.
Swaggering hedge fund managers, long known for ignoring client complaints during years of strong performance, are trying something new: listening. The shift was evident this week at the annual SkyBridge Alternatives Conference at Bellagio in Las Vegas.
A judge has found the longtime sheriff of metro Phoenix in contempt of court Friday for disobeying his orders in a racial profiling case, bringing the lawman a step closer to a possible criminal contempt case that could expose him to fines and even jail time.
This week’s lineup of inexpensive live music options includes Project N-Fidelika at Count’s Vamp’d and The Dillinger’s annual block party.
A District Court judge in Clark County ruled Friday against eight Bernie Sanders supporters who sued the Nevada State Democratic Party’s executive board, alleging party officials didn’t properly notify them of an important change in application deadlines to run for leadership positions at the state party convention Saturday.
The Savannah Bananas, an amateur baseball team in Georgia, has added an adorable new member to its roster.
Ethel M Chocolates is inviting tourists and locals to spend an evening indulging in chocolate, its cactus garden and local art at its free Decadence in the Desert culinary and art event.
Long gone are the days of E-Tickets at Disneyland. Now, joining the list of Disneyland relics, the park’s iconic theme park currency Disney Dollars will also become a distant memory.
Our DTLV picks this week include the Art District Pub Crawl and a Prince tribute at the Bunkhouse.