This isn’t a criticism of team owner Bill Foley, who likes the name Black Knights. To the contrary, Foley’s buy has provided us with the most fun conjecture game in years, unifying the city, and isn’t that what a team is meant to do?
Nine of UNLV’s 12 football games this season will be televised after ROOT SPORTS announced Thursday that the network will show two Rebels home games this year.
A California homicide suspect was arrested Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Fabletics, an activewear brand co-founded by actress Kate Hudson, is coming to Downtown Summerlin.
Our music picks this week include Martin Garrix at Omnia and Sublime with Rome at Mandalay Bay Beach.
National Basketball Association champion LeBron James has decided to withdraw from U.S. Olympic basketball team consideration for the Rio Olympics, the cleveland.com website reported on Thursday.
Cristina Paulos is a Vegas-based artist and animator whose goal is to bring out humanity in her art.
Bill Torrey, long known as “The Architect” in the NHL, said the person hired to run the Las Vegas franchise will have a big edge over what he had to work with because of today’s rules.
An Amber Alert was issued Thursday afternoon for a child last seen in Reno.
The top two Southern Nevada players selected in this year’s Major League Baseball draft each have signed professional contracts in recent days and will forgo their Division I college commitments.
Las Vegas’ newest Sephora store opens June 24 at Fashion Show Mall, a 5,300-square foot primping emporium showcasing more than 13,000 powders, potions, perfumes and other style and grooming products.
Troy Brown had 13 points, three rebounds and three assists Thursday to lead the USA Men’s U17 basketball team to a 119-45 win over Taiwan in pool play of the FIBA World Championships in Zaragoza, Spain.
Walt Disney Co. has had more than 240 “nuisance” alligators captured and killed over the last 10 years at its Florida theme park property, according to state records.
As temperatures hover in the triple digits in the Las Vegas Valley, what happens to pets left outdoors or in cars?
Our entertainment picks this week include Garth Brooks at T-Mobile Arena and comedian Jim Jefferies at The Mirage.
The Southern Nevada economy will get a job boost with the opening of the Faraday Future $1 billion auto plant at the Apex Industrial Park in North LasVegas. The Chinese-backed Faraday will employ 4,500 people and about 3,000 construction jobs will be created and 9,500 indirect jobs.
The Southern Nevada economy will strengthen the rest of the year and into 2017 and even surpass the national economy, which continues to be a concern and poses a risk, according to a report released Thursday by a UNLV economics professor.
Three adults and three juveniles were arrested in connection with a string of armed robberies across the valley in recent months.
In the fast-track effort to reduce the nation’s backlog of veterans disability claims, Nevada Rep. Dina Titus predicted in August that the Department of Veterans Affairs would “soon be facing an appeals tsunami.”
Big money is flowing into the fight over a potential November ballot measure that could restore Nevada’s more favorable net metering rates for current and future rooftop solar residential customers.
Our nightlife picks this week include Fat Joe and the Container Park Beer Festival.
Bill Foley, who spent $500 million for an NHL expansion franchise, will need a couple of minor league affiliates for when his Las Vegas team begins play in the 2017-18 season.
Jason Zucker, Las Vegas’ only NHL player, is thrilled about his hometown getting a team in the league. And he said people in the hockey world will be surprised how savvy Las Vegas fans are.
This week’s list of options for budget-minded music fans includes Alan Six at the Dive and the Bunkhouse Saloon’s new bimonthly party, Rock N Rattlecan.
Corey Lewandowski is moving from working on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to talking about it.
I generally look at our ethnic restaurants — especially those representing less-familiar cuisines — as celebrating the diversity of Southern Nevada. But Las Americas does a pretty good job of celebrating diversity all on its own.
Deryk Engelland always thought the Las Vegas Wranglers had an edge when it hosted an ECHL game at Orleans Arena. And he thinks the Las Vegas NHL expansion franchise also will enjoy a home-ice advantage.
The immersive NFL attraction will debut in the fall of 2017, but Cirque says there is no plan to clone it on the Strip.
The man killed in a motor scooter crash in the central valley has been identified.
About 400 boys and girls currently play youth hockey in Southern Nevada. The president of the Nevada Amateur Hockey Association wants to see that number grow to 4,000 by next year.