Gary Sewell of Duarte, California, finished as chip leader at the conclusion of Day 1A of the World Series of Poker’s $10,000 buy-in No-limit Texas Hold ’em World Championship.
Nepantla, named after an Aztec word representing a state of transition, has become a blossoming support program that primarily helps minority and low-income students acheive four-year degrees at Nevada State College.
Some Nevadans are pushing the federal government to transfer more public acreage to state control, but history suggests past management of these lands by those entrusted with their care was mired in corruption.
A camp inmate walked away from a Tonopah work site Sunday morning, the Nevada Department of Corrections said in a statement.
An inmate at the Casa Grande Transitional Housing facility in Northern Nevada died Sunday morning, the Nevada Department of Corrections said.
A man is hospitalized after a possible road-rage shooting Sunday morning in the southeast valley, police said.
It’s eight months behind schedule, but the new air traffic control tower at McCarran International Airport is finally cleared to open Aug. 28.
The suspect who killed five police officers in Dallas last week had prepared a larger assault on law enforcement, the city’s police chief said on Sunday, citing evidence gathered from the killer’s home that showed he had practiced with explosives.
The Clark County coroner on Sunday identified the man who died after a shooting in North Las Vegas Friday night.
The Clark County coroner on Sunday identified the man who died in a fatal crash on June 27 in the east valley.
They came to make a statement that some described as “all lives matter” and to end “police brutality,” as organizer Stretch Sanders, minister of Just Faith Ministry, put it, to mark the end of a violent week.
The Chihuahua and the Coney Island are couple of the dogs on the menu this month.
Las Vegas is a hot market for minibars, but it won’t be forever. The hospitality industry is on the cusp of seeing a new type of guest amenity in place of minibars: robots.
Environmental advocates believe salts used to melt ice from the roads on Mount Charleston are weakening and killing trees along the roads, including majestic Ponderosa pines that are hundreds of years old. They are pushing for alternative treatments, but forestry and transportation officials say the problem is more complicated than that.
Michael Beasley, who was the second overall pick in the 2008 draft out of Kansas State, is playing for the HoustonRockets despite having eight years of NBA experience.
A few months after the outspoken billionaire declared his long-shot candidacy for the White House, the owners of the International Cafe and Bar here began plastering Trump signs outside their historic 1863-era building in the heart of town.
Up against the least-popular presidential candidates ever, Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party and Jill Steinof the Green Party are getting extra attention.
Wanda Melton has voted for every Republican presidential nominee since RonaldReagan in 1980, but now the Georgia grandmother plans to cross over to support Democrat Hillary Clinton.
When it came time to select a Pacific Coast League announcer for the Triple-A All-Star Game, longtime 51s broadcasterRuss Langer topped the list.
The two major candidates in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District haven’t settled yet on when they’ll debate.
Over 90 percent of residents in the Bahamas are black, and Monday is a national holiday, when some travel north from the archipelago to vacation in the United States.
The World Series of Beer Pong took place at the Westgate this week as Billy Gaines and the bpong.com organization celebrated the 11th year of the competition.
The reboot of his Luxor show brings allegations from other magicians and the bigger question of why the new material isn’t more groundbreaking.
Kelvin Gastelum, ranked No. 12 in the welterweight division, defeated No. 6 Johny Hendricks by unanimous decision on the undercard of UFC 200 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
The Las Vegas 51s lost their final game before the All-Star break 8-5 to the Albuquerque Isotopes at Cashman Field in a game that was somewhat representative of how their season has gone.
Taking a look at the action from the second day of the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.
Philadelphia’s Ben Simmons, the No. 1 overall NBA Draft choice, and the Lakers’ Brandon Ingram, the No. 2 pick, were trumped by D’Angelo Russell’s last-second 3-point shot that gave Los Angeles a 70-69 win in the NBA Summer League.
Former NFL star Richard Seymour was one of the few celebrities in the field Saturday at the Rio Convention Center for Day 1A of the $10,000 buy-in No-limit Texas Hold ’em World Championship.
I’m not sure what fans at UFC 200 were expecting, but any bitterness that such a historic evening lacked the sort of fireworks those purchasing tickets desired should have been pointed toward Jon Jones and not Daniel Cormier.
Play is underway on the second day of the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas and we’re live-blogging from the Thomas & Mack and Cox Pavilion each day.