Retired mixed martial artist Cung Le, an advocate for the Muhammad Ali Expansion Act and a fighters union, believes MMA fighters are entitled to more than promotions currently offer them.
Here is a list of key dates in August, set by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association for the 2016-17 school year.
It’s bad policy — on either side of the aisle — to enforce political and social litmus tests on companies before allowing them to do business.
Desert Oasis held a pair of late leads Thursday, but coughed them up both times as the Aces lost twice and were eliminated from the tournament.
Goodwill of Southern Nevada opened its third Career Connections center on Thursday in an area it identified as among the most in need of its services.
The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously against a referendum for the Nov. 8 general election ballot that could have restored net metering to rates more favorable to the rooftop solar industry and its customers.
An advisory commission waded into the intricacies of Nevada’s criminal justice system Wednesday, considering whether more than three dozen crimes listed as Category B felonies should be reduced to lesser offenses.
Allegiant Air started construction Thursday on a 43,000-square-foot training center in Sanford, Florida, that will complement a similar facility that the company operates in southwest Las Vegas.
Patricia “Patty” Misuraca has been in the service industry for 40 years. She tries to give people the kind of service she would like. The remembers the names of patrons and what they like to eat with the hope of continuing to create a family atmosphere at Lou’s Diner.
Taxation Department Executive Director Deonne Contine on Thursday responded to concerns about the collection of the new commerce tax, saying the agency has worked with registered agents on the best way to notify their clients of the new levy.
Las Vegas police have broken up what they think is the largest animal fighting ring in state history, they said Thursday, the day after detectives recovered about 550 hens and roosters from a home in the 4700 block of Stanley Avenue.
The Las Vegas NHL franchise has hired Wil Nichol as its director of player development as general manager George McPhee continues to build his hockey operations staff.
Henson puppets talk trash in improv comedy that splits attention and sometimes competes with itself.
A private company will manage 96 crossing guards in North Las Vegas for the next two years, shifting oversight responsibility away from the police department.
Lisa King was on the cusp of women breaking into the fight world in the mid-2000s.
Las Vegas may unwittingly benefit from the outbreak of the Zika virus in South Florida as Southern Nevada’s already seeing a surge in business this summer, especially from Asia and business travelers.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn wrote a letter Thursday to the soon-to-be unemployed workers of the Trump Taj Mahal casino, accusing their union of inciting them to destroy their own jobs by participating in the longest strike by Atlantic City’s main casino workers union.
Wynn officials say they’ll be adding hundreds more construction workers as the building of a $2 billion Boston-area casino starts after years of legal fights.
A California man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the nearly fatal beating of a man Saturday at a Strip resort.
Members of the Nevada State Contractors Board validated 133 homeowner complaints totalling more than $1 million.
Loved ones on Thursday mourned two slain teenagers whose bodies were found behind a suburban Atlanta grocery store, as police prepared to move a 20-year-old suspect to an Atlanta jail.
Our music picks this week include Lord Huron and the Punks in Vegas fifth-anniversary bash.
An initiative to automatically register people to vote when they apply for or renew a Nevada license or identification card was filed this week with the secretary of state’s office.
The competition will be nearly non-stop from August 5 to 21, but here’s a list of the top local athletes and big-picture storylines to follow when the Games begin.
A California man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in federal prison on sex trafficking charges involving a teenager.
UNLV’s Boyd School of Law is hosting a free “clean slate” event Aug. 27 to help people with criminal histories in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson seal their records.
Las Vegas-based Meadows Bank on Thursday announced that it posted net income after tax of slightly more than $4 million in the first half of 2016, 12 percent higher than the $3.58 million it earned during the same period in 2015.
The Rio Olympics officially open Friday and competition kicks into high gear on Saturday, but there are events you can enjoy today.
Firefighters have contained a little more than two-thirds of a set of Northern Nevada wildfires that once threatened a Pyramid Lake shoreline town, according to officials.
We’d heard that things were changing at the Boulevard Mall, but we didn’t know how much they were changing until we dined at Olivia’s Mexican Restaurant.