Firefighters are usually heroes with hoses. But at the annual Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada Dessert Before Dinner gala Sept. 10 at Caesars Palace, a firefighter offered more than his firefighting skills to bring in $30,000 for the cause. Jonathan McBreen and his team at Clark County Fire Department Station 34, 4480 W. Oquendo Road, offered a package with dinner for a group of six for the gala auction.
On Sept. 24, Project GREEN: Friends of Pittman Wash organized volunteers to do a variety of tasks along the Pittman Wash trail in Henderson in honor of National Public Lands Day. Before they began, a recent storm had left the trail unrecognizable.
Wanting to provide alternative treatments to Las Vegas Valley veterans, Imagine NOW (Nurturing Our Warriors) is raising money to open a center that uses hyperbaric chambers. The organization said the chambers could treat issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury.
Dr. David Henderson doesn’t mind if he’s considered the driving force for pushing for spay and neuter legislation in Nevada.
Come spring 2o17, northwest Las Vegas resident Jordyn Preston, 16, will have the chance to play tourist in London thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The group is granting her wish trip, which will include her parents and three other family members, after she underwent liver transplant surgery in September 2015.
Sometimes in life, you have to lose something to find something better. Rosie Mercado knows that statement all too well. She feels like she’s lost a whole person since her weight loss journey began.
The National Park Service announced Wednesday that the Historic Railroad Trail and part of the River Mountains Loop Trail at Lake Mead will be temporarily closed for improvements.
A Kingman police spokeswoman said detective Dennis Gilbert was released Wednesday and was resting comfortably at home. An The independent investigation of the officer-involved shooting that fatally wounded Jeffrey Cave, 53, continues.
An analysis of mortality and population data covering about 40 countries indicated humankind may already have hit its longevity ceiling.
Sean Hannity lashed out at his Fox News colleague Megyn Kelly on Twitter Wednesday night, saying that she “clearly” supports Hillary Clinton in response to comments Kelly made during her program earlier that night.
With phone lines down and bridges wiped out, rescue workers are only now starting to find out what happened when Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti as Category 4 storm with 145 mph winds.
A personal-injury law firm is building a new headquarters in downtown Las Vegas, part of a growing tally of construction projects in the area.
A federal judge has ordered former top CIA officials to sit for depositions in a lawsuit brought against two psychologists who designed the agency’s harsh interrogation methods in the war on terror, an action the federal government called unprecedented.
The aspens at Mount Charleston are putting on a display of vibrant fall colors.
Mitch Glasser, a substitute social studies teacher at Green Valley High and a utility infielder, helped Team Israel beat Great Britain and qualify for the World Baseball Classic.
The seventh installment of the teeming-with-acrobats production Circus Couture is “Lucky,” for its seventh performance.
The $24 million, 120,000-square-foot project that will have two sheets of ice and also serve as the team headquarters is expected to be finished for the team’s inaugural training camp next September.
Redshirt freshman Dalton Sneed received more than 60 text messages and countless mentions on Twitter and said it was surreal seeing his great escape showcased on ESPN’s Top 10 plays.
UNLV 6-foot-11-inch center Cheickna Dembele was declared eligible by the NCAA Clearinghouse on Wednesday. He was waiting for his transcripts from Africa to be approved.
When it comes to women’s amateur golf in Nevada, the annual Nevada State Women’s Golf Association Silver Cup played among 20-player teams from the Northern Nevada Women’s Golf Association and the Women’s Southern Nevada Golf Association is as good as it gets.
If you enjoy hunting birds in Nevada, consider this your reminder: Don’t forget to get your stamps before heading afield this year.
Anglers continue to find good action for striped bass at Lake Mead.
It took a tiebreaker, but the Coronado girls tennis team prevailed over Liberty on Wednesday at Darling Tennis Center to win the Class 4A Sunrise Region championship.
Last year’s defending state singles champion was unavailable for Palo Verde on Wednesday, but the Panthers rolled to the Class 4A Sunset Region championship, beating Desert Oasis 12-6 at Darling Tennis Center.
Nathaniel van der Post went 3-0 in singles to help The Meadows capture its first region title with an 11-7 win over Boulder City in the Southern Region championship at Darling Tennis Center.
The leader of a 41-day standoff at a national wildlife refuge in Oregon testified Wednesday that he orchestrated the takeover to take “a hard stand” against the federal government’s control of public lands and said the occupiers would not be successful unless they carried guns.
Tony Fernandez, 23, was arrested and booked into the Las Vegas City Jail on one count of first degree arson and one count of battery with a deadly weapon.
Maybe Bishop Gorman didn’t play the best team in California, or the best team in Florida, or the best team in Texas. But the Gaels played more good teams than anybody else, and that’s all that matters when it comes to prep football rankings.
Silverado’s girls volleyball team defeated Green Valley 25-22, 14-25, 25-21, 25-23 on Wednesday to take sole possession of first place in the Southeast League.
What do the plaza in front of Las Vegas City Hall and a downtown steakhouse that boasts “beef, booze and broads” have in common? As of Wednesday, they’re both namesakes for the popular former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman.
