Nate Carruth and his teammates on the Las Vegas Yuccas took part in a two-day wheelchair basketball tournament. Nine teams participated in the tournament, many from the Southwest.
Nevada’s network of bridges and highways are considered among the best maintained in the country, but Clark County motorists likely drive on a state road deemed deficient.
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump tapped Vice President Mike Pence to head up a commission on voter fraud. Pence should start his investigation right here in Nevada, where the motto of our voter registration system might as well be “Trust, don’t verify.”
On Sunday morning, after nine months of deployment in Kuwait, roughly 80 soldiers from the Nevada Army Guard’s Bravo Company, 422nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, reunited with friends and family at the Las Vegas Readiness Center.
Twelve years ago, widespread destruction from Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast helped compel federal engineers 2,000 miles away in California to remake a 1950s-era dam by constructing a massive steel-and-concrete gutter that would manage surging waters in times of torrential storms.
The host Rebels lost 8-3 to UC Davis and 8-2 to Omaha in the UNLV Classic baseball tournament Sunday at Wilson Stadium.
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help cover medical costs for a teen bicyclist who suffered critical injuries when he was struck by a hit-and-run driver Friday.
When the state high school basketball tournament returns to Las Vegas this week it will have a more intimate setting.
A second person has died in a fatal crash that occurred near Jean on Saturday.
On Sunday, the Rebels fell to the Aztecs, 77-64, in a Mountain West conference game at Viejas Arena in San Diego. With the loss, UNLV (10-17, 3-11) set a school record for most defeats in a season.
There are now more Mexican gray wolves roaming the American Southwest than at any time since the federal government began trying to reintroduce the predators nearly two decades ago.
After record-breaking rainfall over the weekend, Las Vegas Valley residents can look forward to a warmer, drier week, according to the National Weather Service.
The first outer rain bands from a powerful Pacific storm headed to Northern California on Sunday brought light rain and wind and renewed warnings of possible flooding in the already soggy region.
I can tell you what they are doing right: Lower limits, more favorable game rules, looser slots, free-flowing liquor comps, and more affordable food and beverage.
It has become chic in this country to join a protest for the camaraderie of fellow protesters and to destroy property.
What’s the big deal with a few tons of garbage, human waste and other debris if this feel-good environmental social event had the intended effect of allowing preening progressives to showcase their virtue?
Anthony Davis had an All-Star Game for the record books. And on a night when Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant provided a glimpse of the past, Giannis Antetokounmpo showed he’s part of the future.
A 17-year-old boy was chased down and fatally shot after a fight on a basketball court Sunday evening near the West Las Vegas Library. Minutes earlier, a Metropolitan Police Department sergeant had been at the basketball court, handing out stickers and baseball cards to kids, police said.
Investigators are looking for four North Korean men who flew out of Malaysia the same day Kim Jong Nam, the North Korean ruler’s outcast half brother, apparently was poisoned at an airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian police said Sunday.
The issue of increasing the minimum wage saw a spirited debate in the Nevada Legislature last week, and it will be front and center again as lawmakers enter week three of the 2017 session. Lawmakers are not taking Presidents Day off.
An avalanche on Saturday night started near Cathedral Rock and stopped about 200 yards away from the Rainbow subdivision in Kyle Canyon.
Steve Spector has created thousands of portraits, many of which overlook diners at Palm Restaurant.
As the fastest of NASCAR’s six noncharter drivers in pole day qualifying, Xfinity Series veteran Brendan Gaughan is assured a spot in the 40-car Daytona 500 field.
Entrance fees at public lands, including the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, will be waived on Monday to celebrate Presidents Day.
Bishop Gorman outside linebacker Palaie Gaoteote, one of the nation’s top recruits in the class of 2018, made an oral commitment to Southern California on Sunday.
The UFC heads to Canada tonight for UFC Fight Night 105 at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. We’ll be live-blogging the event. Follow along below.
Plenty of shopping centers in Southern Nevada are filled with retailers and shoppers. But not every plaza is so lucky. Large, empty stores have left gaping holes in some retail centers around the valley.
As measured by human landmarks, Zealandia encompasses New Zealand and the island of New Caledonia about 1,500 miles to the north.
Hundreds of scientists, environmental advocates and their supporters held a rally in Boston on Sunday to protest what they see as increasing threats to science and research in the U.S.
Breaking down the UNLV basketball game at San Jose State at 1 p.m. Sunday.
