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Authority Chairman Lawrence Weekly accepted more travel and what he reported as gifts from the agency than any other board member.
A longtime UNLV geology professor is leading a team of volunteers in the excavation of an adult fossilized Columbian mammoth at a remote, undisclosed site on federal land.
Family Court Judge William Potter is facing ethics charges that include improperly having a lawyer handcuffed in his courtroom, failing to allow another attorney to be heard and commenting on pending cases during his re-election bid.
Shortly after a gunman barricaded himself inside a bus along the Strip last weekend, the Metroplitan Police Department tapped an unexpected source for backup: the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada.
A developer of a planned housing development near Red Rock Canyon says a proposed law shows the Nevada Legislature is targeting his company.
Even if the weather is nice, hikers should be ready for the worst — like having to wait overnight for rescue.
Jurors took about two hours to convict 48-year-old Melvyn Sprowson on four counts of unlawful use of a minor in the production of pornography, as well as one count each of first-degree kidnapping and child abuse or neglect.
Airbnb hosts beware, Clark County is cracking down on short-term rentals.
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Diminished but still potent gusts continued to sweep through Southern Nevada on Friday, making life difficult for crews trying to restore power and repair damage wrought by a destructive windstorm the previous day.
Defendant Melvyn Sprowson spoke to jurors for a final time Thursday as he delivered an animated closing argument in his kidnapping and child porn trial. Jurors will begin deliberations in the case Friday.
Carolyn Goodman was joking when she suggested moving the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas into the city limits, but the boundary issue between City Hall and Clark County Commission is very real.
A Silverado High School volleyball coach was arrested in October after authorities accused him of sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old student, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.
Havoc from the desert wind is a familiar story in Las Vegas, where gusts have often caused serious damage to buildings and property. Among the memorable stories:
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The North Las Vegas Police Department provided new information about the fatal police shooting of a man tied to a four-vehicle crash.
Daily highs around 110 and morning lows near 85 are forecast by the Las Vegas office of the National Weather Service from Saturday through Thursday.
A woman who died in a fatal crash on Cheyenne Avenue near the 215 Beltway has been identified.