Las Vegas High School staff members are ramping up efforts to help homeless students. The school, 6500 E. Sahara Ave., has 65 Title I HOPE (Homeless Outreach Program for Education) students, but there are many more students who don’t qualify but still need a hand up.
In a recent interview with coveringthecage.com, UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping said he’s still waiting for Georges St-Pierre to sign their fight contract.
The White House on Wednesday will instruct all federal agencies to submit a plan by June 30 to shrink their civilian workforces. A governmentwide hiring freeze the president imposed on Jan. 23 will be lifted immediately.
CARSON CITY — Could this finally be the year that the most common-sense campaign finance reform becomes law?
Lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual youth and those questioning their sexual identity have new protections in Nevada under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Brian Sandoval.
They could have been rivals, but Nick Fotheringham and Jonathan Borchetta realized they’d make better business partners. The result is The Nerd, a new nightclub in Neonopolis, 450 Fremont St. “I wanted to do a comic-con-themed venue,” Borchetta said. “It’s a self-indulgence really. I wanted to fill it with cool stuff I liked.”
The Department of Energy’s Yucca Mountain program was defunded and dismantled under President Barack Obama, leaving only a handful of scientists from the hundreds who once worked on the project.
North Korean state media warned on Tuesday of a nuclear attack on the United States at any sign of American aggression, as a U.S. Navy strike group steamed toward the western Pacific — a force U.S. President Donald Trump described as an “armada.”
Two people were injured Tuesday afternoon after a dock fire at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
In 2015, Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, drew a taxpayer-backed pension of $103,947. Last week, Parks voted to keep you from finding out how much he will bank in the future.
Steve Fisher felt it was simply time to step away from his long, distinguished and somewhat unusual basketball coaching career.
As MGM Resorts International gears to increase parking rates at its Las Vegas resorts on Wednesday, the valets who park customers’ cars are expecting their income will shrink even more.
Meepleville is unusual in that most of its space is dedicated to letting people play any of its 1,500 board games.
Dave Chappelle has complained about his shows being disrupted by fans shooting the stage. He’s found a remedy to that problem.
The water demands of Arizona, Nevada and California are outstripping supply, the impacts of climate change are becoming acute and the river is at a breaking point, American Rivers says in its annual ranking.
Stephen Curry has the best-selling jersey in the NBA for the second consecutive year.
The Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee discussed a bill Tuesday that would require people convicted of stalking or with extended protection orders against them to surrender their firearms.
The Henderson City Council unanimously approved an $8,000 grant Tuesday from the United States Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration to help pay for enforcement against illegal marijuana in the city.
Jeff Blashill of the Detroit Red Wings has been named coach of the U.S. men’s hockey team that will compete in the world championships next month in key tuneup ahead of next year’s Winter Olympics.
As I wrote a few weeks ago, Midwestern-style pork tenderloin sandwiches have been one of the most enduring topics in Taste of the Town over the years.
Marijuana companies would not have to separate medical and recreational products under a bill heard Tuesday in the Nevada Legislature.
A Las Vegas corrections officer has blasted his employer in a federal lawsuit that accuses the Metropolitan Police Department of implementing an “unconstitutionally vague” social media policy.
Video footage of a passenger being forcibly removed from a United Airlines plane after the flight was overbooked has sparked outrage across social media, Hollywood and called into question airline policies.
The Blackhawks are the 5-1 second choice to win the Stanley Cup behind the Washington Capitals, the 3-1 favorite. The Minnesota Wild are 7-1 and the Penguins 8-1.
At UFC 209, Tony Ferguson was expected to face Khabib Nurmagomedov for the interim UFC lightweight title. However, Nurmagomedov was hospitalized during his weight cut and the fight was scratched from the card.
The team’s ticket packages have changed a lot since last year, after a season where the team set a program record with 21 losses under first-year head coach Marvin Menzies.
Granite Construction Co. was awarded a $684,900 contract to complete preconstruction services for a project that calls for improving traffic flows for the U.S. Highway 95 interchange at Charleston Boulevard.
The Golden Knights figure to be watching the Stanley Cup Playoffs closely to see who they will want to select from the 16 participating teams in the June 21 NHL Expansion Draft.
Assembly Bill 438 would put in place reduced penalties for offenses tied to controlled substances, a measure centered on whether Nevada should rethink its approach to the war on drugs.
Dr. Dipak Desai, the doctor serving time for his role in the deadly 2007 hepatitis C outbreak, has died.
