Higher-than-expected radiation levels detected in liquid waste shipped from Canada to South Carolina illustrate the folly of shipping even-more-dangerous materials to Nevada by truck and rail, state’s top nuclear safety official says.
Myron Martin, president of the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, is in New York this week seeing a bevy of Broadway plays and musicals to fulfill his responsibility as a member of the Broadway League who votes on the member of the group that selects winners of the voter for the Tony Awards each year.
The Senate on a party-line vote passed a bill Thursday requiring schools and higher education campuses to pay full prevailing wages on construction projects.
The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday unanimously approved several licensings, including one for for James “Jay” Barrett as a director and audit committee chairman for Rancho Mesquite Casino Co.
A bill requiring doctors and other health care providers to undergo continuing education on suicide prevention won unanimous approval Thursday in the Nevada Senate.
A man who was critically injured early January after driving into a concrete barrier died from his injuries, Las Vegas police said.
Residents displaced by a central Las Vegas apartment fire that affected about 80 people Wednesday are still feeling the heat.
People who commit felonies against first responders and target them because of the jobs they do would face enhanced penalties under a bill introduced Thursday in the state Senate.
Nevada’s sports betting handle has increased from $2.6 billion in 2007 to $4.5 billion in 2016, while the state’s horse racing handle has dropped from $596.5 million in 2007 to $310.3 million in 2016.
President Donald Trump assailed the appointment of a special counsel as an unnecessary measure that divides the country and forcefully said there was no collusion between his campaign and Russians who interfered with the election.
A joint legislative subcommittee Thursday rejected a new proposal to double the number of inmates Nevada will send to out-of-state prisons because of a looming bed shortage.
Ryze Renewables, a renewable-diesel manufacturing company, is setting up shop in Las Vegas.
This light Tony Abou-Ganim cocktail is perfect for sipping outside during nice weather.
A bill that would instill stiffer penalties for reckless drivers was unanimously passed Thursday — after it was amended to soften the punishment.
51s first baseman Dominic Smith and his uncle, UNLV assistant basketball coach Andre LaFleur, are enjoying living in the same city.
Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Beers and challenger Steve Seroka will face off in a live debate next week on Nevada Public Radio’s “State of Nevada” program.
In space, no one can hear you say, “Meh.”
Shaun Leflore was acquitted Thursday of a first-degree murder charge in the 2006 death of his girlfriend. The shooting death was initially ruled a suicide.
The man who police said was fatally stabbed last week by his roommate has been identified as Ralph Edward Montoto, 58, of Las Vegas.
Regent Allison Stephens accused Board Chairman Rick Trachok of “inappropriate and possibly illegal behavior” regarding the failed national search for a new chancellor to lead the Nevada System of Higher Education, a letter obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal shows.
Company training programs are making their way to Southern Nevada to help the state address its workforce challenge.
The band’s discography is one big happy face emoji spread out over 19 albums dating back to the early ’80s.
The shooting occurred about 12:50 a.m. Sunday on the 3200 block of North Civic Center Drive.
An unidentified man in his 50s has contracted the “more serious neuroinvasive form” of the mosquito-borne illness, the Southern Nevada Health Authority says.
Too many buyers, not enough tickets. For the first time, Super Summer Theatre’s season opener — this year, a staged concert version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic “Oklahoma!” — is sold out, except for a few night-of-performance tickets available at the gate.
While other Harvard University students were writing papers for their senior theses, Obasi Shaw was busy rapping his.
Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning is revealing her new look as a woman, after being freed from a Kansas military prison and a 35-year sentence for leaking classified materials.
Authorities say a Nevada couple’s tip was key to solving the case of two missing Idaho girls so rescuers could get them safely home.
Las Vegas Numismatic Society Coin Show is underway at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort in Las Vegas.
The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday unanimously approved removing Fred Anthony Pascente and Anthony Michael St. Laurent from the Black Book.