Eight people were injured Saturday after an Aeromexico passenger jet clipped a supply truck shortly after landing at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.
The Boulder City boys and girls teams each won titles at the 3A state swimming and diving championships Saturday at the Carson Aquatic Center.
For the second consecutive season, Jack Wold homered in the bottom of the first, and Basic rolled to a 16-6, five-inning victory over Galena at Las Vegas High on Saturday for the Class 4A state baseball title.
Makena Martin and Cara Beatty each homered, and Palo Verde topped Reed 9-3 in the final of the Class 4A state tournament Saturday at Bishop Gorman.
Centennial swept both genders in the Class 4A state track meet at Foothill on Saturday, winning the seventh consecutive state title for the girls, and fourth in six years for the boys.
Needles defeated Lincoln County 20-6 on Saturday at The Meadows, winning their first state championship since 2013.
Boulder City’s baseball team took advantage of a depleted pitching staff to grab an early eight-run lead, and the Eagles grinded out an 8-7 victory over Spring Creek in the Class 3A state final at Faith Lutheran on Saturday to repeat as champions.
Angela Hammond won three state titles, one individual, and helped Cheyenne’s girls track team finish second at the Class 3A state championship at Foothill on Saturday, the best placement of any Southern Nevada school.
As Utah Republicans met for their annual state convention Saturday, the party faithful both gave Rep. Jason Chaffetz a warm send-off and occasionally expressed disappointment at his abrupt departure from Congress and key role investigating the White House.
A waste management authority on the south shore of Lake Tahoe has started offering homeowners loans to buy bear-proof garbage bins in an effort to reduce conflicts with the animals who wander into neighborhoods in search of an easy meal.
McKenna Montgomery tossed a one-hitter Saturday to lead Fernley’s softball team to a 3-0 victory over Churchill County in the Class 3A state championship game at Faith Lutheran.
Hunter Wilkin, nicknamed “Kersh” after Los Angeles Dodgers star Clayton Kershaw, pitched 2⅔ innings in his final game, as Lincoln County turned back Needles, 6-2 at The Meadows to win the Class 2A state baseball title.
After losing to Wells earlier in the tournament, Pahranagat Valley was forced to beat the Leopards twice to defend its state title, and it did just that with 14-4 and 12-5 wins at Durango to claim a fifth straight Class 1A state championship.
Nadine Davis remembered how quickly the annual ice cream festival at Springs Preserve sold out last year. She’d seen kids crying at the main entrance because the preserve was too full.
Zion National Park’s Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, which closed Friday afternoon because of falling sand and rock debris, reopened to all traffic about 2:45 p.m. Saturday.
Reliever Stockton Maxwell got out of a bases-loaded jam in the third inning, and Pahranagat Valley defeated Indian Springs 5-4 for the Class 1A state baseball title.
Tashii Brown died after a Metropolitan Police Department officer stunned him seven times with a Taser, punched him several times and put him in an unapproved chokehold.
Sometimes it pays to have a fresh horse. Cloud Computing skipped the Kentucky Derby, while eventual winner Always Dreaming and Classic Empire mixed it up in the mud at Churchill Downs.
American Patriot Fest at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas featured scaled-down Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Marshawn Lynch went for a Saturday afternoon bike ride with his friends. Hundreds of them.
About 100 fellow Western Governors University students graduated Saturday at The Smith Center.
The influx of Hawaiian immigrants that’s given the valley ninth-island status is perhaps most apparent in the restaurant industry.
Debra Winger says even at 62, she is still coming to terms with Hollywood.
Jesse Carson Smigel’s “I Told You Not to Paint It Hot Orange!” features a crashed UFO, 19 feet in diameter, in the roundabout in front of the Clark County Shooting Complex.
Jemar Matthews was found guilty of 12 counts, and sentenced to life in prison. His quest to overturn his conviction was unsuccessful for years — until this March, when a federal judge ruled that a prosecutor’s “plainly improper” comments ripped him of his fair trial rights and resulted in a wrongful conviction.
A group of colorful characters is nearing the end of a three-month stay at the Delano.
Jessica Minh Anh was one of thousands of visitors to Hoover Dam last week, and like most everyone, she posed for pictures in front of the man-made marvel.
An impressive display of television and movie vehicles took over the Fremont Street Experience Friday afternoon.
Authors Tayari Jones, Lesley Hazleton and Ben Ehrenreich will be formally welcomed to the institute in September.