One patient got a $3,606 bill for a four-mile ride. Another was charged $8,460 for a trip from a hospital that could not handle his case to another that could. Still another found herself marooned at an out-of-network hospital, where she’d been taken by ambulance without her consent.
That’s when a friend of hers called The Foundation Assisting Seniors, a nonprofit in Sun City Anthem. Co-founded by Favil West and Chuck Davis in 2002, the organization provides medical equipment, basic home maintenance, transportation and other services for seniors at no cost.
The grocery price war — and the tricky situation it’s created for food retailers — is on full display this Thanksgiving season.
City of North Las Vegas employees competed in a game of Wii bowling with the Silver Mesa Recreation Center’s senior club on a recent Wednesday.
Health authorities report death of young child and remind that it’s not too late to get vaccinated.
Della Reese, who segued from pop and jazz singing stardom in the ’50s and ’60s to a long career as a popular TV actress on “Touched by an Angel” and other shows, died Sunday night at her home in California. She was 86.
UNLV redshirt freshman quarterback Armani Rogers was named Mountain West offensive player of the week for his performance Friday at New Mexico. He had 404 yards rushing and passing in the 38-35 victory.
Some people thought it was a bird-brained idea when Lorraine Moore invented what are essentially diapers for birds.
We asked Dr. Robert H. Odell Jr., owner and medical director of the Neuropathy and Pain Centers of America in Las Vegas, about treating pain.
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the U.S. will designate North Korea as a state sponsor of terror amid heightened nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula.
Nebraska regulators approved a route for TransCanada Corp’s Keystone XL pipeline through the state on Monday, lifting the last big regulatory obstacle for the long-delayed project that President Donald Trump wants built.
A second woman has accused Minnesota Sen. Al Franken of inappropriate touching, saying Monday that he put his hand on her bottom as they posed for a picture at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010 — after he had begun his career in the Senate.
Marshawn Lynch sat for the U.S. anthem on Sunday and rose for the Mexico one. On Monday, President Donald Trump scolded him for it.
Temperatures in the Las Vegas Valley will rise during the first half of the week, according to the National Weather Service.
Last week, in discussing things to think about over the next decade, one of the key points was about ideas dictating value. In fact, I used more space on that one thing than on any other of a dozen and a half points I thought were important enough to occupy your time. It’s not that I planned it being the most prominent; it’s just that, as it turned out, it was. And, in retrospect, it should have been.
A 3-year-old girl injured after a Sunday afternoon crash has died.
Two Department of Education funding errors that recently came to light cost big districts like Clark County millions of dollars and contributed to the budget deficits they encountered this year.
As lawmakers debate how to make health insurance affordable and widely available, undocumented immigrants continue to inhabit a netherworld where health care is often available only in emergency rooms and nonprofit clinics.
Scientists led by UNLV researcher Brian Hedlund are studying the microorganisms in a near-200-degree environment in search of clues about life on Earth and elsewhere, bolstered by a new $900,000 grant from NASA.
Robert Manis, the president of the Nevada Faculty Alliance, said a number of people have complained about the actions of Shawn Gerstenberger, dean of the School of Community Health Sciences at UNLV.
In light of the Oct. 1 mass shooting at the south end of the Strip, Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani is floating an unusual idea to bar private vehicles from being able to cruise past an area roughly spanning Mandalay Bay to the Stratosphere.
The Henderson City Council on Tuesday will vote to issue up to $15 million in bonds to help Touro University expand.
The Rams return their top three scorers from last year’s team.
News of Charles Manson’s death delivered no solace to Henderson resident Anthony DiMaria. His uncle, Jay Sebring, was killed by Manson’s followers in August 1969.
A couple was hospitalized after a domestic violence incident in the northeast Las Vegas Valley Sunday evening.
The Grizzlies welcome back three top-four finishers from last year’s Sunset Region meet.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil was held at the Metropolitan Community Church in Las Vegas on Sunday.
