“Now it’s real, right?” Nevada governor Brian Sandoval said in November after scooping real dirt onto a ceremonial shovel during groundbreaking for a stadium the NFL’s Oakland Raiders will christen in 2020 when they move to Las Vegas.
During their first meeting of 2018, Clark County commissioners will ease their way into 2018 with a relatively light agenda highlighted by bollards.
The wave of sexual misconduct allegations that toppled Hollywood power brokers, politicians, media icons and many others was the top news story of 2017, according to The Associated Press’ annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors.
Whether 2017 becomes a historical turning point in workplace sexual harassment will remain speculation until time passes and historians look at the long haul.
Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., readily admits he “wasn’t one of the biggest supporters” of President Donald Trump during the 2016 election. “I didn’t know him. He didn’t know me.”
Rock ‘n’ roll founding father Chuck Berry and Fats Domino, rockers Tom Petty and Gregg Allman, grunge icon Chris Cornell, country superstar Glen Campbell and jazz great Al Jarreau were among the notable figures who died in 2017, leaving a void in virtually every genre of music
We said goodbye in 2017 to the King of Comedy and a master of insult comedy. We also bid farewell to a former teen idol, two former UNLV coaches and a local civil rights leader.
If President Donald Trump’s first month in office was notable for its mixture of chaos and dysfunction, the last month of 2017 showed a constant combatant who had reason to believe that his refusal to back down paid off with passage of a sweeping tax overhaul.
UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino was put to the test by former bantamweight champion Holly Holm in the main event of UFC 219 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.
Julian Strawther connected on six 3-pointers on the way to a game-high 34 points Saturday as Liberty’s boys basketball team routed Bismarck (North Dakota), 77-39, to claim third place at the Energy Classic at Gillette, Wyoming.
Boise State used a 20-2 run early in the second half to defeat UNLV’s basketball team 83-74 on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Broncos also outrebounded UNLV 48-29.
Essence Booker scored 28 points and made the game-winning free throws with 13 seconds left to lift Spring Valley to a 67-65 victory over in the Gator Winter Classic’s diamond division championship game on Saturday night,
WASHINGTON — A shift in the political landscape in 2017 begins with the dizzying domination of the news cycle by President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, the reckoning of sexual harassment allegations, tragic mass shootings and the stumbling governance of Republicans in Congress.
Riley Lupfer hit seven of Boise State’s 12 3-pointers and totaled a career-high 28 points to lead the Broncos to a 69-60 win over UNLV in the Lady Rebels’ Mountain West opener Saturday in Boise, Idaho.
Khabib Nurmagomedov took Edson Barboza down at will and controlled the acti0n on the mat for nearly the entire 15 minutes as he remained undefeated with a unanimous-decision win at UFC 219.
Last Thursday marked the first anniversary of the designation of Gold Butte National Monument. We acknowledge and honor the important protection given to our ancestral lands. Protecting the land means protecting the roots of our cultural heritage. But even as we celebrate a milestone for the monument, a threat looms, and we are gravely concerned.
To begin, fewer than two weeks ago the president signed into law our legislation that will provide critically important tax cuts for Nevada’s middle class.
The best schools offer work-experience and career education as well as academic courses.
But why does the federal government own about 85 percent of the land in Nevada?
But let us also take pride in having shown the world what Las Vegas really is.
State officials deemed progress on various standardized tests as “yellow,” or too soon to tell.
If it’s OK for Democrats to demand special counsels to investigate President Trump, then it’s perfectly fair for President Trump’s attorney general to appoint special counsels to investigate every Democrat scandal.
It’s time to put my credibility as a pundit on the line and offer eight political predictions for 2018.
Essence Booker scored 28 points and Ella Zanders drew a late charge to lift No. 3 Spring Valley to a 67-65 victory over No. 2 Liberty in the Gator Winter Classic platinum championship game on Saturday night.
Hundreds filled the West Las Vegas Library theater and lined the walls Saturday afternoon to celebrate Kwanzaa, a weeklong holiday honoring African heritage and values.
There appears to be a real chance Jack Del Rio will be on the sideline Sunday for the final time as the Raiders’ head coach. More, Jon Gruden is a potential replacement.
It’s nearly go-time for Las Vegas’ biggest party, welcoming 330,000 out-of-town revelers to celebrate the arrival of the new year on the Las Vegas Strip and downtown.
Eliyjah Pricebrooks and Desi-Rae Young each scored 14 points for the Desert Oasis girls basketball team Saturday, but the Diamondbacks dropped a 71-43 decision to Southridge (Oregon) in the championship game of the Nike Interstate Shootout at Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Nearly three months after the Oct. 1 shooting, three Summerlin women who survived the event visited the concert venue for the first time, retracing their steps.
Happy New Year, Lazy Bones. Was that harsh? TOO BAD.