A lawyer who burned himself to death in a grisly protest against ecological destruction was a nationally known gay rights advocate and lead attorney in a famous case involving transgender murder victim Brandon Teena.
RENO — Several thousand northern Nevada middle and elementary school students will have to walk to school or find another way to get to school because of Washoe County School District budget cuts.
Little Jason Sebron donned his black flat-bill baseball cap on a recent Wednesday — and for the first time, he didn’t scramble to take it off.
On April 25 at City Hall, a Downtown Residential Fair from 3 to 7:30 p.m. features nearly a dozen developers of existing and future permitted residential projects who will showcase information on both for-rent and for-purchase condominiums, town homes, lofts and other multifamily developments in the area. The Residential Fair also includes an amenity zone showcasing the vibrant downtown lifestyle created by the area’s abundant restaurants and bars, nightlife, museums and attractions.
A deadly storm system churning through the central U.S. has blanketed parts of the Upper Midwest in heavy snow and ice and battered areas farther south with powerful winds and even tornadoes.
WestCorp Management Group, alongside its client Nevada West Partners, has announced the opening of Dune, a luxury apartment community near St. Rose Parkway and Jeffreys Street in Henderson. The 398-unit, ultra-modern community is now open for residents and celebrating its grand opening April 26.
Manchester City won the Premier League title without even playing on Sunday when nearest challenger Manchester United surprisingly lost 1-0 at home to last-place West Bromwich Albion.
A family spokesman says former first lady Barbara Bush is in “failing health” and won’t seek additional medical treatment.
Sometimes new-home shopping takes one to all corners of the Las Vegas Valley to find the “perfect home.” For Michelle Walter, she found her ideal home at a CalAtlantic Homes neighborhood in Henderson, but she decided to look for a home closer to her work in the southwestern valley.
Resale homes are not always picture-perfect due to wear-and-tear, changing design trends and a home’s aging. As a result, older homes for sale tend to take longer to sell and sell for less than homes built in the last few years. They make a ripe opportunity for home shoppers who can envision transforming a non-picture-perfect home into their “dream home” through renovation.
More than 200 million eggs distributed to restaurants and grocery stores in nine states have been recalled because of bacterial contamination.
“My wife and I are both fans of Tuscan architecture,” Glenn McKay said. He who hired Kenny Kuykendall of Cannon Builders as general contractor and Pinnacle Architectural Studio for the design. “Originally, we were thinking of building a one-story home, but our builder said we should build a two-story because of the other homes on the street. We designed it with our main living area downstairs and our entertainment room and office are on the second story.”
Beyonce has paid tribute Saturday to historically black colleges and universities and also reunited with Destiny’s Child during her headlining performance at Coachella, which was delayed for a year because of her pregnancy.
Dwayne Johnson’s arcade game-inspired “Rampage” crept past last week’s top film “A Quiet Place” to take the No. 1 spot on the box office charts, but just barely.
More than 40 states have told the Supreme Court they are losing out on “billions of dollars in tax revenue each year, requiring cuts to critical government programs” and that their losses compound as online shopping grows.
Boston markied the fifth anniversary of the deadly Boston Marathon bombings Sunday with solemn remembrances and charitable acts.
A cold front moving into the Las Vegas Valley will bring strong winds and a slight drop in temperatures this week, according to the National Weather Service.
Starbucks’ CEO says he wants to apologize personally to the black men arrested at one of his Philadelphia stores, an incident that prompted accusations of racism on social media.
President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of rage against former FBI Director James Comey on Sunday, calling him “slippery,” insisting he never asked him for loyalty and labelling him “the WORST FBI Director in history, by far!”
Sunday’s headlines: Business donations to Oct. 1 Las Vegas shooting survivors, and the low numbers of Devils Hole pupfish are concerning experts.
It was a night to forget Saturday in El Paso for the 51s. The ugly kind of loss — the kind that looked like it was going to be a win before defensive mistakes got in the way.