Nevadans who’ve had schools named for them include teachers, school administrators, politicians, business people, philanthropists — even a nun and a cowboy movie star.
Terry Eddington, a National Park Service custodian who is about halfway through what may be Death Valley’s hottest summer ever, previously experienced some of the planet’s lowest temperatures during five winters in Antarctica.
While some casino companies were speculating about their earnings power as sports wagering unfolds nationwide and others were remarking about their chances of winning a gaming concession in Japan, the top executive of MGM Resorts International was frustrated.
New coach Terry Riddle takes over the program after serving as Arbor View’s junior varsity head coach.
Industry observers are anxious to find out if Wynn’s moves have been enough to dodge potential regulatory bullets and whether MGM’s garnered enough public support.
The Clark County Fire Department is investigating a fire that displaced 19 people, including three children, near downtown Las Vegas Valley early Saturday morning.
Las Vegas police have named the officer who shot and fatally wounded a man found stabbing a woman at a southeast valley apartment complex Wednesday night.
The state is at the forefront of a national debate, after a study from the National Education Association found that that the state had the largest average class sizes in the nation last year for the second year running.
The Diamondbacks look for improvement after posting just one win over the past two seasons.
Strong winds knocked out power to thousands of Las Vegas Valley residents Saturday night, and a flash flood warning was issued for Clark County, the National Weather Service said.
A small airplane that crashed in Alaska’s Denali National Park, killing five people on board, will remain on a near-vertical mountainside because of the substantial risk to recovery crews, officials said Friday.
The National Park Service has canceled a contract proposal to run commercial river trips in the Grand Canyon after backlash over higher franchise fees.
A last-minute technical problem Saturday delayed NASA’s unprecedented flight to the sun.
Canadian police have charged a man for the deaths of two police officers and two civilians in a shooting that struck a nerve in a country that has been roiled in recent months by several instances of mass violence.
Las Vegas handicapper Kelly Stewart and Wynn Las Vegas sports book director Johnny Avello join the Review-Journal’s Todd Dewey to preview the San Francisco 49ers’ season in the sixth of a series of 32 NFL team videos.
Here’s what’s happening this weekend in the Las Vegas Valley.
Country group Rascal Flatts abruptly ended an Indiana concert because of what police call a “security issue” that is being investigated.
Republican U.S. Rep Chris Collins says he will no longer run for re-election after being charged with insider trading.
The man who stole an empty Horizon Air turboprop plane from Sea-Tac International Airport was Richard Russell, a U.S. official briefed on the matter told The Associated Press.
Everyone is looking for some backyard shade these days, and the latest sun protection is a tensioned fabric canopy called a shade sail. Versions of these canopies originated in the 1990s in Australia and South Africa, where they were made of sailcloth. Today, they are made of high-tech synthetic knits that wear better and block out more ultraviolet rays — up to 95 percent.
This is the time of year when borer damage in trees and shrubs is most obvious. Limbs are dying. Their damage can be seen from a distance now, but they’ve been working hard feeding on the inside of trees and shrubs for months.
Q: My toilet does not flush correctly. The bowl will fill with water, then slowly drain down, or the waste just doesn’t go down at all. I have tried chemicals, but they haven’t worked. What else can I do?
A former Henderson resident was sentenced Friday to 135 months in federal prison for sharing sexually explicit pictures of children on Twitter, a U.S. Department of Justice release said.