Neil Armstrong’s astronaut training in Nevada went much more smoothly than his disastrous stops here in 1962, which ended with a stuck fighter jet and a hard landing.
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In February 1965, Neil Armstrong and his fellow Apollo 11 crew members spent three days exploring at what was then known as the Nevada Test Site.
The Trump administration is proposing an ambitious plan to slow Western wildfires by bulldozing, mowing or revegetating large swaths of land along 11,000 miles of terrain in the West.
The Nye County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday night they think a man died in Pahrump as a result of the July 4 earthquake that rocked the Mojave Desert.
Citing climate-damaging tailpipe emissions, 23 U.S. governors signed a pledge backing California leaders in their showdown with the Trump administration.
The strongest earthquake in 20 years shook a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday, rattling nerves on the July 4th holiday and causing injuries and damage in a town near the epicenter, followed by a swarm of ongoing aftershocks.
It was just a few years ago when the global economy was rocked, the domestic stock market was cratering, and concerns about local home prices emerged. More recently, economic conditions have been strong, stock values reached all-time highs, and the price of a typical home approached its previous high-water mark. Economies tend to work in […]
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Three bike riders, each suffering from Parkinson’s disease, rode through Red Rock Canyon as part of a mission to raise awareness about Parkinson’s disease.
Jerry Lewis bought the Scotch 80s home in 1982 as his primary residence until his death in August 2017.
The Las Vegas Valley Water District said it conducted 320,000 analyses on more than 55,000 water samples from Lake Mead and other storage reservoirs.
The 10,000-square-foot Electric Playhouse, which bills itself as “a social gaming destination, opens this weekend at the Forum Shops at Caesars.