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A controversial plan to overhaul the Clark County School District cleared one of three critical votes late Tuesday as a bipartisan group of state lawmakers granted their unanimous approval to a final set of regulations needed to set the plan in motion.
Nevada Democrats Sen. Harry Reid and Catherine Cortez Masto reached out to the LGBT community at the Lambda Business Association’s monthly luncheon Tuesday at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada.
UNLV researchers are working to develop sensors, small cameras and other imaging technology to analyze the content of people’s plates.
A judge serving his last few months on the bench ejected relatives of murder victims from his courtroom Tuesday and threatened to have a Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter arrested during a routine hearing.
Clark County commissioners decided Tuesday to ask state lawmakers order a study of the Metropolitan Police Department’s funding formula at the 2017 legislative session.
Bracing for “severe disruptions” and jammed parking lots, UNLV leaders are encouraging professors to consider moving classes off campus when the school hosts this year’s final presidential debate during midterm week.
Henderson City Council approved on Tuesday a three-year contract extension for police officers that will cost the city $3.5 million through 2018.
Despite sinking to a new record low last month, Lake Mead should be just high enough at the start of next year to avoid an unprecedented shortage declaration, according to federal projections released Tuesday.
No one was injured, and it’s unclear why the horse was on Nellis Boulevard, north of Owens Avenue. The horse died on the scene and its remains have been cleared from the road.
Las Vegas police are working with Nellis Air Force Base security forces to investigate a body found just inside the base’s southern fence line Tuesday morning.
Hundreds of Riviera fans, insomniacs or people who just enjoy the sight and sound of a big building being brought down gathered around the Riviera Tuesday morning to give it a send-off into history.
The awards ceremony was a highlight of the World’s 50 Best Restaurant week that confirmed the city as a global dining destination.
A pedestrian was found dead south of Harry Reid International Airport in what police are describing as a possible hit-and-run.
Vegas Stronger CEO Dave Marlon said the most effective members of the organization’s street team have personal experience with homelessness, substance abuse and mental illness.
The Friday high should be around 109 with slightly lower temperatures on Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
