Nevada officials dispute the findings of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff’s latest impact report for the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
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Nevada Highway Patrol officers will be out and about “during high times of traffic” starting Monday, and any drivers they pull over who are not wearing their seatbelts will be ticketed — “no warning,” said Loy Hixson, spokesman for highway patrol’s southern Nevada command.
The valley is cooling down just in time for Thanksgiving Day celebrations, travel and holiday shopping. Valley residents should expect a “big change” midweek, National Weather Service meteorologist Chris Outler said Sunday.
One person was wounded in a shooting on Paradise Road near the Harmon Avenue intersection, Las Vegas police said.
Homicide detectives are investigating the “suspicious death” of a woman found in a pool of blood at a northwest valley apartment complex Sunday, Las Vegas police said.
Classes and activities at Mojave High School will go on as normal Monday after a fatal shooting during an after-school brawl next to the campus Friday, the school principal said.
Henderson police have arrested a man and a woman suspected in a robbery and shooting in the victim’s Henderson apartment days later.
One of the Las Vegas Valley’s oldest, most storied golf courses could soon change hands. Las Vegas Country Club members confirmed Wednesday their 18-hole, member-owned course had been listed with a commercial real estate brokerage firm and would be offered up for sale sometime in the next month.
A man was found shot dead in a vacant house Saturday near the intersection of Flamingo Road and Arville Street, Las Vegas police said.
The battle over maintaining life support for a 20-year-old Las Vegas woman continues this week in Reno. It focuses on the question of when is a person considered dead.
One of the hardest things you’ll ever have to do is take the keys away from the family patriarch. When it’s time for that to happen, it’s bound to provoke arguments, heartaches and headaches for all parties involved. But it’s also a necessary step in the life cycle.
Living in one of the driest metropolitan areas in the country means doing all we can as a community to protect our limited water resources. Diagnosing and repairing leaks at home is a crucial element of our water conservation efforts. Repairing or replacing hidden water wasters at your home—such as dripping faucets or faulty toilet […]
The heat wave may set a record for the earliest 110-degree reading at the Las Vegas airport. Area cooling centers will be open Wednesday through Friday.
Two victims killed after a wrong-way driver struck their vehicle near Boulder City were identified as Arizona residents.
The popular Las Vegas restaurant, led by a James Beard Award nominee, celebrates the cooking of Shanghai and is famous for its xiaolongbao dumplings.
Five people were treated for minor injuries after a six-car accident Sunday on U.S. 95 and South Decatur Boulevard, including one car that rolled over.