The Las Vegas High Roller could be seen over the Strip during its inaugural lighting on Friday night. The world’s largest observation wheel is the centerpiece of the $550 million Linq.
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That spate of hot and sunny weather last week, which felt more like Easter than actual winter? It’s gone.
Fourteen schools are scheduled to implement early childhood literacy programs from The Public Education Foundation over the next three years thanks to a grant from the Engelstad Family Foundation.
The tandem team of former Mayor Oscar Goodman and current Mayor Carolyn Goodman will receive a national honor for helping to lead downtown Las Vegas into an “urban renaissance.”
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Hospitals throughout the valley will continue to temporarily close their emergency rooms to ambulances as officials form a plan to handle the growing number of mentally ill patients who occupy beds meant for those with acute medical conditions.
The Metropolitan Police Department’s abuse and neglect unit is investigating the death of a 6-month-old baby in Las Vegas on Thursday, which appears to be accidental, police said.
A home invasion and hostage situation that became a standoff in the northwest valley Thursday morning has been resolved, according to Las Vegas police.
A state official on Wednesday was confident that the problem of mentally ill detainees kept at the Clark County Detention Center because of a lack of residential placements for them can be resolved.
The Las Vegas Valley is expected to receive a half of an inch of steady rain beginning mid-morning on Friday and into the evening.
City of Las Vegas officials and staff received an ego boost with a new survey which says most citizens are very satisfied with city services.
Hospital emergency rooms throughout the valley are closing their doors to ambulances because the mentally ill are now occupying available beds at a rate higher than in 2004, when the problem prompted then Gov. Kenny Guinn to declare a state of emergency.
House leaders agreed to postpone committee votes Thursday on a bill to create a national monument in Southern Nevada after a furor erupted over profits from land sales in the measure, lawmakers said.
Two people, ages 92 and 95, were taken to University Medical Center after an accident near Spring Mountain Ranch State Park Wednesday afternoon.
A large low-pressure system off California’s coast is expected to make landfall in Southern Nevada on Friday, bringing at least a quarter-inch of rain in the Spring Mountains, which might not bode too well for the Carpenter 1 fire area, a meteorologist said Wednesday.
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The Board of School Trustees decided on an Illinois-based search firm to recommend candidates for the office.
Researchers are looking for people in the Las Vegas Valley with loved ones who have the disease also known as juvenile diabetes.
Senior U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks died after he was hit by a vehicle near the district courthouse in downtown Reno, the Reno Police Department said. He was 80.
The chef-owned spot drew on American, Mexican and European traditions for its menu of comfort food with a twist.