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As Congress continues to focus its spotlight on health care delays and questionable medical practices at Veterans Affairs facilities across the nation, the VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas finds itself caught in a rising tide of veterans moving to the area coupled with a shortage of doctors to care for them.
Gay marriage activists in Nevada have an unlikely fiscal ally: domestic violence programs.
More than 200 people, many in white T-shirts and others waving Palestinian flags, rallied in Las Vegas on Saturday with a message: “I Stand with Gaza.”
Beefing up the police presence on Fremont Street Experience combined with sometimes confusing and legally questionable ordinances crafted by the Las Vegas City Council seems to have made a difference that can be felt. The mall feels safer today than it did six months ago.
There are all kinds of lotteries and this one is for food truck operators who want to vie for four spots in downtown Las Vegas. To be a winner, operators must register for the lottery by 5 p.m. Monday.
Animal rights activists are upset after two Florida teen girls threw, crushed and lit an endangered tortoise on fire, killing the creature — all while laughing about it and filming it. The video got attention after being posted to a Nevada animal rights group’s Facebook page.
Nearly everyone knows about fantasy football and baseball, but they might not have heard of fantasy fishing.
The woman who was shot and killed in a 7-Eleven parking lot Thursday evening was identified Saturday by the Clark County Coroner’s office.
Las Vegas police responded at 5:47 a.m. to the 1200 block of Fairchild Street where a woman was pronounced dead.
The company that manufactures organic fruit bars under the Trader Joe’s brand will relocate its corporate headquarters to Henderson and build a manufacturing plant that will provide more than 30 jobs.
Police are looking for missing woman Yolanda Johnson, 30, who was last seen 7:30 p.m. Thursday at her home in the 3700 block of Prairie Orchid Avenue, near Pecos and Washburn Roads.
Metro robbery detectives are asking for the public’s help identifying two suspected purse snatchers. According to police, two men approached a woman in the parking lot of a business near the intersection of Serene and Eastern avenues on July 3. The men grabbed the shopper’s purse with enough force to cause her to fall to the ground.
Nevada currently lacks a statute to address competency issues among juveniles. Officials have used adult criminal procedures as a guide instead, said Susan Roske, an attorney with the Clark County juvenile public defender’s office.
