A Metro police officer was struck and dragged in a hit-and-run in the south valley Thursday afternoon. The officer was hit by the vehicle near Eastern Avenue and Windmill Lane about 5:55 p.m. while investigating a separate crash, police said.
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The state’s public college campuses plan to continue to ban pot even as Nevada is moving toward opening its first medical marijuana dispensaries early next year, the Board of Regents indicated Thursday.
Mike Miller has drawn his last cartoon for View. He spoke recently from a hospice in Southern California and was in good spirits.
Two men were acquitted of first-degree murder Thursday in the 1998 shooting deaths of two men who supported racial unity. The federal jury sat through a two-week trial in Las Vegas before returning its verdicts in the case against Ross Hack, 42, and Leland Jones, 33.
University Medical Center attorneys are fighting a critical report on the hospital tied to a class-action lawsuit from employees seeking compensation for working during unpaid lunch breaks.
Las Vegas-based chiropractor Donald A. Ozello insists, “Running-associated injuries are preventable and manageable with smart training principles, proper warm-up, quality footwear, overall body conditioning, a thorough cool-down and intelligent nutritional and supplementation strategies.”
A Las Vegas mother accused of allowing her 7-year-old son to be beaten to death has pleaded guilty to child abuse charges, and is expected to testify in the murder trial of the boy’s stepdad.
The administrator normally charged with handling North Las Vegas’ layoffs has left the city. Human Resources Director Austin Scaccia, an eight-year City Hall veteran, was no longer a city employee as of Thursday afternoon.
Ten people protesting for higher fast-food wages on the Las Vegas Strip were cited Thursday morning, Las Vegas police said.
Republican congressional candidate Annette Teijeiro on Thursday made the case for electing her Nov. 4 to an urban Las Vegas district where she grew up, arguing that she would bring diversity to Nevada’s delegation in Congress, where she would be the state’s first Hispanic representative.
For the last eight years, Marie Tomao has been sending teens to the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, Calif., for the Devil Pups program, a rigorous leadership and physical training regimen that culminates in a grueling climb up Old Smokey.
The man who was shot and killed Wednesday night near Maryland Parkway and Charleston Boulevard was identified on Thursday by the Clark County coroner’s office.
High-ranking Clark County schools official Bramby Tollen was supposed to be on medical leave, unable to work while continuing to draw her $106,560 annual salary.
With more than 123,000 people on the nationwide organ transplant waiting list, Nevada Donor Network aims to raise awareness and educate the public on becoming registered donors through community events.
Pups and their owners file into the Sincity Dogs Flyball Team’s practice hall on a Wednesday night. Suddenly the space is full of barking, the sound echoing from every corner of the room. This is where the friendly canines gather to blow off steam and show off their agility.
