Vernice “Lucky” Gaar, 91, and Frank Costa, 99, traveled similar paths without ever meeting until they recently shared a bronze-worthy moment during a trip to the Tomb of the Unknowns in Washington, D.C.
Nation and World
The specter of North Korea armed with nuclear-bomb-tipped missiles is such “a serious threat for the world” that a top U.S. scientist says President Donald Trump should send an envoy to Pyongyang to persuade Kim Jong Un’s regime to end its doomsday posturing.
Loved ones of Army Pfc. Manuel M. Quintana say burial at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City ends decades of uncertainty.
A little respect will go a long way toward solving the angst and gridlock plaguing Washington D.C. politics, former Vice President Joe Biden told a collection of business and political leaders Thursday night at the Bellagio.
Higher-than-expected radiation levels detected in liquid waste shipped from Canada to South Carolina illustrate the folly of shipping even-more-dangerous materials to Nevada by truck and rail, state’s top nuclear safety official says.
Public is invited to weigh in on the review of 22 national monuments targeted for reconsideration, including two in Nevada: Gold Butte in northeastern Clark County and Basin and Range in remote Lincoln and Nye counties.
As Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wrapped up his “listening tour” of national monument sites in Utah on Wednesday, officials and advocates in Nevada were still awaiting details on how the Trump administration’s monumental review might impact the Silver State.
But Nevada’s point man in interstate negotiations says he doesn’t expect the dispute to derail efforts to prevent a federal water shortage declaration.
Owners of Groom Mine property say feds are demanding they remove valuable antiques worth millions of dollars from the property “while not providing access to do so.”
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Vegas Loop tunnel reaches off-Strip resort
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Restaurant closing after more than a decade on Las Vegas Strip
North Strip casino taking unlimited free parking away
‘I just hope she’s in a safe place’: More than 40 children missing in Nevada