The demonstration Tuesday at Veterans Village in downtown Las Vegas set in motion the first phase of a project focused on housing veterans closely together.
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Humvees, ammo cans, construction equipment, field gear and more is on the auction block Friday and Saturday at Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. About 10,000 items in all are for sale in what GovPlanet bills as the largest auction of its kind.
Las Vegas residents Edward Hall and Winifred Kamen share a connection to the “day of infamy” when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. But one has no memory of the attack while the other will never forget.
A 93-year-old World War II Army veteran says he was “roughed up” and arrested by police at the VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas after a dispute over a tardy shuttle.
A memorial honoring 895 Nevada residents who have died in wars and conflicts dating to the Civil War has been damaged days after its dedication.
Veterans and the general public were treated to a free car show and barbecue Saturday in honor of Veterans Day. The event took place at the North Las Vegas VA Medical Center.
Billy Stojack, a beloved former Navy SEAL who organized the event for decades, died last year just days before it was held. This year his comrades are carrying on and remembering the bigger-than-life veteran for his service.
Veterans, dignitaries and others got a chance to check out The Moving Wall, a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., during a downtown Las Vegas event Friday.
Members of the Nevada Army Guard demonstrated a hoist mission from UH-72 Lakota helicopters Friday at the support facility by the North Las Vegas Airport.
The remains of a dozen U.S. military veterans — and one spouse — were buried at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday after sitting in funeral homes for years, unclaimed by any living relatives.
As part of the Racing Pigeon Cross Country Relay, local racing pigeons deliver a message first carried by a famous Black Check cock carrier pigeon named Cher Ami, who single-wingedly saved a beleaguered American battalion.
Veterans and community members honored the service and sacrifice of Army Sgt. Adam Poppenhouse, who was injured during a 2006 mission in Iraq to find a downed fighter pilot, during an event Saturday in Henderson.
The nonprofit Guns To Hammers organization completed more than $20,000 worth of renovations on the home of veteran Ed Wiesing and his wife, Dana Wagner.
One by one, members of the Rancho High School color guard placed a red rose onto a white and blue wreath on Friday at Nellis Air Force Base — each representing a Nevadan listed as missing in action in U.S. military conflicts.
The city of Henderson had a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning for the Purple Heart Plaza in downtown.
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“It’s just heartbreaking,” said Judy Roman, whose houseboat was totaled and whose security camera recorded the fire.
Dennis and Ashley Prince had a young baby together before they were killed in early April, and the child is now the center of another guardianship dispute.
Diaja Smith and Jacoby Robinson face murder and child abuse charges. They were arrested after their son’s body was found in a dumpster near downtown Las Vegas.
A rodeo bull hopped a fence surrounding an Oregon arena and ran through a concession area into a parking lot, officials said.
