A person died after being hit by a car Thursday evening in the northeast valley, according to Las Vegas police. Officers responded about 6:40 p.m. to Alto Avenue and North Lamb Boulevard where a person was struck by a car, according to Metro Lt. Barb Schmidt.
A section of the northern 215 Beltway will be closed overnight Thursday and early Friday for bridge construction, according to Clark County.
University Medical Center officials Friday are poised to install their third chief executive in less than a year as the public hospital’s governing board meets to discuss a successor to Larry Barnard, who is taking a similar position in the private sector.
The president of the University of Nevada, Reno was given a 3-percent raise and a 3-year extension on his contract by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents on Thursday.
Nine finalists for three judgeships on the new Nevada Court of Appeals were named Thursday.
The state will spend up to $44,000 to have an expert review the homicide of a Clark County foster girl while in care and other child fatalities and near fatalities across Nevada.
The United States and the state of Nevada have joined in a whistleblower case that accuses a for-profit hospice and related entities of submitting millions of dollars in false claims to Medicare and Medicaid.
The NAACP Las Vegas branch on Thursday held an HIV training session for senior faith leaders as part of a program to prepare Black church leaders to educate their congregations about HIV prevention and screening.
One of Henderson’s first medical marijuana dispensaries could be at the Galleria at Sunset mall under a proposal submitted Tuesday. Wellness Connection of Nevada decided on the new site after the city rejected its plan to open a dispensary on Sunset Road, less than a mile west of the mall.
It’s going to cost a buck more to attend events at the Thomas & Mack Center. The $1 facility fee will support the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ ongoing improvements to the aging home to the Runnin’ Rebels. The fee will be added to all tickets for all Thomas & Mack events starting in July.
Las Vegas took on a San Franciscan ambience Thursday as the dense fog that shrouded the Las Vegas Valley overnight disrupted operations at McCarran International Airport, delaying flights by an average 3½ hours, Clark County Aviation Department officials said.
Five of the eight defendants charged in an alleged World Cup betting scheme have agreed to plead guilty in federal court next week, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned.
With Assemblyman John Hambrick of Las Vegas being named Assembly speaker earlier this week, the top leadership in both parties and in both houses of the Nevada Legislature is from Southern Nevada for possibly the first time in state history.
A long simmering jurisdictional battle between Las Vegas and Clark County is about to boil over.
The Board of School Trustees decided on an Illinois-based search firm to recommend candidates for the office.
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.
Police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, cast Donald Trump as a threat to democracy and threw their support behind Joe Biden during an event in Las Vegas.
A fire that has been burning through Red Rock Canyon has been fully contained, according to the Bureau of Land Management.
