The Henderson City Council on Tuesday will consider approval of a $70,000 community-funded grant to evaluate the needs, programming, feasibility and cost of constructing and equipping a new crime lab for the police department.
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A court challenge to Nevada’s ban on same-sex marriage is no longer at the top of the queue in efforts nationally to legalize gay unions after a hearing date initially set by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for April 9 was postponed but the Nevada case is still in the mix as more courts around the country continue to weigh in on the controversial issue, a lawyer for Lambda Legal said last week.
The Clark County Republican Party removed language from its platform saying marriage should be defined as “between a man and a woman,” a major change acknowledging a growing gay rights movement, the party’s political director said Monday.
Clark County and its largest union are in the midst of a dispute over whether employees represented by the Service Employees International Union are entitled to a 2 percent boost to their base salaries that were cut during the recession, a proposal that would cost the county $4 million to $5 million.
Mixed-martial artist Shane Kruchten was down on the mat in Las Vegas on Saturday night but not out of his fight for life — and his fallen Marine comrades were there with him, their names tattooed on his back.
UNLV has partnered with the Clark County School District and others to revive an allergen monitoring program that was shuttered by the county four years ago.
North Las Vegas police were investigating a fatal crash Saturday night.
The Science Bowl has rules — no notes, no calculators and no second chances. That’s OK because the team from The Meadows School didn’t need any of those things. In April, five of its upper school students are set to travel to Washington, D.C., to compete in the National Science Bowl Finals. Hyde Park Middle School’s team also earned a spot in the competition.
Congress last week neared completion of legislation that would assist Ukraine’s new government and impose sanctions to express U.S. outrage over Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Winds as powerful as 60 mph will sweep through the Las Vegas Valley on Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
Several potential GOP presidential candidates speaking in Las Vegas on Saturday criticized President Barack Obama’s foreign policy, saying the White House believes in toothless negotiations rather than U.S. military and economic power to influence nations and events.
A 58-year-old man has died after suffering third-degree burns to 90 percent of his body in a Reno apartment fire.
Due to the crowds that couldn’t get into the public meeting on medical marijuana Wednesday, Las Vegas officials have moved Tuesday’s 3 p.m. meeting to the City Hall chambers at 495 S. Main St.
Federal land managers are seeking public comment on a Houston-based oil company’s proposed gas exploration drilling in northeast Nevada with the use of hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking.
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Las Vegas police said members of its search and rescue team found a “mysterious monolith” on a trail outside the Las Vegas Valley over the weekend.
An attorney said the billions in punitive damages represent the most money that has been awarded by a jury in Nevada.
“It’s just heartbreaking,” said Judy Roman, whose houseboat was totaled and whose security camera recorded the fire.
