Nine wildfires covering more than 14 square miles scorched San Diego County on Wednesday, forcing thousands to flee their homes and prompting the closures of a college campus and Legoland California. No major injuries were reported.
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Henderson and Las Vegas are gaining national recognition for initiatives to make their communities welcoming for bicyclists. The two cities were recognized Wednesday as bicycle-friendly communities by the League of American Bicyclists.
Clark County residents have until Tuesday may 20 to register to vote in the upcoming primary elections.
Planning commissioners pushed North Las Vegas a step closer to a medical marijuana ordinance Wednesday, unanimously approving new pot planning regulations set for City Council approval next month.
A teenage girl was hit by a vehicle outside of a Las Vegas high school Wednesday afternoon, police say. She was hit by a car outside Clark High School, near Pennwood Avenue and Arville Street, and then taken to the hospital.
Firefighters battled a blaze at Faith Lutheran Middle School and High School Wednesday afternoon.
Northwest valley residents will have to wait until at least 2017 before they’ll be able to drive the first piece of the interchange linking U.S. Highway 95 with the 215 Beltway. Representatives of the Nevada Department of Transportation and the city of Las Vegas gave an overview of what’s expected to be a $225 million to $287 million project on Wednesday night.
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding two people being sought in connection with a fatal shooting on Sunday. Las Vegas police officers responded to a hookah lounge on Flamingo Road near Jones Boulevard at about 5:30 a.m. and found four people who had been shot.
Collision, a first-time tech conference that ended Wednesday, drew 1,500 techies and investors from around the world. Speakers included professional skater Tony Hawk, WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and executives from well-known brands such as Facebook, Google Ventures, PayPal, Belkin, Evernote and Uber.
The Nevada Department of Education is inviting public input on its proposed policy for information security and privacy as it prepares to track every public school student from pre-kindergarten to college and into the workforce.
A “large” exotic pet cat on the loose in Las Vegas on Wednesday prompted a police and animal control search.
The plans for a downtown Las Vegas arena are evolving into plans for a downtown soccer stadium, a source with knowledge of the deal confirmed Wednesday.
A Las Vegas man filed a medical malpractice lawsuit Tuesday against Summerlin Hospital Medical Center in connection with the tuberculosis-related deaths of his wife and twin daughters. Ruben White said he hopes the suit will bring a “sense of justice.”
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a national group cannot defend Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage after the state attorney general refused to do so, paving the way for a ruling on the voter-approved ban that could come at any time.
A Las Vegas man has been sentenced in federal court to five years in prison and fined $1.7 million after he tried to destroy a beauty supply store with fire and explosives last September.
Las Vegas is largely defined by its ability to defy expectations, and recent forecasts predicting a decline in its appeal to younger travelers are no exception. Contrary to these gloomy predictions, which suggest that an aging core visitor base might render the city’s 150,000 hotel rooms less appealing to new generations, the reality is strikingly […]
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Speakers at a Board of Regents meeting expressed disappointment in a lack of response from the board and UNLV leadership on a recent commencement speech.
Experts said there are significant safety hazards that in-flight turbulence poses to airline passengers and crews. Injuries have piled up over the years.
A coalition of residents and activists called on the Biden administration to issue heat protections for outdoor workers and declare climate change a national emergency.