This week, Las Vegas police announced that the disappearance of Irma Mkrtchyan, a Farmer’s Insurance agent, is being handled as a homicide. Her ex-husband and children say they have been questioned, but they have no clue where she might be — or if she’s alive.
North Las Vegas’ business licensing department has slipped the noose, assessing thousands of dollars in new license fees and promoting two employees as part of a shared services committee-recommended agency overhaul.
The Clark County Museum is admitting visitors for free Friday in celebration of Nevada’s 150th birthday as a state.
Suspended Family Court Judge Steven Jones waited 35 minutes before calling 911 to report that he discovered the body of his girlfriend, Lisa Willardson, at her Henderson home the day after Christmas, according to a police report obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
In letters to the heads of the CIA and Justice Department, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the CIA’s decision to search the Senate intelligence committee’s network and computers without approval was “absolutely indefensible” and carried serious implications for the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches.
Priscilla Rocha, under investigation for misuse of taxpayer funds by the Las Vegas police, says she did nothing wrong, “Everything I did was for the families and students.”
Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen is being asked to resign by the candidate who finished second in last year’s election and who cites a recent state Supreme Court ruling on a Reno term limits case.
Las Vegas police have identified the man they say was roughed up by members of “Thunder From Down Under” after police said he stole some of their costumes and makeup.
Paul Walker’s mother has petitioned to become the legal guardian of the late actor’s teenage daughter in accordance with his final wishes.
The Truckee Meadows Water Authority doesn’t expect to have to impose any extra water conservation measures in the Reno-Sparks area this summer thanks to a series of late-winter Sierra Nevada storms that helped take the bite out of the region’s lingering drought.
A teenage thrill-chaser slipped through a fence, eluded a security guard and climbed to the top of 1 World Trade Center, authorities said Thursday as concerns swirled about the audacious breach at what is supposed to be one of the world’s most secure sites.
Fred Phelps did not care what you thought of his Westboro Baptist Church, nor did he care if you heard its message that society’s tolerance for gay people is the root of all earthly evil. By the time you saw one of his outrageous and hate-filled signs — “You’re Going to Hell” was among the more benign — you were already doomed.
An air search in the southern Indian Ocean for possible objects from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane described as the “best lead” so far ended for the day without success Thursday but will resume in the morning, Australian rescue officials said.
There is good luck, outrageous good fortune — and now there is the case of the scrap metal dealer who found one of the eight missing Faberge imperial eggs at a flea market in the American Midwest.
U.S. immigration authorities on Thursday were interviewing more than 100 people presumed to be in the country illegally after they were discovered crammed into a small house in south Houston. Five men also were in custody, two of whom were arrested after driving from the home on Wednesday.
Early voting begins Saturday for the June 11 primary. Here’s what you need to know.
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.
