Clark County commissioners on Tuesday approved an ordinance that will give University Medical Center an advisory governing board.
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A congressional field hearing set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Las Vegas City Hall will focus on how effective the Department of Veterans Affairs regional benefits office in Reno is for serving veterans in Southern Nevada.
The digging has been halted, the hearing canceled and witnesses released from their subpoenas. An eight-member commission will consider a settlement proposed by Carolyn Edwards’ attorney behind closed doors and then vote on it in public.
Tiffany Ward is the mother of 6-year-old Brazyl, who was hit by a car while crossing a southwest valley street on Thursday. She has spent the last five days at University Medical Center at the bedside of her daughter, whose condition remained critical this week.
Clark County commissioners talked Tuesday about ways to rescue the shooting complex, but didn’t approve any new ways to save money. The facility lost $1.1 million in fiscal year 2013.
Disappointing. Difficult. Atrocious. That’s how local insurance brokers describe the first month of open enrollment through the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange.
Michelle Knight was held for a decade in Ariel Castro’s Cleveland home; chained and raped by her captor, who struck her with a barbell to force a miscarriage when she became pregnant and snapped her dog’s neck after it tried to protect her, Knight said in a taped interview on the “Dr. Phil” show.
A teacher said Tuesday that he crawled to escape a gunman at Los Angeles International Airport and used a sweatshirt as a tourniquet after his leg was shattered during last week’s deadly shooting.
An avid outdoorsman, paralyzed in a hunting accident Saturday, was granted by doctors the choice to essentially end his life by shutting off his life support. He died Sunday.
The 25-year-old man accused of five killings during a Mother’s Day weekend killing spree in Northern Nevada has pleaded not guilty a third time after rejecting a plea deal that would have spared him the death penalty.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that he smoked crack “probably a year ago” when he was in a “drunken stupor,” but he refused to resign despite immense pressure to step aside as leader of Canada’s largest city.
A Portland, Ore.-area middle school football coach who said he was willing to lose his job rather than back down from plans for a team party at Hooters has lost his job.
A Las Vegas man targeted at least 21 ATM machines in western states as part of a crime spree involving the theft of $124,000 in cash and tens of thousands of dollars in damage to the equipment, a federal prosecutor said.
The city of Las Vegas has expanded the hours of the parking services office to six days per week.
A Las Vegas attorney representing a Kansas man who became a quadriplegic after an altercation at the Crazy Horse Too in 2001 asked the Nevada Supreme Court on Tuesday to uphold a $9 million judgment against former topless club owner Rick Rizzolo.
Sean Bloom has a sharp eye for success, always considering risk versus reward. Last year, the 21-year-old made headlines alongside his billionaire father, Jay Bloom, after narrowly escaping a deadly trip aboard OceanGate’s Titan Sub. They might both be dead if Jay hadn’t heeded Sean’s warning. “I’m always assessing whether potential deals or situations are […]
The student’s lawyers claim he was threatened, discriminated against at UNLV, amid taunts from pro-Palestinian protesters and inaction by the administration and Board of Regents.
The fire was first reported before noon on Memorial Day and is located near the Late Night trailhead along Route 160, west of Las Vegas.
Officials broke ground in Las Vegas’ Historic Westside for a College of Southern Nevada facility designed to help people get into high-demand industries.
The tranquilizer xylazine has been detected in the local illicit drug supply, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.