The Valley boys basketball team struggled on offense during the first week of the season. The Vikings’ solution on Wednesday was to focus on the other end of the floor.
The Dallas Cowboys usually are the NFL’s most entertaining bad/mediocre team. That mantel has been passed on to the Washington Redskins. And it’s days like Wednesday that are pure gold.
The Las Vegas Wranglers opened a three-game road series against the Colorado Eagles with a 4-3 shootout victory on Wednesday night.
The winter storm front and extremely cold temperatures that have held much of the country in their grip for the past week or so have made the going rough for outdoors lovers, but those conditions also have opened the door of opportunity for waterfowl hunters.
■ LAKE MEAD — While the drop in temperatures and windy conditions have kept some anglers off the water, others are finding good fishing for striped bass by working the shallower waters in Boulder Basin. Swimbaits have worked well in about 10 feet of water, and jigging spoons have been productive at depths of about 30 feet and deeper. The largemouth bass bite has been fair to good, with fish hitting top-water baits early and late in the day. Dark plastics have proven successful.
Las Vegas firefighters were called to battle a two-alarm blaze in the northwest valley Wednesday night.
South Point Arena and Equestrian Center has entered into a multiyear partnership with the Priefert farm, ranch and rodeo equipment manufacturing company to name its arena expansion project the Priefert Pavilion.
Clark County has agreed to pay a dozen former cadets who found themselves unable to finish training after a law enforcement academy sponsored by the Las Vegas Township constable’s office suddenly stopped classes they were taking.
Julie Goldberg, 85, wasn’t one of those hardened cops. He made everyone feel important. The World War II veteran, boxer and outdoors enthusiast died on Friday.
A painter was hospitalized after suffering burns in a fire at the Queensridge Homeowners Association clubhouse Wednesday morning.
A 53-year-old man is in critical condition after being hit by a vehicle near Lamb Boulevard and Boulder Highway Wednesday night, Las Vegas police said.
Melvyn Sprowson’s history of alleged student sex abuse in Los Angeles was an open book for any prospective employer, but Clark County school officials chose not to read it, LA’s school chief said Wednesday.
Leave it to Allegiant Air to come up with a new way to get a few more dollars out of its passengers.
The security footage is sobering. Benjamin Frazier, angry over paying a $30 cover charge at Drai’s After Hours nightclub inside Bally’s on the Strip in October, is seen arguing with a security guard at the club inside Bally’s.
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A new law designed to make it harder for banks to foreclose on Nevada homes continued to weigh down the state’s default market in November.
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Nevada veterans wait longer than any in the nation to have disability benefits claims completed, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller said at a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday.
It’s that time of year when it’s starting to be more interesting to talk about what could happen next year, including a super-team of magicians, a Teller-directed “Tempest” and a more-like-the-movie “Spider-man.”
You don’t accept a postseason game in 2013 to make money. You don’t agree to play North Texas in the Heart of Dallas Bowl on Jan. 1 with the idea your athletic department’s bottom line is going to realize a sudden influx of cash.
Wells Fargo Securities gaming analyst Dennis Farrell Jr., who specializes in high-yield bonds, said Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts Ltd. have the best credit profiles of any of the major casino operators, primarily because of their wholly owned Macau operations.
The sale on eBay of a city-owned vehicle used by Sarah Palin when she was mayor of Wasilla is causing a stir in small-town politics: One official says the current mayor is trying to fatten city coffers off Palin’s fame, and the mayor says “guilty as charged.”