Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki said Thursday he won’t join the “Republican scrum” of primary candidates competing for the chance to face Democrat Sen. Harry Reid, a decision that keeps him out of a rough-and-tumble contest sure to leave the winner bruised and broke.
Clark County School District Superintendent Walt Rulffes, one of four finalists for the 2010 National Superintendent of the Year, lost the honor Thursday to Superintendent Elizabeth Molina Morgan of Washington County, Md., according to an announcement by the American Association of School Administrators.
CARSON CITY — When legislators determine state government spending priorities at their special session later this month, the decision-making process will be an open one if Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford has his way.
Above-normal rainfall since mid-January has raised the water level of Lake Mead more than a foot at Hoover Dam.
For more than a decade, former Nevada Test Site workers and their survivors from the days of underground nuclear weapons testing have finally gotten what they wanted: a special status that will allow them to receive at least $150,000 in compensation without enduring tedious reconstructions of their exposures to radiation.
An ax-wielding man on a rampage in a central valley neighborhood critically wounded his disabled sister-in-law before severely injuring a woman and killing her 4-month-old son on Thursday.
Station Casinos filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday evening for the company that manages and owns 50 percent of the Green Valley Ranch Resort. GV Ranch Station Inc. is owned by Station Casinos and manages the 572-room hotel-casino.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., criticized the American Bar Association on Thursday, saying it should “get a new life” in how it rates prospective federal judges, after one of his choices got a mixed review.
It could have been a whole lot worse. Gaming revenues in Nevada fell 10.4 percent in 2009, the largest single-year decline in state history.
He was a computer’s brain wedged between a daredevil’s desire and a church minister’s gait. A thinker, a racer and a calculator but, always and forever, a gentleman.
In automobiles — as it is with life — a new nose can work wonders for generating renewed interest from others. Enter the new-look 2010 Outlander that’s rarin’ to assert a more dominant role in the Mitsubishi’s lineup.
One lucky contestant won a Land Rover lease at the third annual Sporting Clays Classic, a fundraiser sponsored by Land Rover Las Vegas for the Las Vegas Boy Scouts of America chapter.
The highly coveted Mercedes-Benz 300SL figured in some of the most memorable racing moments of all time, from the most heroic to the most tragic.
The 2010 Triumph Daytona 675 features the visual flavor of both European and Japanese designs. The Daytona is such a beautiful bike that you can’t help but look back every time you park it. Even the rear-arm is a piece of art, resembling a flying buttress from the Notre Dame Cathedral.
Your vehicle has all kinds of safeguards in the event you become involved in an crash, from seatbelts and air bags to rollover protection and energy-absorbing structures that divert the shock of impact around the passenger compartment and not through it.
In response to the Feb. 2 letter from Bill Edwards, “The unfair burden is shouldered by taxpayers”:
I was eating lunch Monday at Chicago Hot Dogs on Rancho Drive when a woman sitting near me struck up a conversation with some people who had just given their order. She said her employer transferred her to Las Vegas three years ago, she doesn’t like it here and wants to move back to Chicago.
Back in 2007, Washington state voters approved Initiative 960, which barred any state tax increase from being OK’d without a two-thirds vote of their state Legislature.
Clarissa Cannon was one of three Mojave girls basketball players honored by the school in Senior Night festivities before tip-off Thursday. The Rattlers had even more reason to celebrate after the game.
Radio call-in shows and message boards are typically flooded with negative comments about the UNLV basketball team after a loss.
If his big gamble had failed, New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton could have been criticized, second-guessed and portrayed as the fool of the Super Bowl.
Las Vegas will remain a target destination this summer for college basketball coaches looking to evaluate high school talent. But it won’t be nearly the circuit it has been in recent years.
In an effort to pump more excitement into races, NASCAR has vowed to let drivers be more aggressive on the track this season without being penalized.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. will qualify for this year’s Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. His return to prominence on the track begins Sunday when he wins the Daytona 500.
What do trainers Hal Wiggins, Jimmy Jerkens and Tim Ice have in common? They developed Grade I winners Rachel Alexandra, Quality Road and Summer Bird, respectively, and then had their star horses taken away.
