Nevada lawmakers are steamrolling into the final two weeks of the 2013 session — a time when action behind the scenes can move at a dizzying pace while the public process dissolves into a mode of hurry up and wait.
Reno police are searching for leads in the stabbing death of a boy during a fight near a fast-food restaurant.
When the 2013 legislative session adjourns at midnight June 3, Gov. Brian Sandoval and Republicans can tell Democrats “I told you so.”
Former UNLV student, comedian and television personality James Christian “Jimmy” Kimmel was back on campus Sunday to encourage graduating students to finish any tasks they begin in life.
Two years ago, McCall Elementary School counselor Brenda Reeh passed out from dehydration while escorting students from class to an on-campus charity event.
Caesars won’t have any of that. And we’d bet most other casinos won’t, either.
Luiz Claudio Oliveira was enjoying a successful career with Hyatt Hotels & Resorts in Puerto Rico, and visiting his wife, Sheila Donnelly, in Las Vegas as often as he could. But during his trips to town, he noticed it was lacking a decent coffee lounge.
Beneath a constellation of disco balls, a galaxy of glitz, pop music’s future mined its past.
WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: Storm Chasers, Brian Sanches (3-1); 51s, Armando Rodriguez (1-1)
Sen. Harry Reid has disclosed he has a niece who is gay, calling it a personal reason he supports prohibiting workplace discrimination against individuals based on their sexual orientation.
Working out has many positive effects on your body. Besides keeping it in good shape, your body’s chemistry will see benefits. After a while you may even decide to help your body out by eating better.
A high school baseball player and a man with a history of petty crime were arrested Saturday in connection with the death of a 15-year-old boy who was run over by their SUV when he refused to give up his iPad, police said Sunday.
If Tony Hsieh is the savior of downtown Las Vegas, then Derek Stevens is at least the savior of Fremont Street.
“I’m fat.” It’s a phrase more than a few Americans utter to themselves in front of a mirror in those lowest of moments. But maybe you’re just full-figured? Nope. Your doctor says it’s time to lose some weight. Your scale says it and a few online calculators have weighed in on the issue, too.
In October 2009, a Las Vegas taxi company reported one of its medallions missing and picked up a replacement. Fifteen months later, same company, same problem, same outcome.
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Many job seekers may have trouble understanding whether people who’ve helped them in the past can’t now, don’t want to anymore or, despite appearances, may still be willing.
Friday was the Legislature’s deadline to pass bills out of opposite house committees. As a result, a lot of legislation was effectively laid to rest this weekend. However, many bills of great importance to the Democratic and Republican parties, as well as individual lawmakers, have been exempted from the deadline calendar by leadership.
A brush fire Sunday evening led to the evacuation of at least a portion of an apartment complex in Henderson, but nobody was hurt and there was no damage to buildings.
The Nevada Highway Patrol late Sunday night was still investigating a crash that left three people dead on Interstate 15 near the Las Vegas Speedway exit, the result of a head-on collision caused by a wrong-way driver, a Highway Patrol trooper said.
“Star Trek: Into Darkness” has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it’s not setting any light-speed records with a debut that’s lower than the studio’s expectations.
Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.
Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for “Red.”
The San Antonio Spurs opened the Western Conference finals resembling the past champions who’ve been there so many times before.
Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, bigger than McDonald’s, bigger than Coca-Cola. And it was all made possible by our friendships, photos and family ties.
Television schedules seem more like sketches these days. Even the networks admit their prime-time plans for September will be different by January, even more so a few months later.
The O.J. show returned to a Las Vegas courtroom last week, as the notorious former pro football star tried to win a new trial in connection with a Sept. 13, 2007, armed robbery in a Palace Station hotel room.
The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks.
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