The valley’s continual cycle of sports venue proposals ensures that when one project dies, another emerges to take its place. So it is with a dramatic change to a plan to bring a major league team to downtown Las Vegas.
Sometimes a voice call to 911 just won’t work, such as for deaf people in need of help or in certain domestic violence cases, so Sprint, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and AT&T are offering 911 texting.
Tech boys volleyball coach Tiare Monga sent her players onto the court Monday hoping that consistency would not be the problem it was throughout the regular season.
Officials say Flight 142 was taxiing for a 1:30 p.m. departure Monday at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport when the pilot reported smelling smoke in the cabin, causing an evacuation.
I admit spending more than $250 for breakfast at the Beverly Hills Hotel that included a caviar and sour cream omelet, or $1,600 split four ways for a steak dinner in Washington, D.C. But in Las Vegas, another expensive restaurant town, my taste for scotch and good food has left me with some pretty hefty credit card bills.
A pedestrian was in critical condition after being hit by a car Monday afternoon, Las Vegas police say. The collision happened just after 4 p.m. near Desert Inn Road and Maryland Parkway. The pedestrian was suffering critical injuries and was taken to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, police reported.
The North Las Vegas Fire Department battled a fire at a recycling yard that sent up plumes of smoke visible from throughout the valley on Monday.
The Las Vegas Centennial Commission, faced with more than 100 advocates in favor of saving the Huntridge Theater, voted unanimously Monday to approve a $1 million grant to buy the land underneath the historic theater.
Not only is billionaire Bill Gates sending Erika Carrera to the college of her choice, but President Barack Obama will bid her good luck in a White House ceremony this summer, placing the medallion of U.S. Presidential Scholar around her neck.
What happens when you invite Vice President Joe Biden to your prom? Chances are he won’t show. But he doesn’t ignore it, either.
In the competitive Nevada attorney general’s race, Democrat Ross Miller has raised more than $1.25 million so far compared to $543,000 raised by Republican Adam Laxalt, their campaigns said Monday.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — Mohave County Supervisor Joy Brotherton died at her home in Kingman Monday. A spokeswoman for the family, Barbara Ricca, said Brotherton, 75, died of a “serious, undisclosed illness.”
The NBA has charged Donald Sterling with damaging its reputation and teams with racist remarks and has set a vote that could determine his future as Los Angeles Clippers owner.
A pair of Clark County women deserve at least $60 million after developing bladder cancer from taking the diabetes drug Actos, one of their attorneys told a jury Monday. The lawyers for Delores Cipriano, 81, and Bertha Triana, 80, have said they plan to seek billions of dollars more in punitive damages from the Japan-based drug maker Takeda as the case wraps up this week.
Arizona authorities believe the sheriff’s deputy who recently killed himself may have been shaking down immigrants after discovering hundreds of hours of recorded traffic stops, driver’s licenses, passports and other documents in the man’s home during a drug investigation.
The man charged in a fatal shooting at the Palms this past week said the gun fired accidentally, according to Las Vegas police.
Some beachgoers in Florida saw something a bit unusual this weekend while enjoying a day at the beach — an elephant wading in the water.
The fire that broke out Saturday night above the foothills in southwest Reno had burned more than a square mile of timber, grass and mountain brush by Monday morning.
The price of a ticket at Disneyland is creeping closer to triple-digits. A single-day ticket for either Disneyland Park or Disney California Adventure Park is now $96 for those 10 and up.
Anyone who visits Outback Steakhouse Wednesday or Thursday and says “Moonshine BBQ Wings” to their server can get a free half-order of the wings. The promotion is to introduce the chain’s new menu of items containing real moonshine, which in addition to the wings are ribs, a chopped salad, a skillet apple pie and three cocktails. …
A cyclist that was riding in stage seven of the Tour of California over the weekend thought he had won the stage and celebrated as he crossed the finish line…one lap too early.
Clark County commissioners unanimously approved a $1.2 billion general fund budget on Monday for the upcoming fiscal year.
A Florida couple got quite the surprise last week when they found an Alligator enjoying their pool in the middle of the night.
The AMC television network says it is using the social media site Tumblr to premiere its new series about the early days of personal computing.
Although a top adviser to President Barack Obama said last week in Las Vegas that immigration reform has a chance to pass this year, words and deeds on the Republican side of the House make that an unlikely prospect.
A kitten is lucky to be alive after being found on an Oakland freeway Monday afternoon during rush-hour traffic.
Every awards show producer craves moments, the things they’d love for us to spend our Monday mornings talking about and marveling over. The Billboard Music Awards had a fair number Sunday night — some funny, some weird, some kind of creepy even.
Kurt Busch crashed hard into the outside wall at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Tuesday as his No. 26 car went through the second turn during practice for Sunday’s Indianapolis 500.
Internet gambling in the United States is off to a slower start than many had imagined, but regulators and industry observers expect it will flourish in time.
