Local government is closest to the people, and as such, it should be the most accessible.
Want an inspirational flick to fire up your team? Forget “Rocky,” “Rudy” or “Remember the Titans.” First-year Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd plans to use “The Matrix” to motivate his squad.
Cimarron-Memorial scored five runs in the eighth inning Friday night to rally for a 9-6 victory over Bishop Gorman in the semifinals of the American Legion baseball state tournament at UNLV’s Wilson Stadium.
They’re baaaaack. Everyone from Betty Buckley to Michael Feinstein to conductor Keith Lockhart, that is.
Former NCAA wrestling champion Phil Davis could be one win from earning a light heavyweight title shot in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: Sounds, Zach Kroenke (5-13); 51s, Jacob deGrom (3-2)
Las Vegas Bowl tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday. The Dec. 21 game at Sam Boyd Stadium features a Pacific 12 Conference team against the top selection from the Mountain West.
The Wranglers on Friday agreed to terms with defensemen Jeff May and Ben Woodley and left wing Adam Hughesman, who had 13 goals and 18 assists as a rookie last season for Las Vegas.
Palo Verde High sophomore Isabella Goldsmith captured seven gold, two silver and one bronze medal in girls’ age 13-16 swimming in the recent Maccabiah Games. The games, often referred to as the “Jewish Olympics,” are held every four years in Israel.
Jaret Godman tossed a one-hitter and Nick Cornman and Karsonne Winters had two hits apiece as Mountain Ridge opened pool play Friday at the Little League Baseball West Regional in San Bernardino, Calif., with an 11-1 mercy-rule victory over Utah representative Dixie.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas reported a quarterly loss Friday, as modest revenue gains across the board were not enough to offset a 20 percent decline in casino revenues.
Nearly 2, 000 houses in the Valley High School area were without power for four hours Friday.
County investigation of group home for foster children, juvenile offenders centers on A Brighter Day
The rooms were colorful, clean and quiet. The girls staying at the northwest valley group home operated by A Brighter Day Family Services had gone bowling Friday. But two officials from the Clark County Department of Family Services’ licensing division were on-site reviewing camera footage of public areas throughout the home.
A dollar bill with a Vietnam War mystery led a woman on a four-year search and to Las Vegas where retired Air Force pilot Col. James W. O’Neil had recently died.
It was just another day at work for Flora Vargas until a screaming woman burst into her Subway sandwich shop in Nevada on Friday and announced she was in labor.
A federal judge has ordered Las Vegas Constable John Bonaventura’s attorney to pay $400 to Stephens Media, the parent company of the Review-Journal, to cover the legal costs of getting a hearing opened Tuesday so the newspaper could cover it.
Las Vegas police are still investigating whether SWAT officers acted appropriately in the July 23 shooting death of a Sacramento man who charged officers in his underwear, a hammer in one hand, a knife in the other.
A 53-year old man was killed late Friday morning after a public bus hit him at the corner of Owens Avenue and North Las Vegas Boulevard.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the early release of nearly 10,000 California inmates by year’s end despite warnings by Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials that a public safety crisis looms if they’re forced to open the prison gates.
Before she can think of four in a row, Inbee Park first has to make up an eight-shot deficit at the Women’s British Open. Playing in the strongest wind this week, she had a pair of three-putt bogeys in a round of 1-over 73 that left her closer to the cut line than the lead.
An 18-year-old was killed Thursday evening when his motorcycle and a car were involved in a hit-and-run collision.
A Reno police sergeant who sold a gun to a mentally ill 19-year-old man has been demoted to officer.
Starting Saturday, phone users will be able to tap out 10-digit phone numbers in Southern Nevada. This “permissive dialing” period aims to accustom residents to the practice, which will become mandatory in 2014 when Southern Nevada introduces the new 725 area code.
Tiger Woods had a shot at making history with a magical 59. He swore he wasn’t disappointed to come up short. “Disappointed? Absolutely not,” he said. Then he cracked, “A 61’s pretty good. I’m not bummed.”
A Henderson SWAT officer was suspended last month pending an internal investigation into shenanigans with a SWAT co-worker. The Review-Journal has learned that suspended officer shocked a fellow cop with a handheld stun gun while clowning around at the office.
