Nevada state government has 2,500 vacant jobs at a time when the state leads the nation with an 12 percent unemployment rate, facts that ticked off legislators during a meeting of the Interim Finance Committee Tuesday.
Mitt Romney laid claim to the Republican presidential nomination with a fistful of primary triumphs. Connecticut and Rhode Island fell quickly into Romney’s column on the first primary night since Rick Santorum conceded the nomination. Delaware soon followed, dashing Newt Gingrich’s hopes of a late comeback. The vote count was slower in New York and Pennsylvania.
Lakers forward Metta World Peace has been suspended seven games by the NBA for elbowing James Harden, meaning he could miss at least six playoff games.
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved a set of controls on federal agency conferences, the first response from Congress to the GSA’s “over the top” spending at a 2010 meeting in Las Vegas.
A Mohave County, Ariz., sheriff’s deputy has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the December shooting death of a former Carson City resident who moved to Arizona about a month before the fatal encounter.
While complaining that the Nevada Department of Taxation is not filling existing staff vacancies, legislators on Tuesday approved the hiring of two new auditors to review whether mining companies are paying their required taxes.
DETROIT – A Detroit judge says the verdict is in: He’s proud of his physique and has no reason to be ashamed of sending a shirtless photo of himself to women, including at least one court employee.
Online gaming giant PokerStars, whose access to American customers was cut off by a federal indictment, is in settlement talks with prosecutors. Meanwhile, a deal involving a French investment group’s effort to buy troubled rival Full Tilt Poker fell through.
Danielle Slaughter’s lawyers says the 27-year-old will plead not guilty by reason of insanity when she is arraigned May 3 on charges she killed her 6-year-old daughter with a pair of scissors.
Extended drought in parts of Nevada and the West might force a delay in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s plans to cut back on wild horse roundups as more emphasis is placed on fertility control to keep herd populations in check.
A federal judge has approved a land-swap settlement of a lawsuit over remote site in the Mojave National Preserve where war memorial crosses have been erected for decades.
Clockwise from top left, a competitor performs a sword dance April 14 during the Las Vegas Celtic Society’s Celtic Gathering and Highland Games at Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, 9200 Tule Springs Road. The eighth annual weekend-long festival featured traditional Celtic games, dance, music, beer tastings, food and other vendors. Darius Slowik of Canada competes in a sheaf toss event. Fort Collins Pipe Band pipe major Dennis Wilson, center, practices with other band members before competing. Desert Skye Pipes & Drums member Marcie Peterson practices on the tenor drum. Jose McKinney competes in a shot put event.
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