Every Memorial Day we see heartfelt tributes to our troops and veterans. They’re worthy of year-round thanks, especially with so many current service members coming home from multiple combat tours.
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan for a surprise visit Sunday and made clear that the U.S. likely will maintain a limited role here even after its combat mission ends this year and America’s longest war comes to a close.
KIEV, Ukraine — Billionaire Petro Poroshenko claimed Ukraine’s presidency on Sunday after exit polls gave him an absolute majority in a first round of voting and, vowing to end a conflict with pro-Russian rebels, he pledged to align his country with Europe.
Today, as veterans and families across the nation pause for Memorial Day, Gene Ramos of Las Vegas will be thinking about the comrades he lost in the Korean war and another friend who endured POW hardships with him.
Sometimes it is a struggle to get people to eat more healthfully. Your trainer or gym buddies can only be with you a fraction of the time. They can’t always be around to encourage you to make better, consistent dietary decisions.
A motorcyclist died after crashing into a truck in the east valley on Sunday, according to Las Vegas police.
To remember her husband on Memorial Day — and dozens of other relatives and friends who have served in this nation’s wars — all Phyllis Hebert has to do is look at a memorial wall she created in her Las Vegas home.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s crusade to pressure the Washington Redskins into a name change has prompted blowback from one of the team’s more prominent fans. The hometown rapper known as Wale says Reid is “super sketchy” following the Democrat’s latest push against team owner Dan Snyder.
Tagging on the new pedestrian bridge over Losee Road and Interstate 15 to get tagged sparks North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee to call for action against graffiti, calling it a regional problem.
Gov. Brian Sandoval is popular with voters and most political observers expect him to have an easy time winning re-election in November, but a passel of Republican opponents are trying to do the unthinkable and beat him in the June 10 primary, and a bunch of Democrats hope to face him in the general election in November.
In what is likely the hottest primary race in Nevada this year, three Republicans seek the nod from voters to win a spot on the November general election ballot to succeed Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki.
U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, who has faced plenty of close races in the past, has only one Democratic opponent in the June 10 primary, but the Republican primary is far more interesting with two Hispanics.
Four Northern Nevadans with private-sector backgrounds and no political experience are competing to represent the Democratic Party in the 2nd Congressional District race in the November general election.
Erin Bilbray is trying to follow in the footsteps of her father, ex-Rep. James Bilbray, making her first run for Congress in a midterm election year in which the GOP is once again considered to have more momentum than Democrats.
Freshman U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., says he has 700,000 bosses — all constituents living in his 4th Congressional District, which stretches across 52,000 square miles of the southern half of Nevada.
The three Republican candidates for state controller in the June primary all tout their background and experience for the job and argue that they are the most qualified to represent the GOP in the race for the state constitutional office in the November general election.
Republican state Sen. Barbara Cegavske can’t run again in District 8 because of term limits so three Republican and two Democrats are trying to replace her, while she runs for secretary of state.
Four Republicans are vying in the primary for the opportunity to challenge Democratic Sen. Justin Jones in November in District 9.
The Las Vegas City Council’s version of the blame game went on for three hours last week, as the big boys and the little guys argued over who is to blame for the drunken follies occurring at the Fremont Street Experience.
GOP Assemblyman John Hambrick’s bid for a fourth term is being challenged by Republican Mark Slotta, who says Hambrick is too conservative on social issues.
Six Democrats are vying to represent the residents of Assembly District 3, including a candidate facing criminal charges. Nakia Woodson, 39, was charged last year with eight felonies including theft, public assistance fraud and unlawful acts concerning food stamps.
A pair each of Republicans and Democrats are vying for the Assembly District 4 seat, with Republican incumbent Michele Fiore making her first bid for re-election.
Republicans crowd the field of the Assembly District 5 primary race, with five GOP candidates campaigning for a chance to face the lone Democrat in November’s general election. The Republicans represent a variety of occupational backgrounds, including a computer scientist, lawyer and Boy Scouts of America commissioner in the west-central Las Vegas Valley. Assembly District 5 voters in recent years have put a Democrat in office.
Assemblyman Harvey Munford is facing his first primary election challenge in a decade. It could also be his last.
District 7 Assemblywoman Dina Neal is starting to get a strong sense of deja vu. She is facing the same opponent she beat on her way to a second term two years ago and, if she makes it to a Nov. 4 runoff, she will face the same Republican foe she toppled by 46 points in the 2012 general election.
Three first-time candidates with vastly different backgrounds are squaring off in the Democratic primary race for Assembly District 9. Clark County public defender Steve Yeager, 35, financial advisor Kelly W. Mercer, 33, and residential care facility owner Joe Tinio, 62, are competing to replace outgoing Assemblyman Andrew Martin, who is running for state controller after residency questions clouded his 2012 win.
It’s a race that will likely be decided in the primary.
In his third bid for elected office, Jack Brooks is trying to unseat longtime legislator Maggie Carlton in the Democratic primary race for Assembly District 14.
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