It was probably unreasonable to expect Assemblywoman Lucy Flores to embrace The Education Initiative, even and perhaps especially after she became the de facto top-of-the-ticket standard bearer for Nevada’s Democrats in 2014.
Growing up in the Dominican Republic, New York Mets center fielder Juan Lagares created his own version of baseball.
As the outrage over Donald Sterling’s racist comments exploded Sunday, another racially charged incident took place during a pro soccer game in Spain between Barcelona and Villarreal.
Not so long ago, area code changes were beyond inconvenient. They destroyed geographic identities. The first three digits of our phone numbers had physical boundaries that defined who we were and where we lived. Area codes were sources of regional and state solidarity.
As this page has dared to point out for years, no lobby is more dedicated, irrational, emotional and unbending as animal lovers. And they’re more politically engaged than ever before, which increasingly has elected officials happier to kiss a kitten than a baby.
The opportunity for a big first inning was there for the Centennial and Cimarron-Memorial baseball teams Tuesday.
A botched execution that used a new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney Tuesday, leading prison officials to halt the proceedings before the inmate’s eventual death from a heart attack.
There is a reason analysts spent about 40 minutes questioning Las Vegas Sands Corp. officials last week about the company’s results in Macau. More than half of the company’s quarterly revenue came from its Macau resorts.
The creators of “Pawn Stars” are planning a TV spin-off game show and they want Vegas locals to show up for the part.
Findlay Prep basketball coach Jerome Williams will not return for a second season with the Pilots.
The opportunity for a big first inning was there for the Centennial and Cimarron-Memorial baseball teams Tuesday.
Preston Pavlica was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI to help Liberty’s baseball team edge host Coronado 4-3 on Tuesday.
Tyrone Prewitt won the 200-meter dash and triple jump and was third in the 100 to lead Valley’s boys track team to a 77-61 home victory over Silverado on Tuesday.
Shelby Estocado was 3-for-4 with two triples, two runs and an RBI on Tuesday to help Bishop Gorman’s softball team to a 10-0, five-inning home win over Legacy.
Ingrid Zarate-Albarran and Jazmyne Pascual each won two events Tuesday to lead Del Sol’s girls track team to a 79-63 home win over Basic.
Auston Farrington had 10 kills, three aces and two blocks, and Taylor Dyer added 33 assists Tuesday to help Basic’s boys volleyball team to a 25-18, 16-25, 25-22, 27-25 victory over visiting Foothill.
While a lot of Taste of the Town readers are in search of restaurants that serve their favorite foods, Henry Arambula is looking for something he wants to cook at home — specifically, Polish sausage. And his fellow Taste of the Town readers have a few suggestions.
Jerome Williams’ basketball mission has not changed. But he won’t be carrying it out at Findlay Prep.
Joseph Ender shot 2-over-par 74 at Badlands on Tuesday to help Palo Verde’s boys golf team win a Northwest League match.
Last month I was visiting Chile, and Concha y Toro really stands out as one of the oldest and greatest wineries in that part of the world.
The Bier Garten, which opened in early spring, is outdoors on the Plaza’s frontage on Main Street. Its site includes almost 3,000 square feet of grass, trellises with vines and a wall of more than 900 plants, which help create an atmosphere reminiscent of the leafy beer gardens of Bavaria.
A teen was hit by a car in the southwest valley Tuesday evening, police say. A 16-year-old boy got off of a bus at Jones Boulevard and Rochelle Avenue, near Flamingo Road, about 7 p.m.
Las Vegas police shot and killed a man who they say fired at multiple officers during a barricade situation in the east valley Tuesday afternoon.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., who will put his 45-0 record with 26 knockouts on the line Saturday against Marcos Maidana at the Grand Garden on Showtime Pay Per View, said he’s interested in being part of a consortium to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers.
Rancher Cliven Bundy, whose refusal to pay fees for grazing cattle on public lands for 21 years led to a controversial roundup by the Bureau of Land Management, debunked claims Tuesday that militia followers who rallied to his cause continue to stir up this rural community with checkpoints and an armed presence.
The NBA’s lifetime banishment on Tuesday of Donald Sterling as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers was not enough for Mandalay Bay to maintain its business relationship with the team.
Two male students from Greenspun Junior High School allege they were sexually, physically and verbally harassed by other students for months because of their “perceived sexual orientation,” but received little help from school officials, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday against the School District in Clark County District Court.
Defense lawyers launched an opening-day offensive on Tuesday attacking the government’s chief witness in the federal trial of three Cuban immigrants charged with stealing drugs and high-quality merchandise from delivery vans and warehouses around the Las Vegas Valley. The witness, Yordani Corona Del Toro, a 23-year-old felon and “gang-banger,” struck a deal with federal prosecutors in the case to escape a sentence of life in prison in Nevada as a habitual criminal, the defense lawyers said in their opening statements.
A personal pitch from U.S. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada failed on Tuesday to persuade House Speaker John Boehner to move forward on a bill that would extend unemployment payments to more than 2 million Americans whose benefits have expired.
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