A majority of the Clark County School Board on Thursday defended a proposal from Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky to restructure the local school system, a plan that has yet to earn approval from a legislative committee tasked with oversight of the undertaking.
Scotty’s Castle, a palatial ranch named for a con man that’s become one of the most popular tourist attractions here, could remain closed until spring 2016 or later after its grounds sustained extensive damage from flash floods over the weekend.
Grape leaf skeletonizers have multiple generations during the growing season and protection from Bt only lasts a few days.
U.S. Senate candidate and Rep. Joe Heck is getting a big boost from One Nation, a nonprofit group with ties to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
A Henderson man was sentenced in a California federal court Thursday to more than 12 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme and lying to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
WASHINGTON — The House Transportation Committee approved legislation Thursday that could pave the way for construction of a highway directly linking Las Vegas and Reno.
A video of Sunday’s explosions that preceded a fire in a state-owned radioactive waste trench at the US Ecology site 10 miles south of Beatty shows white smoke emanating from the soil before the ground erupts, shooting debris and more white smoke into the air.
Jurors are expected to hear closing arguments Monday in the death penalty trial of Ammar Harris, a felon charged in a shooting that led to a fiery crash that left three dead on the Strip.
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday approved legislation supported by the Nevada delegation, who say it would speed regulatory approval of mining operations for gold, silver, copper and other “strategic and critical” minerals.
Fifteen years ago, I moved to Las Vegas for a job transfer. Two weeks in, my new boss said, “Let’s go play golf. I have a favorite course.” That was my introduction to Desert Pines Golf Club.
