Five local entrepreneur teams were finalists in the Dominic Anthony Marrocco Southern Nevada Business Plan Competition on Friday at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation Building.
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A Roman Catholic priest has touched off a controversy in Poland after news media quoted him describing toys like LEGO’s Monster Fighters as tools of Satan that lead children to the “dark side.”
The liquor wars aren’t even close to ending on Fremont Street, but a small skirmish could be resolved through a new ordinance introduced Wednesday by Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman.
A little known aspect of Nevada’s commercial property tax cap has brought lower revenues for local governments, but the Assembly speaker and others are looking at possible remedies.
The North Las Vegas Fire Department on Friday released a dramatic photo of a firefighter falling through the roof of a burning house.
A group of women in Southern Nevada on Friday morning recounted how their lives have been affected by the country’s immigration system. Those same women were fasting to support immigration reform. “We have a broken immigration system,” said naturalized U.S. citizen Ivon Meneses, 39, who has six children with an ex-husband who was deported six years ago. “I don’t want any more kids to suffer like mine, who lost a father.”
Some of the most significant injuries to foster children are inflicted by those child welfare agencies lack the authority to screen, according to Nevada child welfare officials. Under its own policies, the Clark County Department of Family Services conducts background checks on people who are not residents of a foster home, but are regularly or routinely found there, said Director Lisa Ruiz-Lee. However, state law doesn’t specifically provide the authority for Nevada child welfare agencies to conduct background checks on such individuals.
Valley teens and young adults have the opportunity to practice defensive driving techniques with race car drivers at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend.
Jurors deliberated about an hour Friday afternoon without reaching a verdict in a personal injury case that pits comedian George Wallace against the Bellagio.
Gloria Lee, accused of arson in January at a pet shop she owns, was indicted on more charges of one count each of arson with intent to defraud an insurer, insurance fraud and attempted theft.