Several thousand teachers and supporters rallied in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Las Vegas on Saturday, calling for action from legislators and expressing frustration and anger at the state’s inability to properly fund education — or even talk about it.
The American Lung Association says Las Vegas has some of the highest ozone levels in the nation, but Clark County air quality officials insist the community is improving when it comes to the smog-causing pollutant.
The Clark County Commission Wednesday rejected a developer’s request to approve a preliminary plan for 3,000 homes overlooking Red Rock Canyon before a federal agency grants permission for a roadway leading to the site.
Nevada leads the nation in a dubious category — the rate of syphilis infections — officials announced Tuesday.
Dozens of rare relict leopard frogs were set free Thursday in their new urban habitat at the Springs Preserve, part of the effort to revive the species thought to be extinct along the Virgin and Colorado rivers before it was discovered anew near Lake Mead in 1991.
The Catholic Diocese of Las Vegas released a list on Friday of 27 priests and six others who served in the Las Vegas Valley and were “credibly accused” of sexual misconduct with a minor.
Edward Hall, one of the last surviving veterans of the Pearl Harbor attack, recounted his experiences during a Las Vegas event Saturday honoring the 95-year-old Army veteran.
In 50-plus years of working with rescued animals, Sharon Linsenbardt thought she had seen it all. But Sunday was a first when she found an abandoned 400-pound pig tied up at the gate of her Las Vegas Farm.
