Thirty Clark County individuals and families will be selected to receive an entire house worth of furniture from Walker Furniture in a mid-December giveaway.
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The board of the state Public Employees Retirement System on Wednesday accepted a report that will result in contribution rates for regular workers increasing to 28 percent on July 1, 2015.
Police have arrested a 78-year-old Reno man on suspicion of murder in the stabbing death of his wife.
A woman who admitted to assaulting a cab driver while he was driving, stealing his cab and crashing it into other vehicles was sentenced Wednesday to 4 to 10 years in prison.
Lawyers on both sides of a case that has brought attention to Nevada’s stand-your-ground law told a judge Wednesday they are ready for a January trial for a man charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed trespasser.
The man who died in a single-vehicle rollover crash Tuesday morning has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Angela Taylor, a former vice president at the University of Nevada, Reno who grew up attending Washoe County schools, has been named to the school district’s board of trustees.
The infant who died Tuesday in a Las Vegas hospital and whose death was being investigated by police has been identified.
Linda Lister, director of UNLV Opera, is the 2014 winner of the American Prize in Directing, for “Sancta Susanna” and “Suor Angelica.” Lister was selected from applications reviewed this summer from across the United States. The American Prize is a series of nonprofit competitions designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles and composers in the United States based on submitted recordings.
A controversial request by Caesars Entertainment Corp. to move a 38.5-acre parking lot behind the Linq into the Gaming Enterprise District was delayed Tuesday when the company asked that the issue before the Clark County Planning Commission be moved to a January meeting.
Nearly half of the 18 medical marijuana dispensary applications that Clark County commissioners approved have an uncertain fate, as they failed to win state support. The development has brought about frustration and unanswered questions among county officials and applicants who are now in limbo.
President Barack Obama is expected to visit Las Vegas on Friday, stopping here after Republicans swept all top state offices and took control of the Legislature in the Nov. 4 election. No details were available about the president’s visit.
An 18-year-old man is dead after a shooting Tuesday night in North Las Vegas, according to police. Police responded about 6:45 p.m. to a shooting in the area of East Tropical Parkway and North Lawrence Street, west of Losee Road.
Four people were wounded in a Tuesday evening shooting in North Las Vegas, police said.
Robert Gibbs wasn’t looking to have a day named in his honor, but Clark County commissioners decided he deserved it.
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Construction crews recently started tearing down motel buildings on Fremont Street that had a history of fires and squatters.
A person was found dead and several dozens of homes were evacuated after a brush fire extended to a residential area in Henderson on Wednesday, the city’s fire chief said.
The fourth grade teacher told police that he had a crush on his student and gave into his urges to touch the boy by grabbing his genitals, according to his arrest report.
A missing child was safely located within minutes after Metropolitan Police Department officers deployed a drone to assist in the search, according to a post on X from Metro.
