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On Sept. 20, a section of Pecos Road between Charleston Boulevard and Owens Avenue was ceremonially named Camino Cesar Chavez. Pecos will remain the name on maps, but a brown sign declaring the ceremonial name was added below the traditional green street name sign.
From welfare payments being sent to deceased individuals to the disastrous implementation of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, the 2014 Nevada Piglet Book contains what the conservative think tank NPRI calls “some of the most ridiculous examples of government waste” in the state.
Nevada tourism officials are planning a three-day festival in Reno next fall to celebrate and promote the city as the birthplace of what became modern blue jeans.
A single-vehicle rollover crash is slowing westbound traffic on Summerlin Parkway.
An ethics complaint has been filed against Secretary of State Ross Miller on allegations that he used an online election portal to unfairly gain support for his candidacy for attorney general.
Las Vegas leaders took another stab at regulating the city’s oft-maligned “party houses” Wednesday, voting almost unanimously for a bill to crack down on sometimes raucous short-term vacation rentals.
The Great Gallery in Horseshoe Canyon is one of the most significant rock art sites in North America. It is in a remote area of Canyonlands National Park, Utah. A trip there requires plenty of preparation, plus the equipment and willingness to drive a 30-mile gravel road to the trailhead. Once there, you’ll need to hike down through the slick rock, which contains a few high drop-offs into the canyon. It is a moderately strenuous hike of about 6.5 miles roundtrip with an elevation loss/gain of about 800 feet at the beginning and that much to climb back up at hike’s end.
FBI agents have arrested former Las Vegas chiropractor Robert L. Buckhannon in a $34 million scheme to defraud hedge fund investors.
Ammar Harris, a self-proclaimed pimp charged in a fatally shooting that left three people dead on the Las Vegas Strip, has agreed to plead guilty in a scheme to smuggle cell phones into High Desert State Prison.
A man convicted of sexually assaulting a woman inside a Strip casino bathroom was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years to life in prison.
Ri Ra Irish Pub in The Shoppes at Mandalay Place, 3930 Las Vegas Blvd. South, plans to beat the world record for longest concert, with 16 days of live music.
You learned the truth about the Jolly Old Elf years ago. Same with the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. So if, in the new book “Skink – No Surrender” by Carl Hiaasen, 14-year-old Richard Sloan said he met a one-eyed, bearded, beak-wearing man-bear on a Florida beach, who’d believe him?
The Clark County sheriff hopeful who billed himself as a Las Vegas police “outsider” has decided to endorse the “insider” candidate for the top law enforcement job in Las Vegas.
Meet Peter and Anthony – very friendly and outgoing brothers that are like two peas in a pod. They are ready to find their forever home! These amazing kids are looking for a family to love them unconditionally.
A news release said the strike force would involve collaboration with other agencies. Attorneys offered mixed reactions.
Michael McKee, 39, was arrested Saturday by police in Rockford, Illinois, and remains in custody at the Winnebago County Justice Center, according to Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office online records.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights claims the Reno college discriminates against women with policies that allow students to participate in sports based on their gender identity.
Bryan Vargas-Caicedo previously pleaded guilty in District Court to reckless driving and, in a lower court, to misdemeanor DUI in connection with the death of 37-year-old Wesley Larsen.
