Deborah Powell French, the former wife of a Vietnam War veteran who is buried at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, tells a sad story that is all too familiar to veterans.
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James L. Kring knew how to pluck a string bass, crash-and-twirl cymbals and bend notes on a trombone. As a corporal in the 1st Marine Division band, he also knew how to shoot an assault rifle, fire a grenade launcher and defend himself in hand-to-hand combat.
The roar of more than 1,000 motorcycles drowned out the sorrowful sounds of taps on Sunday during a special and somber ceremony by Nevada’s Green Berets at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
A second pedestrian has died after two were struck by a car while crossing Las Vegas Boulevard north of East Robindale Road on Saturday night.
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, will be in Las Vegas on Tuesday speaking to press in the afternoon and collecting campaign contributions in the evening at an event hosted by Donald Trump, who officially endorsed Romney in February.
His family doesn’t know whether he died in uniform from injury or illness, or from an unexplained incident in France at the end of World War II. But one thing is certain: Roman G. Padilla risked his life for his country and died for it too.
With their parachutes billowed and buffeted by strong winds, they dropped through the sky from dozens of Hercules planes following a string of behemoth C-17 Globemaster jets that unleashed heavy cargo minutes before.
Onion, the dog that killed a 1-year-old Henderson boy last month, will live another day – and possibly another week.
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The announcement of a bell schedule comes after a district-wide survey netted over 48,000 responses showing broad support for having classes start later in the day.
A plethora of festive spectators dotted Fourth Street as more than 200 groups marched, danced or rolled through downtown Las Vegas.
Boring Co.’s Vegas Loop project has seen multiple instances where the project has received fines, reprimands and scrutiny from various state and local agencies and the media.
After about two decades of talk about a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and Southern California with no action, Brightline West’s executive director said the time is now.
