A Las Vegas doctor convicted last year of injecting patients with a substitute version of Botox was sentenced last week to nearly four years in prison, about half of the time sought by federal prosecutors.
The man accused of killing one woman and maiming another when he plowed his pickup into a bus shelter while under the influence of prescription drugs was found guilty Monday in District Court.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority has asked for a one-year delay before a hearing on the last part of its multibillion-dollar plan to tap groundwater across Eastern Nevada.
The “Folies Bergere” closed Saturday after 49 years. The show goes on in Nancy Williams Baker‘s store, Williams Costume Co., where 9,000 costumes, plus wigs and makeup, await dancers, showgirls, impersonators, Elvis and Marilyn wedding parties, and hotel event makers.
The Nevada Supreme Court has denied a request by Clark and Washoe counties to delay implementing performance standards for public defenders.
For the first time in at least two decades, Clark County’s property tax revenue will drop below the previous year’s, compounding an expected budget crunch.
The Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts’ “Ascension Day” and “Bang Bang You’re Dead” are two small-scaled one-acts, mediocre in writing and direction, that want to make the world a better place.
The city of Las Vegas probably will need wage cuts from employees and more reductions in how fast wages grow in order to keep budgets out of the red, city officials said Monday.
Local car dealers have welcomed President Obama’s reassurance that the government would back up new car warranties even if manufacturers can’t. But warranty security is far down on the list of concerns facing new car buyers.
Nevada finally put its foot down in the Southwest Exchange scam — right on Nikki Pomeroy’s neck.
CARSON CITY — U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., urged Nevada lawmakers on Monday to figure a way around the $2 billion-plus revenue shortfall faced by the state and fund public education and social services for children adequately.
The last leg of the Energy Department’s decades-long journey to obtain a license for constructing a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain starts today, with judges from a regulatory agency slated to hear arguments about the license application.
CARSON CITY — Democratic legislative leaders intend to release Friday a figure for how much they believe needs to be raised in new taxes to balance the budget, Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley said Monday.
Clark County school police are investigating the theft or loss of thousands of dollars in funds raised by students in the football program at Coronado High School.
The Nevada Supreme Court will try to resolve more than 200 medical malpractice lawsuits in District Court through a “settlement marathon” in May.
Clark County and the leaders of its largest union agreed Monday on a proposal to trim annual cost-of-living raises to 1 percent from 3 percent in the current labor contract.
Solidifying its reputation as a toothless, bumbling bureaucracy, the state Ethics Commission on Thursday concluded four days of hearings on improper pay raises within the Nuclear Projects office by declaring the charges against former chief Bob Loux weren’t worded properly — and letting him walk.
Skip Jourdan bought a three-bedroom condo at Mar-A-Lago in northwest Las Vegas for $194,000 in 2006 for his daughter to live in while she was attending college. When his daughter transferred to a college in the East, Jourdan decided he’d be better off renting the unit than selling it for around $85,000, its value today. … But the codes, covenants and restrictions stipulate that anyone who bought at Mar-A-Lago in 2006 or later isn’t allowed to rent. Jourdan has to evict his renters and is now forced to pay $1,500 a month for empty space or sell it as a short sale.
The Nevada attorney general and secretary of state on Monday announced the first of what could be multiple defendants in failed Southwest Exchange, a Henderson financial firm accused of cheating 119 individuals out of $97 million.
When the two newest members of the Nevada Gaming Commission take their seats, four of the five members will be attorneys — which is seemingly contrary to language in the statute that covers eligibility and qualifications of the regulatory panel’s makeup.
When Nevada’s largest company pushed another $200 million across the felt on Friday, it added to the stakes of the biggest economic gamble in Las Vegas history.
NEW YORK — Regional casino operators may have better-than-expected first-quarter earnings on continued cost control efforts, a Goldman Sachs analyst said Monday as she raised price targets on some of the stocks.
FALLON — Leaders of Nevada’s rural tourism industry are gathering at a conference this week to share ideas about ways to survive the sour economy, including sustaining special events and utilizing American Indian history to lure visitors to their towns.