A Las Vegas police officer fired once at a man who fled on foot after a traffic stop near Jones Boulevard and Twain Avenue Wednesday morning.
• Because of an editing mistake, an item in Norm Clarke’s column on Monday was incorrect. Bill Walton told a gathering Saturday at the Palms to celebrate veteran sports reporter Jim Gray’s 50th birthday that he did Gray a disservice and owed him an apology. Walton recalled a time when Phil Jackson refused to do a post-game interview if Gray were in the room. Gray eventually left the room, and Walton filled in for him. “I should have punched (Jackson) in the nose and walked out,” Walton said.
A revised health reform bill unveiled Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has changes that could appeal to both liberals and conservatives.
Las Vegas officials had expected revenues to drop 2.5 percent in the current fiscal year, but the decrease has been in the neighborhood of 18 percent, meaning the city has to cut more deeply and more swiftly than planned.
Teachers and school workers will not get cost-of-living raises next school year, according to Clark County School District’s early budget outlook.
She is barely two months into her sentence on felony drug charges in Nye County, and already Heidi Fleiss is preparing to flee the country.
A military construction and veterans bill passed by the Senate this week contains $26 million for construction projects in Nevada, including funding for a National Guard fire station in Reno and a physical training facility at Fallon Naval Air Station.
Chart House restaurants have been known nationally for their waterfront locations and water views — either one a tough proposition in Las Vegas. So at the Golden Nugget’s new Rush Tower, designers are bringing the water to the Chart House.
Usually, parents avoid anything that makes their children bounce off the walls. But that’s the whole point at Sky Zone Recreation Center. Kids, and parents, too, are encouraged to bounce up and down, off the walls, through hoops, even.
Philip Fortenberry , a concert pianist, associate conductor of “Jersey Boys” and star of “Liberace and Me” cabaret, will perform “Broadway, My Way,” a solo piano concert to commemorate the decades he dedicated to performing for Broadway musicals, national tours and concerts.
Green dominates all colors at the ninth annual Gift of Lights holiday display in Sunset Park. Organizers are two years into a five-year plan to take it all-LED.
Perhaps you’ve seen the site that spotlights the people of Wal-Mart? At wafflepeople.com, the spotlight is turned to the people of Waffle House. However, this site doesn’t come off near as mocking as the Wal-Mart version. Instead, the pictures — some of which are almost artistic — seem to offer a slice of Americana.
The hairstylists at Sola Salons love coming to work. You would, too, if your employer told you how awesome you were the moment you arrived.
Let it Rain: Rain Cosmetics is opening its first stand-alone exclusive boutique today. It is located at 1215 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 105. The chic and sexy cosmetic line was created by local celebrity makeup artist Rain Andreani, who added her own hometown Vegas flair to the prestigious platinum line so all the colors are named after Strip hot spots covering everything from Rehab Glam Lipstick to Poker Eye Shadow to Tabu Lip Gloss. To learn more about Rain Cosmetics, call 866-221-8247 or visit raincosmetics.com.
Remember when Rihanna looked like someone made her with a Tyra Banks cookie cutter? Neither does the rest of the world.
At this time last year, Nevada labor leaders were basking in the Democratic Party’s election sweep and the likelihood that their hill to die for, legislation to ban secret ballots in favor of “card check” unionization, would soon become federal law.
Both President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday defended their bizarre decision to try five Islamic terrorists tied to the 9/11 attacks in a federal court in New York City.
Some of the biggest auto insurers in Nevada urged state regulators Wednesday to take action against towing companies that they said are inflating bills for towing cars involved in accidents.
The real estate industry in Las Vegas has another 18 months of stagnation before things start to turn around, a former Hughes Corp. executive said Wednesday at The Orleans.
Longtime casino owner Michael Gaughan was inducted into the American Gaming Association Hall Of Fame on Wednesday for his four decades of leadership in the gaming industry.