SAN DIEGO — UNLV football coach Mike Sanford spent part of this week attempting to build up San Diego State by disputing the severity of the Aztecs’ injury situation.
Vocal impressionist Danny Gans is closing his 1,639th and final show with a special performance at The Mirage tonight.
The union representing most of American Medical Response’s emergency medical personnel in Southern Nevada has rescinded its strike notice, saying it wants to resume contract negotiations.
The medical services lost at University Medical Center in order to offset an $8 million Medicaid shortfall might seem relatively modest come January when Nevada Medicaid will cut what it reimburses hospitals for inpatient services by 14 percent.
WASHINGTON — On Capitol Hill there is a certain circle of life. For every member of Congress who leaves in retirement or defeat, a new one arrives.
A handful of Hells Angels trickled into federal court on Friday to watch the last remaining participant in the 2002 Laughlin River Run melee plead guilty to committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering.
Don England, embattled CEO of the North Las Vegas Housing Authority, has resigned from the troubled agency but plans to stay on until a replacement is found, officials confirmed late Friday afternoon.
Two Henderson police officers found a charred body Friday morning off Las Vegas Boulevard at the southern end of the valley.
A story in Friday’s Business section contained incorrect information about an MGM Mirage business partner. MGM Mirage is working with Mubadala Development on the MGM Grand Abu Dhabi, a nongaming resort that is part of a $5 billion project.
The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa is, I suspect, a good antidote for the nervous wrecks in the audience. Its sound of music might be described as soothing folklore wrapped up in modern jazz and soft rock. The upbeat sounds seem designed to drain negative energy.
Imagine how uncomfortable it would have been if MGM Mirage boss Terry Lanni had been standing before Nevada gaming regulators Thursday urging them to allow Dubai World to invest billions more in the gaming company.
CARSON CITY — Lawyers for the governor and the Legislature weren’t talking Friday about whether a 3 percentage point increase in the room tax and borrowing up to $150 million could be used to deal with the state’s $286 million deficit.
Las Vegas police and Crime Stoppers are making property crime pay during the holidays.
Five local restaurants and hotels have joined the ranks of AAA Four Diamond Award winners in Las Vegas.
Nevada payday lenders should be barred from making loans over the Internet to protect consumers in other states, a state official proposed Friday.
The Nevada Financial Institutions Division is preparing to hire 10 additional examiners to keep a tighter rein on payday lenders and closer watch on banks and credit unions, bringing the total to 28.
ATLANTIC CITY — The worsening economy continues to batter Atlantic City casinos, with Resorts Atlantic City missing a crucial loan payment that could jeopardize the future of Atlantic City’s first casino and the Tropicana Casino and Resort laying off 50 supervisors.
Jillian’s, a longtime anchor tenant at the Neonopolis mall, has closed to make way for a new restaurant, mall developer Rohit Joshi said Friday.
Gov. Jim Gibbons will meet privately Monday with bankers, state regulators and federal regulators to discuss the credit crisis and “growing foreclosure problems.”
Most features of a scaled-back $160 million expansion of the Silverton will be open by Thanksgiving, property President Craig Cavileer said this week.
The area’s most powerful union is using its resources and connections to help its most vulnerable members during the economic downturn.