A federal judge denied a motion for a temporary restraining order Tuesday in the Title IX case brought by the parent of a Green Valley High School student against the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, setting the stage for a crucial preliminary injunction hearing Aug. 22.
• A story in Saturday’s Review-Journal included the wrong date for an upcoming water hearing. The state engineer has tentatively scheduled a hearing on the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s groundwater applications in Snake Valley for fall of 2009. The specific date has not yet been set.
It was a brutal night for incumbents Tuesday, as Nevada’s primary election swept several legislators and judges clean out of office.
WILKINS — Authorities have reduced the magnitude of a northeast Nevada earthquake to 2.9.
The Southern Nevada District Board of Health will hold a meeting Thursday to consider the character, alleged misconduct or professional competence of chief health officer Dr. Lawrence Sands.
In a much-publicized race that made some pundits wonder whether a disqualified but long-serving Republican incumbent could pull off a win, a less popular underdog snatched a victory in Tuesday’s primary.
Kevin Vogt, one of about 20 master sommeliers in Las Vegas, is the toast of the local wine industry.
Incumbents ineligible for fourth-terms on the Clark County School Board didn’t go down easily in Tuesday’s primaries.
Diana L. Sullivan, a private lawyer, small claims court referee and substitute justice of the peace, will advance to this fall’s general election for Las Vegas Justice Court’s newly created Department 12 seat.
Peering out the window of the first structure built for the veterans medical complex in North Las Vegas, Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Peake watched Tuesday as construction workers attached steel beams for the main facility set to open in 2011.
The host of a Northern Nevada news discussion television program has asked the presidential campaign of Democrat Barack Obama to take down a commercial that uses footage from his show.
CARSON CITY — The state is adding $1.2 million to a $1.3 million settlement already approved for family members of four Mexican citizens killed in a 2006 accident involving a speeding state trooper.
Now that it’s official and Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury will be leaving office after what only seemed like a century of public service, I’d like to take a moment to kick him in the shin.
Nevada’s three members of the House of Representatives all breezed past primary challengers in Tuesday’s election, setting up the general election contests for the state’s congressional seats.
When Todd Phillips looks to the future in Las Vegas, he says he sees a day when everyone, regardless of gender, will have to pay the same price to get into a nightclub.
I just returned to the Main Press Center in Beijing and there is a tank out front with a soldier peering through its window. There is also one in the rear of the massive building, where armed soldiers in fatigues stand guard.
Allegations of sexual harassment and other misconduct against Family Court Judge Nicholas Del Vecchio might have been the nail in the coffin of his re-election bid.
While the Judicial Discipline Commission weighs the fate of embattled District Judge Elizabeth Halverson, voters delivered their own verdict Tuesday, deciding Halverson must go.
Events production company owner Chris Wallace came out on top in a primary election for state Board of Education District 7, a nonpartisan office left open by incumbent Merv Iverson’s decision not to seek re-election.
Three years ago, Laura moved to Las Vegas from California for the simple reason that she had just turned 21 and it seemed like the place for her to be.
This week readers want to know why Bonanza Road, between F and H streets, is closed, how can a vindictive reader complain about a neighbor who lives in Nevada but drives a car with California plates, and are they ever going to open up Russell Road near Durango Drive. And a Hit n’ Run that looks sweet but is spelled strangely.
CARSON CITY — The director of the Department of Corrections told Gov. Jim Gibbons and the public Tuesday that closing the Nevada State Prison is part of his plan to balance the agency budget in the coming two years.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — Arizona authorities think drug consumption might explain violent behavior by a Nevada man who suffered at least four gunshot wounds during a confrontation with police early Sunday in Lake Havasu City.
After a back-and-forth race that saw three front-runners as votes were tallied, Las Vegas attorney Kris Pickering pulled ahead late in the evening for Supreme Court Seat B.
CARSON CITY — Two incumbent Republican Assembly members from Clark County went down in overwhelming defeat in Tuesday’s primary election, while longtime Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio held onto his seat in Reno.
