RENO — Layha Spoonhunter intends to cast his first presidential vote for Barack Obama. The 18-year-old Northern Arapaho from Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation identifies with the black candidate.
A robbery that escalated into a hostage crisis was defused by a quick-moving Henderson police officer Sunday.
SALT LAKE CITY — The creator of a 2008 calendar that featured shirtless Mormon missionaries was excommunicated Sunday after a disciplinary meeting with local church leaders in Las Vegas.
Days after health officials announced their theories behind how six people contracted hepatitis C at a Las Vegas endoscopy center, Nevadans turned to their health care providers and asked: “Do you reuse syringes and needles?”
Several people who worked to get signatures on an initiative petition pushed by former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle say they have not been paid what they are owed for their work.
BRIDGEPORT, Calif. — The hunt for multimillionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, who vanished in September after taking off by plane from a remote Nevada ranch, resumes today as a team of elite athletes and expert mountaineers starts hiking through rugged mountains on the California-Nevada border where he may have crashed.
CARSON CITY — Nevada Supreme Court justices face what could be the most critical hearing of their careers today when they listen to lawyers argue whether term limits for public officials are constitutional.
Oh, to be Harry Reid’s kid. You want something, you get it.
Anyone who hasn’t been asleep in a cave for 50 years knows the U.S. government pays farmers not to grow crops.
The National Governors Association kicked off its 100th annual gathering Saturday in Philadelphia with a speech by former President Bill Clinton that emphasized the role states play in setting national policy.
The right arm, large patches of its skin purple from subcutaneous hemorrhaging, shakes as it strains toward full extension.
The Green Valley chapter of the National Charity League honored 21 high school girls for their volunteer service with Henderson charitable and nonprofit organizations at its annual Senior Presentation in June. All of the girls are 2008 high school graduates who participated in the mother-daughter service organization for six years.
A patio bench from Target is winning the war it’s waging on my attempt to remove it from the customer’s house. And, just for kicks, it has pinned me to a door.
Southern Nevada Health District immunization clinics are open each week in and around Las Vegas. A $16-$25 administration fee will be assessed per visit.
All sorts of people like downtown Las Vegas for all sorts of reasons.
The Hepatitis C Support Group meets at 3 p.m. Tuesdays at Community Counseling Center, 1120 Almond Tree Lane (369-8700).
As you may have guessed by now, it takes something special to get me off the couch. Like the pizza delivery guy at the door. Or the smoke barreling out of the kitchen the next day when I forget I’m reheating what’s left of that pizza.
Steve Arcana has made his bones in the locals gaming industry working for the extended family that owns Station Casinos and, now, Golden Gaming.
A new retirement and assisted-living community planned in Henderson is being touted as the only kosher retirement community in the Las Vegas Valley.
A union organizing effort at the Rio fell short Saturday when 60 percent of the casino dealers voted against representation.
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