In recent months, blood banks both locally and nationally have faced shortages, at times issuing critical appeals for donors.
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The Nevada Department of Transportation has a pretty nifty social network presence — and you don’t need to be a transit geek to follow along.
Alexis Patterson’s return to All-Mountain West form has helped UNLV get off to a hot start. She also is all-conference in the classroom.
Vin Scully’s iconic voice on the videoboard welcomed a sellout crowd to Game No. 162, the regular-season finale, yes, and more notably the last of his decorated, Hall of Fame broadcasting career.
Colombians rejected a peace deal with leftist rebels by a razor-thin margin in a national referendum Sunday, scuttling years of painstaking negotiations and delivering a major setback to President Juan Manuel Santos, who vowed to keep a cease-fire in place and forge ahead with his efforts to end a half-century of war.
A powerful Hurricane Matthew moved slowly Sunday across the Caribbean Sea on a track that authorities warned could trigger devastation in parts of Haiti.
Dozens of people were crushed to death Sunday in a stampede after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an anti-government protest that grew out of a massive religious festival, witnesses said.
The Las Vegas Bowl announced Thursday that former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch, broadcaster Brent Musburger and founder Rob Dondero were inducted as the event’s second hall of fame class.
Walter Laak served two tours of duty in Iraq, then brought the horrors of war home with him.
Shadow Hills Baptist Church held a Blessing of the Bikes event on Saturday in Las Vegas.
Aaron McAllister threw three second-half touchdown passes, Basic went on a 20-0 scoring run and the Wolves won their first Southeast League game 27-17 over Silverado on Friday.
One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history weakened a little on Saturday as it drenched coastal Colombia and roared across the Caribbean.
Biaggio Ali Walsh ran in a 2-point conversion in the third overtime Friday as No. 1-ranked Bishop Gorman High School outlasted ninth-ranked St. Thomas Aquinas (Florida) 25-24 in a nationally televised game.
William Byron, 18, paced 161 of 175 laps in winning the NASCAR truck series Chase opener at New Hampshire and leads the points heading into Las Vegas.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers stepped into the cage with UFC fighters Uriah Hall, Kevin Lee and Evan Dunham, and worked alongside UFC Hall of Famer Forrest Griffin at The Ultimate Fighter in gym in Las Vegas.