A horse skull found in Gypsum Cave in mountains east of Las Vegas in 1930, was so well preserved, it was thought to be a modern horse or burro. It sat tucked away on a museum shelf overlooked until recently. It turned out to be 13,000 years old and scientifically significant: the most complete skull ever found of a “New World stilt-legged horse.” Eric Scott, an ice age horse expert at California State University, San Bernardino.
Many of the reporters waited to leave together at a 4 p.m. deadline set by the Defense Department to get out of the building.
The UNLV women’s basketball team, which has won four straight Mountain West regular-season titles, will make three appearances on national TV this season.
The Las Vegas City Council will appoint a “caretaker” of the bench of retiring Municipal Court Judge Susan Roger who is stepping down next month, years before her elected term ends.
A body was found near Lake Mohave at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Searchlight in late September, according to federal authorities.
Since the rule took effect in April, regulators have doled out 13 citations.
The Raiders resumed workouts Wednesday in preparation for Sunday’s road game against the Kansas City Chiefs, the defending AFC champions.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s new chief operating officer will replace Brian Yost, who is retiring, and will take his new role in November.
Harry Reid International has joined airports across the country refusing to play a public service announcement video with a message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
A new air conditioning system isn’t just keeping children in the Historic Westside cool — it’s saving an abundance of water each year in a time of mega-drought.
Over 1,500 claims of expired vehicles were submitted by motorists in the Silver State during the first four days of the DMV’s new online spotter program.
Developers sold 20 acres total in the suburban Las Vegas outpost for more than $130 million combined.
The ongoing government shutdown is delaying the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for tens of millions of beneficiaries.
Expect highs only in the upper 60s, said the National Weather Service. The low temperatures will drop into the low 50s.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made clear he would not accept Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s presence at a high-level summit in Egypt, an official said.
As the Gaza ceasefire holds, Hamas security forces have returned to the streets, clashed with armed groups and killed alleged gangsters in what the terrorist group says is an attempt to restore law and order.
Hamas hastened to ease the pressure on a fragile ceasefire in its war with Israel by returning the bodies of more dead hostages.
Liz Breier isn’t a member at Congregation Ner Tamid, but she was sure to be at the congregation’s Henderson synagogue near Valle Verde Drive and the 215 Beltway Tuesday evening.
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A spokesman for the Las Vegas Valley Water District confirmed Wednesday morning that crews have completed the repairs to the 18-inch water main in Laughlin.