When North Las Vegas Police Chief Pamela Ojeda began her law enforcement career over 20 years ago, she was one of about six women in the department, she said.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission took 25 days to decide that Wynn Resorts Ltd. remained suitable to hold a gaming license in that state.
With the Kentucky Derby coming Saturday, numerous Las Vegas Valley racebooks are offering free handicapping seminars to offer expert observations and opinions on the field for the 145th Run for the Roses.
The creation of high occupancy vehicle lanes along Interstate 15 will begin this week.
Bluegill, catfish and largemouth bass are hitting well at the Las Vegas urban ponds.
Jefferson was one of more than 20 finalists from schools across the Las Vegas Valley in the Earth Day Everyday art contest at GreenFest, held April 20 at Downtown Summerlin.
The White House is displaying new flexibility on giving disaster aid to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico as President Donald Trump’s GOP allies increasingly lose patience with a weekslong standoff over the widely backed bill.
Favorite Omaha Beach has been scratched from the Kentucky Derby because of a breathing problem.
The former Dallas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man in his own home told a 911 dispatcher “I thought it was my apartment” nearly 20 times as she waited for emergency responders to arrive, according to a recording of the call obtained by a Dallas TV station.
Wildlife officials are close to declaring victory over a non-native fish that’s been chowing down on the endangered Moapa dace, which inhabit the upper reaches of Southern Nevada’s Muddy River.
Israel ushered in its Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday in memory of the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators in World War II, as leaders voiced concerns about a rising tide of anti-Semitism worldwide.
All across the Las Vegas Valley, resorts are continuing to invest in their pools, hoping to attract demographics of all types as guests’ interests start to shift.
American and Chinese trade negotiators met Wednesday for talks on their bruising tariff war after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the U.S. side might be moving toward a decision on whether to make a deal with Beijing.
After buying land on Las Vegas Boulevard last year, operators of the Pinball Hall of Fame have filed plans for a new arcade near the south edge of the Strip.
Bean, 62, was the oldest aerial art performer at the third annual Vegas International Variety Act Festival, or Viva Fest, an event for circus professionals and amateurs to showcase their talents.
The family of a father of five who died after suffering a punch-and-fall outside a downtown Las Vegas nightclub has filed a civil lawsuit.
When designing the Teen Center, Blouin said, the Aaron’s team “made sure they had all kinds of activities that different kids would enjoy.”
Just as you might have imagined, the ultimate biography of Howard Hughes is an all-inclusive history of one of the more fascinating though enigmatic figures in American history.
The seven were part of a group originally known as the “Senior Sixteen” that sued the Las Vegas Valley Water District its umbrella agency, the Southern Nevada Water Authority, after being laid off in 2014 alleging age discrimination.
A student was taken to a hospital after a fight at a northwest valley high school Wednesday morning, police said.
The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday voted to permit lounges where people can consume marijuana, making the city the first in Nevada — and one of the few nationwide — to allow such businesses.
New York is now providing free phone calls from jails, making it the first major U.S. city to eliminate fees for inmate calls, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday.
An eBay seller in Tennessee is hoping you don’t pass on this offer for a piece of old Las Vegas.
An Arizona man has died six days after being charged with killing his roommate and two dogs and setting fire to his wheelchair during an apparent suicide attempt.
Students at a North Carolina university were gathered for end-of-year presentations in an anthropology class when a gunman shattered the calm by opening fire with a pistol, killing two and wounding four, a professor said.
Erik Haula suffered a season-ending knee injury in early November, and the 28-year-old now finds himself as part of a logjam of forwards the Golden Knights must cull this summer.
Two Las Vegas men pleaded guilty Wednesday in Washington to federal conspiracy charges for their role in a scheme to defraud insurance companies through staged car crashes.
The trout fishery many Southern Nevada anglers have enjoyed through the years is gone. For the time being anyway. In fact, you won’t even find it listed on the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources digital fishing planner.