A mulch pit fire burning in Moapa is creating hazy skies over Southern Nevada. And it’s not going to end anytime soon.
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The first step of creating a tourism improvement district downtown was approved with scant discussion by the Las Vegas City Council Wednesday.
Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura lost a lawsuit aimed at overturning Clark County’s decision to abolish his office on Thursday.
With the goal of keeping graduates in-state, MountainView Hospital and the University of Nevada School of Medicine agreed Thursday to expand the state’s only Graduate Medical Education program, opening about 150 new residency positions within the Las Vegas hospital by July of 2016.
Former power broker Harvey Whittemore was ordered Thursday to surrender to federal prison authorities on Aug. 6.
An increased police presence, combined with a “no touch rule” and signage telling people you don’t have to tip someone to take their picture are the new tools city officials plan to use to help rid downtown Fremont Street of overly aggressive street performers and panhandlers.
Gaming attorney Bob Faiss, whose 40-year career could serve as a documentary on the history of Nevada gaming law and the expansion of the casino industry, died Thursday after a long battle with cancer.
A man who believed his home was being burglarized early Thursday shot through his front door, hitting a man in the chest, Las Vegas police said.
After an 11-day trial, the “cinched hoodie robber” Abdul Howard, 48, has been convicted by a federal jury of all 27 counts stemming from 14 armed robberies, mostly convenience stores, in 2013.
The man who died during a shootout with Las Vegas police last week committed suicide, Undersheriff Jim Dixon said Thursday at a press conference.
Nellis Air Force Base commander Col. Barry Cornish is leaving his post as the so-called “mayor of Nellis” for a new assignment at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, a Nellis spokesman said Thursday.
A debate about whether one size fits all and the federal role in managing regional water resources took added significance Thursday during an American Bar Association water-law conference at a casino in drought-threatened Las Vegas.
The man who died Wednesday after his motorcycle hit a wall on Interstate 15 has been identified as 24-year-old Aly D. Huerta-Espinoza of Las Vegas, according to the Clark County coroner’s office.
Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting that left a man wounded in the torso late Wednesday night.
Cowabunga Bay Waterpark will finally open July 4, kicking off a three-day weekend the owners hope will launch the park into family’s summertime to-do list.