Clark County commissioners are planning to shake up the governance of University Medical Center, giving the public hospital its own board.
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Federal and local authorities raided a storage facility just west of the Strip Wednesday in an ongoing synthetic drug investigation. Police said they were not targeting the Power Exchange sex club, which happened to share space with the facility.
The Clark County Department of Air Quality has issued an advisory due to smoke from wildfires burning in Southern California and the Spring Mountains, which continues to affect Jean, the Las Vegas Valley and other parts of Clark County.
The city of Henderson has amended its land purchase agreement a fifth time with Union Village LLC which proposes to build a $1.6 billion project billed as the first integrated health village in the world.
Cirque du Soleil reopened its epic “Ka” on Tuesday, drawing a standing ovation even before the show started with a dedication to its fallen performer.
About 70 people gathered for a “Justice for Trayvon” march on the Strip Tuesday night following George Zimmerman’s Florida acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
A teenager was hit by a hit-and-run vehicle Tuesday evening and taken to the hospital.
Las Vegas police charged a man Tuesday in the death of a 1-year-old boy. Bransen Locks, 36, who was in custody on unrelated arrest warrants, was charged with murder in the death of Bently Olsen after police said he caused injuries to the boy consistent with shaken baby syndrome.
If proposed fuel tax increases for Clark County go into place, transportation officials have figures that they want budget-watching residents to remember: about $16.35 for the average driver in the first year, and $51.95 annually by the third year.
Clark County commissioners directed staff Tuesday to prepare a proposal for boosting the salaries of about 750 nonunion, nonmanagement employees.
How do you come up with a set of interesting and positive images to promote downtown Las Vegas without breaking the bank? The Downtown Marketing Initiative harnessed the power of crowd sourcing with the annual Capture Downtown! photography contest.
While firefighters fought the blaze, almost 200 American Red Cross volunteers were seeing to the needs of residents. Officials said the fire, the worst natural disaster in the county many could recall, also produced one of the largest responses in donations and offers of help.
Read about dining-related events and promotions across the Las Vegas Valley.
Elijah Kelly thought he was having an asthma attack, but the problem was his heart.
Clark County public employee paychecks could start inching up toward pre-recession levels.