An interview with Betty Willis, the designer of the famous “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign.
Thrill-seekers can strap on a jetpack and fly across a private, 5 acre, man-made lake in Pahrump with Jetpack America.
Former Metro police officer, James Henry, was given four years probation on a child pornography charge and register with authorities as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
On Thursday, April 9th Rep. John Shimkus, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce environment and economy subcommittee, arranged for himself and five colleagues to tour the Yucca Mountain tunnel, including Nevada Republican Reps. Cresent Hardy and Mark Amodei, in hopes that he can rejuvenate the abandoned Yucca Mountain Project.
On Thursday, April 9th Rep. John Shimkus, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce environment and economy subcommittee, arranged for himself and five colleagues to tour the Yucca Mountain tunnel, including Nevada Republican Reps. Cresent Hardy and Mark Amodei, in hopes he can rejuvenate the abandoned Yucca Mountain Project.
On a brisk Friday morning, more than a dozen gondolier candidates rallied at The Venetian hotel-casino to watch teammates leap into the frigid waters of the Grand Canal to pass their required gondolier “jump test”.
Leonardo Ruesga, appeared in court for the first time to face charges in a hit-and-run car crash at a bus stop that left Maria Garcia and her granddaughter Alyssa Aisa dead.
A lawyer was appointed Tuesday for Derrick Andrews, the suspected getaway driver for Erich Nowsch who is accused of gunning down Tammy Meyers in front of her northwest valley home.
Students, faculty and gun violence prevention activists rallied at UNLV to oppose Nevada state bill AB148 that would allow guns on campus.
The B-52H “Iron Butterfly” that flew in last week’s Red Flag air combat exercises at Nellis Air Force Base was built in 1960.
Jerry Santisteven, codefendant of Elijah Alvarado in a skateboard park shooting that left 18-year-old Keaton Belliston paralyzed from the chest down in 2012, was sentenced to 16 to 45 years in prison by Judge Stefany Miley on Wednesday
The Jim Rogers’ Classic Car Museum Collection of more than 230 classic cars will be sold at auction this weekend at no reserve. All proceeds from both the vehicles and collected gate admission will benefit The Rogers Foundation – dedicated to transforming lives through arts and education.
An unused, nine-story building at The Gramercy residential and retail complex and the Las Vegas Valley’s second building implosion in less than a week went as scheduled scheduled early Sunday morning. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada inmates are being granted parole but because of system snags remain in prison on taxpayer dollars.
The implosion of the Clarion Hotel and Casino went off a little before 3:00 AM Tuesday morning but left the partially imploded elevator core of about 8 stories in height still standing with a pronounced lean.
As the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering celebrates it’s 30th year, we examine it’s history and relevance to future generations and the changing west.
Markiece Palmer, the man convicted of beating seven-year-old Roderick
“RJ” Arrington to death in November of 2012, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the charge of first-degree murder as well as two 8-to-20 year sentences to run consecutively for each of two counts of child abuse in connection with the boy’s death.
Sen. Harry Reid returns to U.S. Capitol while recuperating from New Year’s Day home accident.
Shark Reef Aquarium’s new Animal Encounters program offers guests the opportunity to join staff aquarists in feeding Shark Reef’s sharks, sea turtles and stingrays.
In a ceremony that lasted under 10 minutes, Joseph M. Lombardo was sworn in Monday as the seventh sheriff of Clark County since the 1973 creation of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
Deborah Sena and Terrie Sena, two of the three defendants who face multiple charges including child abuse and neglect, sexual assault of a minor and incest, appeared before Judge Nancy C. Oesterle on Monday.
About 200 residents and dignitaries celebrated with a ceremony and ribbon cutting that reopened F Street after it was closed during the widening of Interstate 15.
Now that the tunnel is connected to the intake structure below the surface of Lake Mead, engineers will put in a temporary cap so they can remove the tunneling machine and clear the way for the water.
Short documentary talks with residents and business owners from the Historic Westside and examines how Las Vegas tried to forget one neighborhood.
West Las Vegans and supporters march from F Street to City Hall to voice their indignation about the closure.
The CLEAR Biometric identity system is introduced at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. This identity system uses fingerprint and iris scans to identify a traveler.
Steve Lowery, recipient of the Naval Cross and two Purple Hearts, was denied benefits by the Veterans Administration who said his shrapnel and gunshot woulds were not service related.
Joyce Jones and “Clare” Clarendon Hetrick never knew each other over the seven decades that followed “the day in infamy” that thrust the United States into war until Hetrick and his wife moved to the Las Vegas Valley.
Three children were hospitalized Wednesday morning with minor injuries after they were hit by a car near Hewetson elementary school at about 7:15 a.m. near North Eastern Avenue and East Bonanza Road.