Obama explains his executive action on immigration
 
Obama explains his executive action on immigration

President Barack Obama returned to Las Vegas Friday, two years after promising comprehensive immigration reform here and said he “will never give up”. Outside Del Sol High School protestors on both sides of the issue expressed their opinions

Two men injured after being thrown from moving car
 
Two men injured after being thrown from moving car

Two men sitting on the trunk of a car driven by a 19-year-old female were seriously injured when they were thrown from the vehicle near Sahara Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard Friday, Oct. 31, 2014. The driver was cited for DUI.

Creech Casino
 
Creech Casino

The Air Force takes over a long-standing casino property in Indian Springs to make way for a security buffer at Creech Air Force Base.

Sports Betting Spotlight Week 7
 
Sports Betting Spotlight Week 7

This week Matt, Kelly and Tony break down the Chiefs vs. Chargers, Oklahoma vs. Kansas State, Cowboys vs. Giants and several other college and NFL games.

Music is the doctor-The Exits
 
Music is the doctor-The Exits

For at least one night, for reasons simple or inexplicable, nine graying and balding men who grew up playing rock ‘n’ roll in various Kingman bands (one called the Exits) had hoped to relive an earlier time.

Dream Flight
 
Dream Flight

A Henderson couple in their late-80s who served in the Air Force got a ride of their lives in a 1942 Stearman biplane thanks to the Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation.

Masseuse charged with theft of $35k Rolex Watch will go to trial
 
Masseuse charged with theft of $35k Rolex Watch will go to trial

Christina Lafave, the woman charged for the theft of a gold Presidential Rolex watch during a massage, appeared for a preliminary hearing before Judge Diana L. Sullivan. Lafave admitted that she had hidden the $35,000 watch in her vagina.

War Machine requests change of attorney
 
War Machine requests change of attorney

Jonathan Koppenhaver, aka War Machine, who stands accused of beating his porn star girlfriend, was back in court before Judge Valerie Adair on a probation violation hearing where he requested that California attorney Brandon Sua to represent him in both cases.

Las Vegas police take 100 plants in pot bust
 
Las Vegas police take 100 plants in pot bust

Local and federal narcotics detectives confiscated about $200,000 worth of marijuana plants Thursday in the southwest valley, Las Vegas police said. The team of investigators — from Metro, Henderson police and the Drug Enforcement Administration — collected about 100 plants from a home in the 6200 block of West Levi Avenue, near South Jones Boulevard and Cactus Avenue. The bust went down about 11 a.m.

72nd Military Police Company prepares for Afghanistan deployment
 
72nd Military Police Company prepares for Afghanistan deployment

About 30 Nevada National Guard soldiers in the 72nd Military Police Company participated in a deployment ceremony Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, at the Orleans. They will train first at a New Jersey military base before heading to Afghanistan to provide security and transportation for high-ranking NATO and International Security Assistance Force officials.

Flamingo Wash
 
Flamingo Wash

The Flamingo Wash flows at Winnick storm drain by LINQ.

Clinton calls for building a safe bridge to a clean energy economy
 
Clinton calls for building a safe bridge to a clean energy economy

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proclaimed Thursday that the United States could become the “clean energy superpower” of the world if the nation and states such as Nevada lead in developing renewable energy sources from solar, wind and geothermal power.

War Machine held without bail
 
War Machine held without bail

The former MMA and Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter War Machine, also known as Jonathan Paul Koppenhaver, was ordered to be held without bail at an initial appearance in a Las Vegas courtroom on Wednesday.

Mountain Ridge Little League team returns to Las Vegas
 
Mountain Ridge Little League team returns to Las Vegas

The Mountain Ridge little league team returned to Las Vegas late Monday night. They were greeted by a crowd of around 100 people and were presented with the key to the Las Vegas Strip.

Governor announces flood control project to Mt. Charleston residents
 
Governor announces flood control project to Mt. Charleston residents

Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday announced a deal that will allow a flood control project to be built near the washed-out Rainbow subdivision on Mount Charleston. Construction on the project is expected to start in several weeks and be finished before winter.

Storm clouds roll over east side of Las Vegas valley
 
Storm clouds roll over east side of Las Vegas valley

A “thin-line thunderstorm” affecting east Henderson and west Boulder City prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning on Wednesday afternoon.

Additionally, there are storms forming in the southwest valley and moving into the northeast. The weather service said to expect heavy rainfall, lightning and wind gusts.

The Buzz About Hummingbirds
 
The Buzz About Hummingbirds

From their backyard in Las Vegas, Don and Noriko Carroll used high-speed, close-up cameras to capture in photos and slow-motion video what had never been seen before in the wild. Hummingbirds drink nectar not by sipping it like through a straw. Rather they trap it with fringe on their narrow, split tongues and draw the fluid inside their bills by moving their tongues in out at up to 30 times a second.

Statewide campaign for background checks launched today in Las Vegas
 
Statewide campaign for background checks launched today in Las Vegas

Nevadans for Background Checks on Monday launched a statewide campaign to gather signatures for a proposed 2016 ballot initiative to expand required background checks to all gun sales in Nevada, with certain exceptions.

Backers included religious and law enforcement leaders as well as state Sen. Justin Jones, D-Las Vegas, who sponsored similar expanded gun background check legislation in the 2013 session.

Reid says Republicans will not protect American families
 
Reid says Republicans will not protect American families

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Wednesday predicted Democrats will hold onto control of the Senate in this year’s election, especially if union members fight to help get the word out that Republicans are “simply not interested in helping American families.”

In a 20-minute speech to the United Steelworkers convention in Las Vegas, Reid accused the GOP of working to block every proposal from Democrats in Congress and from President Barack Obama.

Pelosi urges union to get out the vote to help Democrats in November
 
Pelosi urges union to get out the vote to help Democrats in November

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Monday addressed the annual United Steelworkers convention in Las Vegas, where 2,500 delegates were expected to attend.

As a congressional Democratic leader, Pelosi is pushing for her party to pick up more seats in the Nov. 4 general election, although Republicans are widely expected to maintain control of the House this year.

Democrats will need to excite their union backers to help get out the vote in a lackluster year when there’s no presidential race or U.S. Senate contest in Nevada to drive voters to the polls.

Gov. Sandoval wants to help flood-battered Mount Charleston neighborhood
 
Gov. Sandoval wants to help flood-battered Mount Charleston neighborhood

After touring the Rainbow subdivision, Gov. Brian Sandoval said he was open to the state assuming liability for a proposed flood diversion project that the county rejected, adding that he needs to visit with federal and Clark County officials about the issue.