An 18-year-old high school student has been arrested after sending text messages to classmates threatening to “shoot up the school,” according to Clark County School District Police. The messages later made their ...
When tragedy struck Las Vegas on Sunday, community members, elected officials and corporations alike stepped up not only with their hearts and labor, but their pocketbooks ...
When Phil Hellmuth speaks, those in the poker industry tend to listen, given they’re not a target of his infamous tirades. In Las Vegas for the Poker Masters tournament at the Aria last week, the “Poker Brat,” whose 14 World Series of Poker tournament wins and 126 in-the-money finishes rank first all-time, said that while ...
The sister of a murder victim was hit by a car Monday on a sidewalk outside the Las Vegas courthouse where the man charged in the killing is standing trial and she is ...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating after a worker fell to his death this morning at a construction site in the south valley, authorities said. The Clark County Fire Department ...
People in Las Vegas who say there’s nothing redeeming about Reno probably haven’t tried Peg’s Glorified Ham n Eggs. Founded there in 1999, the restaurant known for its huevos rancheros and Hawaiian dishes among other massive breakfast plates, opened its first valley location in Henderson on Sept. 12. “Las Vegas is one of our ...
The Las Vegas City Council and Clark County Commission have been refining the window in which marijuana dispensaries can operate, with a lot of support behind a ...
Clark County School District officials say local tax dollars are unfairly distributed to fund schools across Nevada, one of many reasons it has found itself facing an estimated ...
Despite the repeal of the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals program, undocumented immigrants living across Nevada and the United States are entitled to basic civil rights and should not allow Immigration Customs Enforcement officers to enter their homes without a warrant signed by a judge, a panel of three immigration experts said Saturday. ...
Gov. Brian Sandoval is raising concerns about a new opinion by lawyers for the state legislature that says nothing in state law prohibits local governments from allowing marijuana consumption in ...
Last week’s announcement to phase out the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals program by 2019 doesn’t leave people losing their temporary status without civil rights
Commercial lounges for using recreational marijuana would be legal under state law, as long as people were consuming under the legal limit of the plant and it was not being sold, according to ...
It’s easy to overlook what this weekend’s Mexican Independence Day actually means with more than a dozen A-list Spanish-speaking Latino music acts and even more fiestas set to hit the Las Vegas valley for the holiday. ...
Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky announced this morning he will retire in June, ending a 30-year career in which he rose from the classroom to the district’s top position. Skorkowsky laid out ...
Pot shoppers in Henderson will soon be able to legally purchase the plant for recreational use after the Henderson City Council voted Tuesday to end a moratorium ...
Kathia Sotelo came to the United States from her home state of Michoacán, Mexico, when she was 7 years old. With an uncertain future in the U.S., Sotelo attended school in Las Vegas as an undocumented immigrant, living in fear of deportation until President Barack Obama introduced the ...
When a convicted killer renounced his right to an appeal his death sentence after more than nine years on death row in Nevada, the state could not provide a way to execute him. ...
As Floyd Mayweather finished off Conor McGregor Saturday night in the 10th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegan Darrell Carter put his hand around his date as smiled. ...
In three of the first four states to start legal recreational pot sales, an increasing number of consumers are choosing bud over Budweiser. That conclusion comes from a study by New York-based investment and research firm Cowen and Co. In Colorado, Oregon and Washington, domestic beer sales for ...
A planned robbery that turned into a deadly shooting outside a southwest valley house had been plotted on Facebook some 12 hours earlier, according to a Metro Police report. Raekwon Robertson, Davontae Wheeler, Demario Lofton-Robinson and ...
Jose Yañez was only 7 years old when he and his parents came to Las Vegas from Mexico. He spent the next couple years learning English, and later became the valedictorian for his high school graduating class at Advanced Technologies Academy before being accepted to Princeton to study ...
While first-time marijuana business owners scrambled to meet state demands for obtaining their licenses back in 2015 — which included long applications, large amounts of cash, hiring and security — the process of entering the recreational business has been a matter of “fine-tuning,” as more experienced license-holders are now looking more for clarification on individual regulations in 2017.
When the Nevada Department of Taxation last month released a draft of permanent regulations to govern recreational marijuana starting Jan. 1, one item was noticeably missing for industry officials: Home delivery service. Home delivery is currently allowed under temporary regulations through ...
Before stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death Thursday, Brandon Hanson had fallen into a deep depression and drove to the woman’s apartment complex to talk about salvaging their recently terminated three-month relationship, according to Metro Police. When Makayla Rhiner rejected the idea of continuing a romantic relationship, Hanson ...
Las Vegas marijuana business owners this week received a letter from the Clark County Business License Department reaffirming regulations for pot consumption in the area. The letter ...
Frequently cited as one of the top health law scholars in the nation, Dr. David Orentlicher is joining the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law. Orentlicher recently spoke with the Las Vegas Sun about his reasons for choosing Las Vegas and his goals. ...<=
Aaron McCrary uses about a quarter of Zion Gardens' 6,000-square-foot warehouse for growing, but he plans to quadruple that setup and expand to another building by January. “Everyone wants to be the biggest and the best," he said, "but our idea is to grow conservatively with the marketplace.”
A walk into Apothecarium Cannabis Dispensary might as well feel like a stroll into the lobby of a Las Vegas hotel reception area or the front counter of a gourmet take-out restaurant ...
Marijuana shoppers hoping to buy recreational weed in Henderson will have to wait for at least another month after the Henderson City Council voted unanimously to ...
Making a bank deposit for marijuana store owners in Colorado could involve this complex routine: Some spray Febreze on cash stacks to mask the marijuana smell and ...
A man accused of leading a Metro Police officer on a chase through the parking lot of a northwest valley shopping mall before grabbing a gun and moving to point it at the officer had his ...
A man arrested in the fatal stabbing of a homeless man last week near Maryland Parkway and Flamingo Road made his first appearance in court today and was given a preliminary hearing date for ...
The front door to a house in a Summerlin subdivision opens, and Marie Shannon smiles and welcomes Quan Chanthavong into her home. The 34-year-old delivery man ...
A vehicle caught fire today near the Las Vegas airport, sending a dark plume of smoke into the sky that could be seen across the valley. The Clark County Fire Department responded ...
A man accused of fatally shooting two people inside a rental car last month and critically wounding a third with a bullet to the head had his arraignment delayed until Friday after telling a ...
A judge reset a preliminary hearing today for a man facing DUI counts in a crash that left two Las Vegas teens dead. Las Vegas Justice Court Judge Suzan Baucum rescheduled the hearing for ...
Distributors previously operating in Nevada’s medical marijuana program may soon enter the recreational marijuana market after the Nevada Tax Commission today approved emergency regulations to reopen distribution licensing. The Nevada Tax Commission voted to let the Department of Taxation again ...
Most marijuana dispensaries in Las Vegas reported similar results during the first week of legal recreation sales: Long lines of eager customers and strong revenue. That was ...
Static electricity was blamed for a small fire Wednesday night that briefly closed a marijuana dispensary and cultivation facility near the Las Vegas Strip and caused about ...
The first four days of legal recreational marijuana sales generated $3 million in sales revenue and about $500,000 in tax revenue, putting Nevada on pace to achieve an estimated $30 million in sales revenue over the next six months of recreational sales, according to the Nevada Dispensary Association. The sales figure was ...
Decades of what those in the marijuana industry called prohibition of the plant paid off handily for Las Vegas dispensaries on the first day of legal recreational sales in Nevada ...
A legal skirmish over recreational marijuana distribution rights will be resolved quickly, as sales get ready to kick off this weekend, the head of a dispensary group ...
Farma was one of more than 100 dispensaries across Oregon to start recreational sales that day, the majority of which loaded up on staffers and inventory to handle lines with ...
March through June is the Las Vegas Valley’s windiest period of the year, as the desert moves from its mildly chilly winter weather into its blistering hot summer climate, a National Weather Service meteorologist said. If the valley feels especially windy, that’s just because we are winding down the naturally windiest time of the year here. On average, this year is no windier than any other year. ...
One of the valley’s favorite Mexican restaurants is opening a location in Henderson next month. Casa Don Juan, a Michoacán-influenced restaurant that has operated in downtown Las Vegas since the mid-1990s and ...