Caucusgoers will likely get caught in the rain Saturday. The National Weather Service is predicting a 90% chance of rain Friday night into Saturday morning. Check-in for the Democratic presidential caucuses starts ...
Tania Rios sat quietly inside Cardenas Market on Eastern Avenue near downtown Las Vegas while her mother finished shopping. The soft-spoken 19-year-old anxiously waited for ...
Michelle Zhang has been on edge as the coronavirus sweeps through her hometown of Huangshi, China, several miles southeast of Wuhan, where the virus originated. ...
For those not in a relationship, Valentine’s Day can be a poignant reminder of their single status. But there’s no need to hunker down while everyone else celebrates. There are plenty of options for ...
When it came time for UNLV to submit a 119-page application for a prestigious community engagement award, many stakeholders in the Las Vegas Valley combined to take part in the process. After all, the university has long taken pride in ...
The U.S. Census Bureau is encouraging undocumented immigrants to participate in this spring’s decennial count without fear of their legal status being disclosed to immigration enforcement.
Clark County officials have ordered inspections at apartment complexes they deem susceptible to fire, taking a proactive approach to fire prevention in the aftermath of ...
The Clark County Commission updated its code today to mirror a recently adopted federal ban on certain types of animal cruelty. The federal Preventing Animal Cruelty and ...
An Australian mining company has agreed to a moratorium on new activities at a planned lithium mine in Nevada in exchange for conservationists dropping a lawsuit to protect a rare desert wildflower they say doesn't ...
It’s Friday afternoon in the Sunrise Manor area of Las Vegas and most kids are enjoying the time off from school during the holiday break. But Kaylania Gomez, 4, is serious about her studies ...
The Vegas Strong Resiliency Center, which provides free resources to those impacted by the Oct. 1, 2017, Strip mass shooting, is moving to a new location. The new 4,700-square-foot center at ...
A 58-year-old Las Vegas man hit by a car last week while crossing the street in a wheelchair has died, according to Metro Police. The incident happened about ...
Kate Aldrich and Tim Shaffer know the story behind each piece of vintage clothing and furniture in their store, Patina Decor on Main Street. They travel the world to pick pieces ...
Dressed in a bright blue Santa Claus costume, Clark County School District Police Officer James Dew marched back and forth in a crosswalk on Silverado Ranch Boulevard, just west of Maryland Parkway, as cars whizzed past him. Motorists are required by law to ...
An Ethiopian and Eritrean cluster of businesses in Spring Valley referred to as Little Ethiopia is on its way to becoming the first designated cultural district in Clark County. Over the summer, members of the ...
At the far end of the dining room at the Humana Neighborhood Center in Henderson sat an unlikely group of friends Friday during the No Senior Eats Alone event ...
Dillon Cassell has dreamed of becoming a pilot since middle school. The Rancho High senior comes from a long line of pilots and first responders, including his father, who was killed while serving with the U.S. Air Force. Cassell, 17, is enrolled in Rancho’s Academy of Aviation, the only one of its kind in the state, where students ...
Henderson planners hope a Regional Transportation Commission-led study will reinvigorate development in the area around the Galleria at Sunset mall ...
Clark County commissioners voted unanimously today to pass safety regulations for mobile billboard trucks. Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson, whose district covers
Environmentalists are warning that a planned geothermal energy plant in Northern Nevada could threaten the habitat of a big-eyed, freckled creature known as the ...
A new sculpture behind the Strip pays tribute to old Las Vegas and the entertainers who helped put Las Vegas on the map. Spin Baby is the creation of longtime Las Vegas artist ...
Clark County commissioners moved forward this week with plans for an affordable senior housing complex near Pebble Road and Eastern Avenue. In a unanimous vote Tuesday, commissioners directed staff to ...
Leaders in North Las Vegas hope a planned liquid hydrogen plant will attract more development to the city's Apex Industrial Park. Air Liquide, a French industrial gas company, has its sights on the ...
Two years ago, Michael Foland launched a digital mobile billboard company with the goal of building the “biggest, brightest truck in the world.” Since then, FLO Advertising’s business has skyrocketed, Foland said. Its trucks, featuring digital displays more than ...
Clark County officials want to increase parking fees at McCarran International Airport for the first time since 2013, raising an extra $4.7 million annually to help pay for improvements to parking and ground transportation facilities. The Clark County Department of Aviation introduced the proposal today before the ...
The Clark County District Court Family Division is streamlining the process for domestic violence victims to obtain temporary protective orders. The court next year will consolidate the ...
Couple sees program as another tool to fight drug abuse by youths
Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019
If David Siegel knew then what he knows now about teen drug addiction, he says he could have saved his daughter’s life. “I was the dumbest person in the world when it came to drugs,” said Siegel, the founder of ...
Some Las Vegas area sex workers feel their career is under attack after a federal law meant to curb sex trafficking on online personal sites has instead unleashed negative residual effects on her livelihood ...
The city of North Las Vegas approved a controversial ordinance Wednesday that creates a criminal charge for domestic violence offenders that would allow prosecutors to ...
Let’s talk about death. More specifically, what should happen to our bodies after we die. It’s an important conversation that most people probably aren’t having at the dinner table. When death inevitably comes, those who opt for a traditional in-ground burial may find it’s more complicated and expensive than they might think ...
Clark County today became the first county in Nevada to join the County Climate Coalition, a nationwide initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. The move fulfills some of ...
Some neighbors worry a planned housing development at the shuttered Black Mountain Golf Club in Henderson will detract from the character of their neighborhood and bring unwanted traffic. “We have a historic neighborhood and have been here a long time.”
Recreational marijuana isn’t legal at the federal level, meaning there are no federal standards or regulations for approving cannabis products for sale. That leaves policymaking up to each state.
Clark County commissioners passed an ordinance today extending no-gunfire zones around Lovell Canyon and the southwest part of the Las Vegas Valley. The ordinance ...
Clark County needs to do more to combat climate change, including hiring a sustainability manager and adopting a climate action plan, Commissioner Justin Jones said. “The state of ...
Clark County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a policy to streamline the process of designating cultural districts within the unincorporated county ...
Clark County commissioners delayed voting today on a resolution to designate an Indigenous Peoples’ Day after they couldn’t agree on whether it should fall on Columbus Day. Commissioner Larry Brown said he supported the ...
Graceland Wedding Chapel in downtown has been the site of numerous celebrity weddings over the years — Jon Bon Jovi and Billy Ray Cyrus, to name a few, were both married there ...
About half of Nevada’s teens may be vulnerable to cancers caused by human papillomavirus, the most common sexually transmitted infection, according to the findings of a recent study ...
Gail Fahy rested her hand over a handprint she made years ago in the concrete at her best friend’s memorial at Palo Verde High School. Foreign language teacher Barbara Edwards used to love ...
A rare Nevada bee with declining population could be granted protection under the Endangered Species Act by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This marks an “extremely important hurdle” for the Mojave poppy bee ...
When Raymond Pistol opened Showgirl Video on Las Vegas Boulevard in 1983, the live dancers performing behind the peep show window were taxed the same way as “vending machines” under the city code, he said.
Vandals spray-painted a homophobic slur across the front doors of the LGBTQ Center of Southern Nevada late Wednesday, the second time in recent months that the facility was ...
Clark County leaders are continuing to look at options to alleviate traffic congestion near UNLV between McCarran International Airport and the Strip. Clark County Public Works Director Denis Cederburg said if nothing is done to improve the crowded roads by ...
Philanthropist Beverly Rogers started her book collection in the late 1990s, after reading a copy of Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone’s “Used and Rare.” Today, the UNLV alumna is donating her ...
A quarter-cent sales tax raising $100 million annually for water and wastewater projects will remain in place indefinitely following a decision today by the Clark County Commission ...