A brush fire Sunday evening led to the evacuation of at least a portion of an apartment complex in Henderson, but nobody was hurt and there was no damage to buildings.
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The Nevada Highway Patrol late Sunday night was still investigating a crash that left three people dead on Interstate 15 near the Las Vegas Speedway exit, the result of a head-on collision caused by a wrong-way driver, a Highway Patrol trooper said.
UNLV will celebrate its 50th commencement on Sunday with about 2,500 graduates receiving diplomas.
Most local libraries will be staying open an hour later, the governing board decided Thursday night. Hours at the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District’s 14 urban branches were cut three years ago amid plunging tax revenues. Nearly 100 jobs were eliminated then, too.
In the depths of the Great Recession, downtown Las Vegas defied economic gravity with a building boom that included bars, restaurants, a new City Hall and the Mob Museum.
Sandra Allred DiGiacomo said Henderson can do better than incumbent Judge Mark Stevens in the race for Henderson Municipal Court Judge Department 1.
A man died when a tanker-trailer exploded and blew a gaping hole in the roof of a privately owned truck depot building adjacent to Nellis Air Force Base late Friday morning.
Just when things were heating up, Las Vegas got a little chilly with its residents.
Justin Joseph has been selected by the Commission of Presidential Scholars.
Honor Flight Nevada recently provided a free trip to Washington, D.C., for Summerlin resident Hank Gargano, who served in the First Allied Airborne Army in World War II.
The Las Vegas chapter of Friendship Force International is seeking new members. The group offers an exchange program that allows citizens of different countries to open their homes to host travelers.
MountainView Hospital is one of four sites in the nation for clinical testing of the new Firefly system, which allows surgeons to see lymph nodes that are first in line from the area where cancer is growing.
Nevada lawmakers in Congress are again pushing for a new national monument to protect thousands of ice age fossils hidden in the hills at the northern edge of Las Vegas.
The Clark County Department of Air Quality has issued a dust and smoke advisory through Friday afternoon due to a wildfire burning in the Los Padres National Forest in Southern California.
A busy Las Vegas intersection will be a four-way stop until 10 p.m. Thursday night.