For kids who receive free or reduced-price meals at school, summer can mean days of missed meals and weeks of hunger. Parents sometimes struggle to find money or time to provide their children with the meals they eat at school But thanks to a program supported by the federal government, help is ...
Planning for the proposed UNLV School of Medicine took a step forward Friday with the unveiling of a business plan calling for the state of Nevada to spend ...
With the start of the 2014-15 school year fast approaching, the Clark County School District faces a conundrum: how to fill 800 vacant teaching positions despite a shortage of ...
When the mother of a 4-year-old Las Vegas girl made a plea for engineers at UNLV to help build her daughter a prosthetic hand, they listened. The result is a wonder of modern technology, created with a 3-D printer and allowing the girl to ...
For UNLV’s proposed multipurpose stadium to be built, it could come at a cost to taxpayers in Clark County. Tax bumps were presented today as the most logical revenue source ...
Metro Police announced today that they will no longer detain immigrants based solely on a request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The policy change was ...
Two men killed in a head-on, wrong-way crash on U.S. 95 on Sunday morning have been identified as Gil Rodriguez Gil, 29, of Henderson and Jacob Ryan Baker, 28, of Las Vegas, according to...
A thunderstorm packing winds of up to 50 mph could move into the Las Vegas Valley later today, as moisture from Arizona and Mexico pushes into the region, National Weather Service officials said. Today is expected to remain cloudy with a...
While the exam is mandatory for all students, it will not affect whether a student will graduate. Instead, it gives high school juniors a free exam that is required to apply to many colleges
The threat is high during the summer in Southern Nevada, where drowning was the fourth-leading cause of death among children in 2011, according to the Southern Nevada Drowning Prevention Coalition. But the threat becomes even greater during …
Las Vegas Fire & Rescue crews are working to extinguish a house fire today in central Las Vegas. Firefighters responded about noon to reports of smoke coming from the attic of a home at 3013 Merritt Ave., near …
A man was shot and killed Wednesday night after an argument with two men in the alley behind an East Las Vegas store, Metro Police said. Police responded about 8:50 p.m. to reports of...
Metro Police are searching for two people suspected of robbing a cashier at gunpoint Wednesday morning at a business near Buffalo and Vegas drives. A man and another person entered the business about...
Using the DIY Sun Science app, children can learn about the sun through hands-on activities, videos and images. The activities, which are geared toward young children, can be completed with household items. They include …
Fire prevention officer Mike Haydon from the Bureau of Land Management said a long-term drought and early spring snow-melt have left trees drier than they’ve ever been, putting the mountain in danger of...
Someone shot and killed a woman’s dog this morning in the backyard of her northwest Las Vegas home. Metro Police responded about 6 a.m. to the report of...
The mass exodus of Electric Daisy Carnival partygoers this morning has clogged traffic on southbound Interstate 15 from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway to...
They made their way into the chapel for a hero’s funeral. Metro Police officers, firefighters, family and friends — nearly 400 people in all — gathered Sunday to honor Joseph Wilcox for his sacrificial efforts to stop a gunslinging couple inside a Wal-Mart store. Flowers, a hero plaque and a Civilian's Medal of Valor were on display in the chapel, and at the center of it all, an ...
A woman said voices told her to throw her children out of the window, according to a Metro Police arrest report. On the morning of June 12, Luz Robledo Ibarra, 35, listened to those voices, police said. That morning, she...
According to Metro homicide detectives, the victim had parked his car at a gas pump and waited for more than 30 minutes before he got out of the car. As soon as he stepped out …
A driver suspected in a hit-and-run accident that left an 11-year-old boy seriously injured on Monday turned himself in today to Metro Police, authorities said. Rodrigo Tomax, 25, was arrested...
The intersection of St. Rose Parkway and Bowes Avenue in Henderson was closed briefly this afternoon following a two-vehicle crash, according to the Regional Transportation Commission. Henderson Police responded about...
Two vehicles collided on Interstate 15 North near Charleston Boulevard this afternoon, blocking two lanes of the freeway. The Nevada Highway Patrol received reports about...
A dump truck hauling construction equipment overturned this morning on eastbound 215 Beltway near Jones Boulevard, snarling traffic on the highway for nearly …
An 11-year-old boy was standing on a sidewalk Monday night when a car veered off the road and hit him before driving away, according to Metro Police officials. Police responded about...
In 1990, Gilbert Hyatt catapulted from unknown inventor to the father of personal computers. After 20 years of court battles and patent applications, Hyatt was awarded U.S. Patent No. 4,942,516 for his single-chip integrated …
Gusty winds are expected to blow through the Las Vegas Valley on another hot, dry day today, prompting a fire warning. The National Weather Service has issued...
Two people died today when their van was hit by a semitrailer in a three-vehicle accident on U.S. 95 and Auto Show Drive in Henderson. Nevada Highway Patrol says the wreck ...
Fire destroyed a vacant house Wednesday night and nearly burned down two utility poles in eastern Las Vegas. Las Vegas Fire & Rescue responded about...
It can be easy to rest on the same five meals every week, but as good as meat loaf is, five months of “Meat Loaf Tuesdays” can get a little old. Appetites offers users a …