Light rain fell in parts of the Las Vegas Valley on Saturday, and there is a chance of more showers and thunderstorms tonight and into Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
A 33-year-old Las Vegas man was critically injured Saturday when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck that pulled out in front of him, Metro Police said.
Interstate Plumbing & Air Conditioning LLC of Las Vegas, which suspended operations and sent workers home early this week, on Friday said it had officially laid off 335 workers — effectively its entire staff.
A Las Vegas man was arrested on counts of DUI and hit-and-run Saturday night after leaving the scene of a crash in which a motorcyclist was critically injured, Metro Police said.
Firefighters battled a two-acre brush fire in the northwest part of the valley, near Alexander Road and Cliff Shadows Parkway, the Bureau of Land Management said.
A day after a gunman disguised as a police officer killed at least 85 campers at a youth retreat in Norway, police report three shootings in the U.S. in which six people died and at least 20 were wounded.
A mechanical problem with a car sparked a fire in the garage of a northwest Las Vegas house that caused about $100,000 damage, fire officials said. Nobody was injured.
A large construction trailer where homeless people have been staying caught fire Saturday night, causing an estimated $5,000 damage, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue officials said.
Las Vegas recorded a visitor volume increase of 4.8 percent in April over the previous year, according to numbers released today by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
The developer of a 500-foot Ferris wheel and amusement park across from Mandalay Bay held a media event today to launch the project. The wheel will have 40 heated and air-conditioned passenger gondolas that each will hold 20 to 25 passengers.
A motorcycle officer was injured Saturday night when he crashed his bike after running over water in the road, Metro Police said. The officer was taken to the hospital with a broken leg, police said.
The Culinary and Bartenders unions say they and the owner of the Sahara have been working to help nearly 400 union members affected by today's closure of the property.
A transformer exploded and shot flames high into the dark sky early Sunday morning behind the Monte Carlo casino on the Las Vegas Strip , leading authorities to close Interstate 15 for about an hour.
University Medical Center CEO Kathy Silver announced Wednesday that her last day will be July 1. Silver has survived several controversies during her tenure.
Casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. of Las Vegas today said Alexander Mirza has been named head of Caesars Hospitality Ventures and will also head Caesars Global Life.
International Game Technology today announced plans to expand in the Internet gambling industry by purchasing Entraction Holding AB of Stockholm, Sweden, for about $115 million.
Boyd Gaming Corp. of Las Vegas today announced it's selling its Dania Jai-Alai business in Dania Beach, Fla., south of Fort Lauderdale, for $80 million in cash.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is receiving backlash today after a report surfaced on a hotel and lodging blog that a transgender guest was banned for life from the hotel-casino for using the women’s restroom.
Mayor Oscar Goodman said today at a housing conference that he is meeting with officials from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to possibly become part of a branding campaign for Las Vegas.
The Los Angeles Times reported that Southern California-based homebuilder KB Home widened its loss in the first quarter after taking a financial hit on the bankruptcy of Inspirada in Henderson.
A fire started at a Las Vegas home Sunday evening in the same area where workers had been using a torch to repair a damaged patio cover, investigators said.
Wynn Resorts announced a partnership with PokerStars, a company that operates online poker games, saying the two companies would work toward the passage of federal legislation to regulate gambling on the Internet.
Caesars Palace hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip and Nobu Hospitality LLC today announced plans to establish a Nobu hotel, restaurant and lounge at Caesars Palace.
Former Planet Hollywood hotel-casino executive Donna Lehman has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer at casino operator Herbst Gaming LLC.
Las Vegas-based casino supplier Shuffle Master Inc. today said accounting industry executives Eileen Raney and Randy Thoman are joining its board of directors.
A Las Vegas Hard Rock hotel-casino guest is suing the property, charging assault, defamation and false imprisonment over an Oct. 12 incident. The suit was filed in Clark County District Court in behalf of Ryan Maurer.
A California woman got an early Christmas present this week when she hit a $2.9 million jackpot on a penny slot machine at Planet Hollywood. She had been playing about three hours and put $500 into the machine when she hit the jackpot.
The Las Vegas Sun has won a national broadcast journalism award for its examination of gambling addiction, becoming the first print-based news organization to receive the award for multimedia storytelling.
Las Vegas visitor volume in October increased by 5.7 percent compared to a year earlier, according to numbers released today by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
Wynn Resorts has signed a collective bargaining agreement with the Transport Workers Union covering table games dealers at the Wynn Las Vegas resort, the company said today.