LAS VEGAS — Local law enforcement is trying to do its part to prevent any terrorist acts.After a year of planning and organizing, the new southern Nevada counter terrorism center at Spencer and Sunse…

LAS VEGAS — Opportunity Village is ready to tilt up walls on their new southwest campus.A special celebration was held Tuesday marking the milestone, during on-going construction of the Ralph & B…

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LAS VEGAS — A cable installer in the Las Vegas area has agreed to pay $350,000 in back wages and damages to more than 100 current and former workers.Cox Communications subcontractor Pratt Communicati…

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is threatening to veto Senate legislation designed to improve health care on American Indian reservations.Administration officials said the president objects to e…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An extreme skier died Tuesday from injuries he sustained after jumping off a cliff for a scene in a documentary film. Billy Poole was flown by helicopter from the backcountry of…

Two people are in custody, accused of shooting a man at an ATM earlier this month. The pair was charged over the weekend with robbery and attempted murder. It happened outside a Wells Fargo at Sahara …

Another adult is accused of abusing his trust and inappropriately touching a child. This time police are looking into allegations a special education teacher fondled one of his female students.

Lawyers for the NFL filed documents on Jan. 16 to get out of the lawsuit involving the February 2007 shooting at the Minxx Gentleman’s Club involving Tennessee Titans’ Adam “Pacman” Jones that left To…

» Discuss Article Heath Ledger, whose chiseled good looks made him a heartthrob to millions and who won movie fame for playing a tragic homosexual cowboy, was found dead in a Manhattan apartment…