Henderson Fire Displaces Several Residents
HENDERSON (CBS Las Vegas) – At approximately 10:38 a.m. Sunday morning, crews from the Henderson Fire Department responded to a reported fire on High View at the Martinique Bay Apartments, near the...
View ArticleSilvano Alves Wins PBR Title
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Silvano Alves held on to his sizable lead to win the Professional Bull Riders world title and $1 million bonus, and Robson Palermo jumped from fourth to first place Sunday to take...
View ArticleRebels Fall To Winless Lobos
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Demarcus Rogers scored a 2-yard touchdown with 1:15 left Saturday as New Mexico defeated UNLV 21-14 for its first victory of the season. Rogers’ run capped a 34-yard drive set...
View Article1 dead, 16 injured in 2,000-acre Reno Wildfire
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Fire Chief Mike Hernandez says a firefighter suffered first and second-degree burns while taming a sudden wildfire that spread through northwestern Nevada. The estimated number of...
View ArticleUNLV Upsets Top-Ranked North Carolina
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Chace Stanback had a career-high 28 and added 10 rebounds to help UNLV beat top-ranked North Carolina 90-80 on Saturday night in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational....
View ArticleDanny Tarkanian Considering Congressional Run
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former U.S. Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian says internal polling shows he has name recognition to win a U.S. House seat in Nevada, but he isn’t sure he can raise the most money in...
View ArticleIndyCar Will Not Return To Vegas In ’12
LAS VEGAS (AP) – The IndyCar Series will not race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway next season. Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon was killed in a 15-car accident at the Las Vegas track in the...
View ArticleRebels Fall At Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Ben Brust came off the bench and scored a career-high 25 points to help No. 14 Wisconsin beat UNLV 62-51 Saturday. Wisconsin (8-2) ripped off a 13-0 run midway through the first...
View ArticleMayweather Reaches Plea Deal
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials say boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. will plead guilty in Las Vegas to reduced charges in a plea deal settling felony allegations that he battered his ex-girlfriend and a...
View ArticleMayweather Future In Doubt
(Las Vegas) Boxing champion and Las Vegas resident Floyd Mayweather Jr. will need to go before the Nevada Athletic Commission in order to fight in 2012. KXNT talked with Nevada Athletic Commission...
View ArticleNew Homes Sales Hit Record Low
(Las Vegas, NV) — New home sales in Las Vegas hit a record low in 2011. Home Builders Research says just under 3900 new homes were sold last year, the lowest since the company began tracking the...
View ArticleCharter Schools Earn High Marks
(Las Vegas, NV) — Nevada charter schools are moving up in a national ranking. Dr. John Hawk, the president of the Charter School Association of Nevada says even with the better ranking there is...
View ArticleReno Fire Partially Contained
(Reno, NV) — Firefighters will know later today the extent of damage from a raging wildfire south of Reno. This morning, Reno Fire Battalion chief Tim Spencer says the fire is 50% contained. Winds of...
View ArticleMayor Accepts Food Stamp Challenge
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman is accepting a challenge to live on less than five-dollars worth of groceries every day for a week.
View ArticleGovernor Won’t Endorse GOP Candidate
(Carson City, NV) — Governor Brian Sandoval isn’t backing any of the remaining Republican presidential candidates before this Saturday’s state caucus. Sandoval tells the “Las Vegas Sun” he’ll attend...
View ArticleGingrich Regroups After Florida
(Las Vegas) Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich made a campaign stop in Las Vegas Thursday morning. Just two days after being beaten soundly by Mitt Romney in Florida, the former speaker...
View ArticleSports Books Expect Profit
(Las Vegas, NV) — The New York Giants were not the only winners of the Super Bowl. Las Vegas sports books will likely be in the black from yesterday’s game. Oddsmakers made the New England Patriots...
View ArticleFeds Fine Vegas Airline
(Las Vegas,NV) — Allegiant Air has been fined 100-thousand dollars by the federal government for a pair of violations. The Department of Transportation says the Vegas-based airline failed to...
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