Clark County News

Authorities in Las Vegas have identified a 29-year-old woman found strangled last week in a parked sport utility vehicle, and say they're still looking for a man seen driving away in a white Honda Civic.

Retired basketball star Charles Barkley continues to have harsh words for the way his $400,000 gambling debt was handled.

Police still haven't found the man they believe murdered a woman found dead in a car on Wednesday.

A 17-year-old shooting a shotgun into the air on July 4 eventually led to him and six of his friends being arrested early this morning following a standoff with Las Vegas police.

LAS VEGAS - The Nevada Supreme Court acknowledged Tuesday that it was racing against time as justices heard arguments about whether term limits prevent some longtime state and local lawmakers from seeking ...

LAS VEGAS -- Court officials in Las Vegas said they've notified 380 people about a security breach involving the unauthorized release of personal identification information.

The two Boulder City officials who have been targeted in a recall effort have another reason to celebrate.

LAS VEGAS -- A famous Valley creature and weather predictor has passed away. Mojave Max, the desert tortoise that represented the county's Desert Conservation Program, died Tuesday.

" A 21-year-old Warren man wanted in connection with the armed robbery of a city school will appear today in a Nevada court after his arrest there.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered landfill operator Republic Services of Southern Nevada, to immediately begin remediation work at the Sunrise Mountain Landfill in Clark County, Nevada.

A federal judge on Monday delayed enforcement of a new sex offender law that was to take effect today, saying he wanted to consider the constitutional challenge made by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The Clark County coroner's office has identified a 24-year-old man who police say was killed when he intervened in a neighborhood argument.

LAS VEGAS -- A 39-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman are being held in Las Vegas pending extradition to New Mexico on allegations they swindled people out of tens of thousands of dollars selling racehorses ...

Fire officials say a 12-acre fire that touched off after a plane crashed and exploded on Mt.

' Gov. Jim Gibbons wants to close a $150 million loophole that has allowed casinos and others to escape paying sales and use tax on complimentary meals.

Hillary Clinton's political allies helped her win the Nevada caucus in January. Now that she supports Barack Obama they want to make it clear there are no hard feelings.

A Las Vegas mother faces life in prison after she was convicted of stabbing her 7-year-old daughter to death and slashing her 8-year-old son in February 2003.

A Clark County District Court judge is off the ethics hook after a public apology for making improper political donations in 2004.

The Clark County Lawn Mower Exchange Program , which started on June 23, is designed to help reduce pollution in the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

Air quality officials are advising southern Nevada residents that smoke from California wildfires is again creating a haze in the Las Vegas area.