A half-million-acre stretch of desert and mountains surrounding Searchlight that was set aside as Avi Kwa Ame National Monument is drawing renewed concern from supporters who fear it could be reduced under the Trump administration, following actions that cut the size of two national monuments in Utah by 90%.

There are many states in America where a governor shares the ticket with his or her running mate. Nevada is not one of them.

Las Vegas could be on the verge of landing an NBA expansion team, but a major question remains unresolved: where the team would play.

Touted as a civil engineering marvel before construction even began, the immense Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge hangs about 90 stories above the Colorado River, overlooking the storied Hoover Dam.

The demise of the Sun’s print edition brings on a flood of memories about local newspapering’s glory days — the characters, the stories, the changing times.

Last time, we were talking about Ruby Duncan, who died recently at age 93. In the late 1960s, she found herself on welfare. And she and other Black women found the system worked against them. 

The brief exchange lasted only a few seconds, but the reaction has since drawn national attention and sparked an even broader conversation about whether moments of tragedy have become influenced by the nation’s growing political divide.

Sixty years after opening its doors on the Strip, Caesars Palace hotel-casino is celebrating a milestone that few Las Vegas properties have reached while remaining one of the city’s defining destinations.