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Many Nevada ghost towns were rapidly established by miners and prospectors and abandoned as soon as the mines dried up. But St. Thomas, founded in 1865 as a Mormon farming outpost, was ultimately abandoned for a less typical reason: It was about to dr…

Raymond Santana, one of the members of the so-called Central Park Five, spent five years in prison for a crime for which he was later exonerated. The 45-year-old Santana will tell his story at 6 p.m. tonight at CSN’s North Las Vegas Campus as part of …

Robin Lehner didn’t think he was coming to the Golden Knights. He didn’t think he was he was going to leave the Chicago Blackhawks at all. But as the trade deadline inched nearer …

An image of the scarf-wearing crew reflects off Michael Denman’s aviator shades as soccer chants erupt from the Cashman Field bleachers on a crisp Saturday morning. It’s mid-January, two months before the Las Vegas Lights kick off their third season i…

“That program is an absolute godsend for anyone interested in a new outlook on life,” says Lerlene Roever, who participated as a handler for about seven years.

How active are you, do you have small children and what’s your budget like?

When Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom voted to raise the county’s sales tax by an eighth of a percent in September, he knew he was increasing a regressive tax that disproportionately impacts low-income individuals. But the tax hike was one of …

From Lazy Dog’s patio to the Bark Park

It’s becoming a running joke, but when a player makes his Golden Knights debut, the expectation is that he’s going to score. It’s happened six times this season and three times in a week …

In a future that isn’t that far off, Robin Lehner will be handed the reins of an NHL team and told to go. He’ll be the No. 1 guy, the unquestioned starting goalie. He’s earned it after two seasons of splitting the net with Thomas Greiss and Corey Craw…