A downtown Las Vegas hotel that opened in 1906 with rooms for $1 and began serving 50-cent shrimp cocktail appetizers in 1959 is marking the completion of a $15 million renovation and expansion project.

The Obama administration's top housing official and Nevada's state attorney general say more struggling home loan borrowers in a region hard-hit by foreclosures can apply for a program that could save them more than $3,000 a year.

Gov. Brian Sandoval has proclaimed Tuesday "Sheriff Ralph Lamb Day" in conjunction with the premier of the CBS drama "Vegas" that was inspired by the former Clark County sheriff.

Authorities have identified a 22-year-old man who died after a weekend motorcycle crash near Lake Mead's Callville Bay.

Authorities say a fire fanned by gusty winds damaged six homes as it raged through a neighborhood on Las Vegas' east side.

The driver who fled the scene of a fatal accident in Las Vegas on Friday has been arrested and charged in the five-vehicle crash that killed one person and injured two others on I-215 near Sahara.

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong is headed to treatment for substance abuse.

Five people including two children were taken to the hospital after an overturned deep fryer ignited a house on fire in Las Vegas.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is launching an herbicide offensive to combat an invasive grass that can fuel fires in Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas.

Mitt Romney is framing a comment from President Barack Obama as an admission of failure.

Tom Gorman has been named executive editor of the Las Vegas Sun.

Some of the biggest names in music are descending on Las Vegas for the iHeartRadio Music Festival 2012 that kicks off Friday.

Two police officers and two civilians have been hospitalized after a car crashed into two patrol cruisers during a traffic stop northeast of Las Vegas.

A judge rejected procedural challenges and set bail at $4 million for a 23-year-old man accused of plowing a speeding car into a crowded Las Vegas bus stop driving home with friends from a bar last week.

Nevada gambling regulators have approved licenses for three companies to run Internet poker sites in the state.

The Nevada Supreme Court has temporarily barred a once prominent Las Vegas prosecutor from practicing law following his guilty plea to a felony drug possession charge.

A prosecutor says a high level of marijuana was found along with alcohol in the blood of a 23-year-old man accused of driving under the influence in a Las Vegas bus stop crash that killed four people and injured eight last week.

Police have arrested 50 people for doing business without a license on the Las Vegas Strip since new rules on illegal transactions were passed this summer.

Authorities say a 57-year-old Las Vegas man faces felony charges in a series of grab-and-run heists involving thousands of dollars worth of casino chips from roulette tables.

Authorities say an armed fugitive killed by a deputy U.S. marshal after a short foot pursuit in North Las Vegas had been wanted in a violent home invasion that left an elderly man with serious injuries including a fractured skull last week in Tucson, Ariz.

Police have arrested a man in connection with the death of another man who was found bleeding in front of their Las Vegas home.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is scheduled to make his sixth campaign stop in Nevada since April with an appearance at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

A man has been hospitalized after emergency crews pulled him from a car that flipped over and caught fire in Henderson Wednesday.

President Barack Obama has nominated two Las Vegas lawyers for federal judgeships in Nevada.

Police and firefighters are investigating the death of a man whose body was found after an explosion and fire at a mobile home.