Traffic heads north on I-15 near the Lake Mead exits. I-15 between the Spaghetti Bowl and Craig Road is the only area that might be funded this year by the Nevada Legislature.
Photo by John Gurzinski.
$3.8 BILLION HIGHWAY PLAN: Traffic congestion hits tax wall CARSON CITY -- When they returned to Carson City on Feb. 19 following the NBA All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas, Southern Nevada legislators regaled their colleagues with tales of horrendous traffic jams.
$3.8 BILLION HIGHWAY PLAN: Traffic congestion hits tax wall CARSON CITY -- When they returned to Carson City on Feb. 19 following the NBA All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas, Southern Nevada legislators regaled their colleagues with tales of horrendous traffic jams.
IN DEPTH: SUNSHINE WEEK: Access not always so easy Bhopal, India, 1984, was an international flash point in the history of hazardous materials handling. That year, a toxic gas leak at a Bhopal pesticide plant led to almost 4,000 deaths.
Giuliani defends Gingrich RENO -- Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani praised Newt Gingrich's admission of having an extramarital affair as Gingrich pursued President Clinton's impeachment over the Monica Lewinsky affair.
NORM: Heads might roll over UFC interview Ultimate Fighting Championship executives are furious with Chuck Liddell's camp over a TV interview in which an incoherent Liddell appeared to be heavily sedated.
WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters' Notebook AUTHORITIES WERE SCRAMBLING THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO A REPORT OF AN EXPLOSIVE device in a planter outside the old courthouse at 200 S. Third St. downtown.
Vehicle hits, kills man in wheelchair A man in a wheelchair was killed when he was hit by a vehicle near Charleston Boulevard and Maryland Parkway at about 7:25 p.m. on Saturday, Las Vegas police Lt. Steve Herpolsheimer said.
GOP defends Gibbons over legal defense fund The Clark County Republican Party on Saturday came to the defense of Gov. Jim Gibbons, capping a week of legal and ethical questions about the governor's recently disclosed legal defense trust fund.
Spa adds quieter touch to NASCAR experience Somehow the words "spa" and "racetrack" don't go together, but that's exactly one of the amenities the Las Vegas Motor Speedway added when it underwent its renovations.
Researchers tied to hate groups get invitations An organization headed by a prominent University of Nevada, Las Vegas professor has invited four researchers with ties to hate groups to speak at a May conference in Turkey.
Democrats, Republicans head for collision over education CARSON CITY -- The sixth week of the 2007 Nevada Legislature opens Monday with dueling Democratic and Republican news conferences over education, notably funding for full-day kindergarten, which Democrats want and Gov. Jim Gibbons opposes.
CORRECTION A photo caption in Saturday's Review-Journal accompanying a story on jury selection in the murder trial of James Carter Jr. contained an error. Carter, 17, is accused of taking part in the slaying of Kyle Staheli.
ROAD WARRIOR: Racers will see downside of downtown Today's a big day at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, which will be packed for its annual NASCAR Nextel Cup stock car race-apalooza. But next month, the track in the northeast Las Vegas Valley will lose its monopoly on places for races.
IN DEPTH: SUNSHINE WEEK: Most local governments grant requests In the spirit of Sunshine Week, a yearly event to promote open government through open records and open meetings, the Las Vegas Review-Journal conducted its own audit of seven local governments in Southern Nevada.
WEEK IN REVIEW: Gibbons unveils school empowerment plan Gov. Jim Gibbons outlined his long-awaited school empowerment plan Tuesday, predicting it would take Nevada "off the top of every bad list and put it at the top of every good list."
Cattle killed when livestock truck crashes A tractor-trailer hauling 103 roping cattle from Arizona to Utah and Idaho rolled over as it exited U.S. Highway 95 onto northbound Interstate 15 on Saturday night, killing at least 12 animals, authorities said.
IN DEPTH: Nonprofit's criteria suggest some shortcomings in Clark County An informal "scorecard," devised by the nonprofit Working Group on Community Right-to-Know, helps evaluate the performance of local emergency planning committees. Using that measure, the Clark County Local Emergency Planning Committee's hazmat emergency response plan has some shortcomings.
