It was well past dark when we finally found the campsite we had been looking for. The directions Chris’ plumber had given him were easy to follow until we turned off the main road and began looking for the location he recommended. In the darkness, trees blended together and every clearing began to look the same. I suppose that’s why the outdoor gurus always tell you to make camp before dark.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Harry Reid took a one-day trip to Afghanistan on Wednesday saying U.S. generals running the front-line war need more help.
The Clark County Education Association won the chance to continue its fight to expel a member after its lawyer argued that case law supports a union’s right to rid itself of members who would destroy the organization.
Bob Maheu was on a retirement cruise in the Greek islands in April 1976 when a crew member on the yacht delivered the news.
Suspended District Judge Elizabeth Halverson’s attempt to halt a disciplinary hearing against her failed in federal court Wednesday, but U.S. District Judge Robert Jones left the door open for her attorneys to try something else.
CARSON CITY — Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio, locked in a tough Reno GOP primary battle with former Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, has reported close to $300,000 in contributions for his re-election bid.
A 24-year-old Las Vegas man died Wednesday after he lost control of his Nissan Altima, striking a median and power pole in the northwest valley, Las Vegas police said.
A 13-year-old Las Vegas boy remained hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday after being struck by a sport utility vehicle while selling newspapers this weekend.
City and tourism officials are looking for ideas for redoing Cashman Center — in fact, the site could be completely reworked and ultimately might not even have a baseball stadium.
CARSON CITY — Even though she does not have a primary opponent, Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas, has raised more than $300,000 in campaign contributions and has begun to give money to many other Democratic legislative candidates.
CARSON CITY — The four candidates running for a vacant seat on the Nevada Supreme Court are spending big bucks, much of it their own, on the race.
The First Amendment gives a Las Vegas police detective the right to wear a beard for religious reasons, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, but a jury must decide whether he has the right to wear a yarmulke on the job.
The Meridian Luxury Suites condo development has taken another step toward restarting its hotel operation, which was shut down by the county last month. The Clark County Planning Commission approved a tentative map of the 671-unit site, but some owners say final approval of a conversion into a condo resort might not come in time to save them from foreclosure.
State Sen. Dina Titus, the Democrat hoping to unseat Rep. Jon Porter in the 3rd Congressional District, kept up an aggressive fundraising pace last month but still has less than half of Porter’s campaign war chest, according to campaign finance disclosures filed last week with the Federal Election Commission.
A story in Wednesday’s Review-Journal incorrectly stated that the man who died in an accident Sunday on state Route 160 at El Capitan Way was at fault in the accident. Also, his name was misspelled. Nelsen Earl Bernardo, 29, was driving a white pickup when the driver of a red Toyota Corolla pulled in front of him.
The couple accused of killing a 17-year-old runaway and burying her body in the desert appeared Wednesday in District Court, where a preliminary hearing was scheduled for Sept. 10.
Several construction workers recently were observed drinking alcohol at nearby bars before they entered the CityCenter job site, a violation of company rules set by the general contractor.
CARSON CITY — The closure of the Nevada State Prison will probably be on the table for the Legislature next year if the Department of Corrections must ultimately cut 14 percent of its 2009-11 budget, a report to the Board of Prison Commissioners states.
When Edward “Tiger” Monsour’s family left him in the care of a Las Vegas nursing home in 2005 to recover from a fall, they thought he would rehabilitate, return home and re-establish himself as the family’s patriarch.
WASHINGTON — The two Republican House members from Nevada plan to return to the Capitol this week to take part in an ongoing GOP tactic to protest Democrats’ handling of energy legislation.
Federal authorities are calling it the largest hacking and identity theft case yet. But this week’s indictments of 11 people accused of plundering millions of payment card numbers might not seriously dent the underworld where such crimes occur.
Most people remember Bob Maheu and think of his weird 15-year relationship with the even weirder Howard Hughes, because the two never met in person, yet Maheu morphed into Hughes’ alter ego before they parted ways. In his 1992 book “Next to Hughes,” Maheu thanked Hughes “who taught me so much about life through his own unhappiness.”
It’s easy to lose sight of the national presidential election when you’re here in Nevada.
Nevadans nervous about the budget-balancing intentions of the 2009 Legislature should pay close attention to their western neighbor.
