First-time office seeker Joe Locatelli, a Republican who teaches government at the College of Southern Nevada, knows he has an uphill race for the state Senate District 11 seat held by Mike Schneider, who is well-known to voters after serving two terms as an assemblyman and three terms as a state senator.
The late, immodest comedian Steve Allen may be turning in his grave.
Thousands of people turned out for the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation’s 13th Grand Slam for Children on Saturday at Wynn Las Vegas.
Like most candidates in this November’s election, Paul Aizley and Kenneth Rex say their No. 1 responsibility, if elected, is to fix the state’s budget.
Two veteran local attorneys will square off on election day for Family’s Court’s newly created Department R judgeship.
Many of us overlook walls and fences, but you can make them an important part of your landscape. Let them come alive by vertical gardening. Grow vines, espalier trees and shrubs, climbing roses, vining vegetables and potted plants on them.
A disgruntled-looking man with disheveled gray hair steps out of line and into the doorway of the Harmon Theater, nearly filling it. He has at least 100 pounds — and 8 inches — on the bouncer.
Voters in Boulder City will have four ballot questions to consider on Election Day, including one to create a tax district to fund the city’s hospital and another to sell land to fund the city’s share of a new water pipeline at Lake Mead.
Beatty annually celebrates its colorful history during Beatty Days, slated to coincide with the upcoming statewide three-day holiday for Nevada Day, Oct. 31-Nov. 2. The little town 115 miles from Las Vegas on U.S. 95 schedules family-style events and entertainment reminiscent of celebrations during Beatty’s early years more than a century ago.
The race for the newly created Department O Family Court is a study in contrasts.
It’s World War II, and the blue evening sky of Holland is punctured by the blood-red of hot, hot bombs. On the front line, a pair of U.S. soldiers share a cigarette while waiting for potential death, puffing away in a youth marked by pimples and bare beard stubble. Nearby, at the bottom of a stairwell rests the corpse of a little girl, shot dead by Nazis, who will also die.
A relatively new incumbent will battle a candidate running on a platform to remove the inefficiencies of the courts in the District Court Department 6 race.
She’s my girl. She arrives on Thursday, and ends up spending the long weekend at my house. Being a gentleman, I offer her my bed. My 6-year-old offers her his bed. Ooh, a little rivalry here?
As in the primary, the economy has been the main topic of conversation in the contest for Nevada’s 1st Congressional District, which has an entrenched incumbent facing off against three challengers.
Here are some of the things in news, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
Six-year-old Michael Arevalo lobs the beach ball. It bounces out of his father’s hands and into the pool at Turnberry Tower East, where both share a two-bedroom apartment.
When it comes to long-serving politicians, there are those in the Legislature who have served longer than Harvey Munford, who is seeking his third term in Assembly District 6 this year.
Two school administrators with more than 60 years experience between them are competing to replace Shirley Barber as the District C representative on the Clark County School Board.
The challenge for Station Casinos in opening Aliante Station is to not scare away the customers. In other words, the $662 million North Las Vegas hotel-casino may resemble Red Rock Resort in Summerlin, but it better not have Red Rock prices.
Amid collapsing credit markets and sinking stock prices, gaming industry leaders are looking for any piece of positive news. They hope voters in five states will give them a reason to smile come Nov. 4.
Voters in Senate District 3 have a choice between two Democrats on Election Day, longtime incumbent Valerie Wiener, who is seeking her final term in the Legislature, and political newcomer Anthony Wernicke.
CLOSED ENCOUNTERS: Local businesses see shortened business hours as a Band-Aid they can use to stop the financial bleeding as the economy continues to struggle.
About a year and half ago, many industry observers saw private-equity ownership of casino companies as the wave of the future.
Lifelong Nevadan John Oceguera would like to get elected to his fifth term in the state Assembly, but his opponent, Republican Bob Irwin, thinks it’s time for a change.
Major business events and economic events scheduled for the coming week (some dates are tentative):