The experts at Home & Garden Television offer these helpful tips of things not to do when decorating an apartment.
What’s better than glass? What’s lighter than glass? What’s stronger than glass? Give up? It’s acrylic. It’s perception.
When it comes to home decoration, some valley residents are seeking one-of-a-kind artful options to not just reflect their style but their personal lives as well. Personalized items can not only beautify one’s living space, but can double as thoughtful gifts and works of art.
: We have several squeaky floors throughout our house along with a stair step that squeaks. Anyway, we are getting new carpet and thought that now is the time to get rid of the noise. How should we approach this job?
: I have two questions, but first I want to thank you for letting us know about the free mulch outside the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Orchard in North Las Vegas. For the first time in 10 years, I had a successful tomato harvest because of mulching.
As Hyrum slid behind the wheel of the 21-foot, custom-painted Skeeter bass boat, I was more than a little nervous. Knowing a 225-horsepower outboard was on the back didn’t help. Though he is 12, Hyrum already has a well-earned reputation as The Wildman, mostly because he knows no fear. He’ll try just about anything at least once, especially if it involves speed or heights.
Mountain View football coach Ray LeBoeuf hasn’t seen or heard of anything quite like what his team has endured this season.
Last-minute touchdowns against New Mexico and San Diego State. A thwarted 2-point conversion pass against Hawaii.
With The Meadows’ boys soccer team coming off a 4-12 season, its chances of reaching the Class 3A Southern League postseason looked murky at best.
• LAKE MEAD — Shad have moved into shallow water, and striped bass are following them in. Boils have been seen along the beaches, near Hemenway, at 33-Hole and in the Las Vegas Wash area. Anglers are catching stripers from one-half pound to 2 pounds in close, while those fishing in 80 to 100 feet of water are reeling in fish from 2 to 6 pounds on live shad and while jigging with Kastmasters.
Keenan Graham had been on a manic three-week recruiting tour that weaved through Nebraska, Wisconsin and Colorado.
• ARBOR VIEW — Girls cross country runner Taylor Inghram placed 17th at the Sunset Region meet to help Arbor View take third and qualify for state. Boys cross country runner Adonis Gaines placed 11th at the Sunset Region meet to qualify for state.
When it comes to power hitting, no one can launch bombs quite like Denny Crine. The 6-foot-6-inch, 300-pounder has a sweet swing and the physique of a cleanup hitter.
Barack Obama won Nevada on Tuesday because he crushed his opponent in the state’s urban counties and didn’t get killed in the rural areas of the state.
A man named by authorities as a figure in the drug-ring kidnapping of a 6-year-old valley boy was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury, a U.S. attorney’s office official said.
In the race for the Clark County School Board, Edward Goldman and Ron Taylor, two candidates with advanced degrees and professional educational experience, lost to homemaker Deanna Wright and dental hygienist Chris Garvey.
A man accused of attempting to kill his estranged wife and fatally shooting her boyfriend while armed with a chain saw and assault rifle Monday also will be charged in the slaying of the woman’s 18-week-old fetus, Clark County District Attorney David Roger said Wednesday.
CARSON CITY — Democratic Congresswoman-elect Dina Titus said Wednesday she refused to think beyond Election Day as she campaigned to unseat Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., in the 3rd District race in Southern Nevada.
A Pahrump woman whose candidacy for justice of the peace raised concerns about conflict of interest lost her bid for the bench on Tuesday.
Inadequate ground support at a Northern Nevada gold mine caused the April death of an underground miner who was crushed by falling rock, federal investigators say.
The woman who accused Gov. Jim Gibbons of attacking her in a parking garage has named more than a dozen people as potential defendants in her civil lawsuit, including Clark County District Attorney David Roger.
NEW YORK — Newsstands from Seattle to Las Vegas to New York quickly sold out of Wednesday’s papers declaring Barack Obama the nation’s first black president as some jubilant customers picked up two, three or even 30 copies as keepsakes.