WASHINGTON — With a friend in the White House and substantially more Democratic senators at his back, look for a kinder and gentler Harry Reid to be running the Senate as majority leader next year.
CARSON CITY — Attorneys for a state official facing a Nevada Ethics Commission hearing into allegations that he gave himself and his staff unauthorized pay increases contend he acted properly and did not seek “unwarranted advantages” for himself.
Clark County officials have refused to provide child welfare budget-cutting proposals to the state, calling the request from the governor’s budget office “short-sighted” and “outrageous.”
Las Vegas police on Wednesday addressed recent changes to school zone signs that have left some motorists confused.
Paranoid. Willful. Mercurial. Disrespectful. Loud. Offensive. Boorish. Quixotic. Impaired. Combative. Imperial. Unrepentant. Disrespectful. And a liar unfit to be a judge.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons has decided to move up his 2009 State of the State address to Jan. 15, four days early.
Two charred bodies found earlier this month at a remote southwestern valley location were victims of execution-style shootings, Las Vegas police said Wednesday.
Passions rose to scream-therapy intensity at a public meeting Wednesday on possible Clark County School District budget cuts that could total $120 million next school year.
A Las Vegas doctor and his wife were convicted late Wednesday of charges stemming from sales of a knockoff, nongovernment-approved version of Botox to patients who visited A New You cosmetic clinic.
Long-suffering residents of the crumbling Casa Rosa public housing complex in North Las Vegas have for years said the place should be torn down.
CARSON CITY — Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley picked three new chairmen of committees for the 2009 Legislature.
On July 16, as Detective Ethan Grimes was driving to work about 6:45 a.m., his unmarked police car was rammed from behind by a Toyota sport utility vehicle.
Legends in Concert” is moving right next door, but it’s still a significant move after 25 years at the Imperial Palace.
Paul O’Neill, founder of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, has a philosophy for live concerts that was taken from a page of Las Vegas’ own entertainment playbook: Fog it, light it, then blow it up.
How do you follow a really big show? With an even bigger really big show, of course.
If you quit thinking Garfield was funny when you were, oh, about 10 years old, you must check out lasagnacat.com, where the strips are acted out by people in very, very bad costumes. The live action version still isn’t that funny, but seeing someone portray Jon while wearing what appears to be plastic hair will elicit a giggle.
Even during normal Las Vegas years, a downtick in tourism marks the days between Thanksgiving and New Year’s.
Lost City Museum in Overton will host a Celebration of Cultural Arts from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Ever considered pulling a Scarlet O’Hara and yanking your living room drapes down to don as evening wear? Or, maybe you’ve found yourself fawning over your couch’s upholstery with the same lust you normally reserve for the display windows at Barneys? The good news is, it’s logical. The fashion fever select furniture inspires is just a side effect from an ongoing trend. As evidenced at last week’s Passport to Glamour event at World Market Center, the furniture industry has no qualms reaching into the fashion bowl of inspiration.
A good hostess understands that how you serve up Thanksgiving is just as important as what you serve at Thanksgiving. Proper presentation — and we aren’t talking garnishes — make all the difference in a holiday meal. Think of serveware, table decorations and table settings as the grand entrance for the guest of honor: the food.
It’s been written that editorial writers come down from the hillside after a battle to shoot the wounded. The Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission followed suit in delivering what should be a coup de grace to the brief political career of Elizabeth Halverson.
Shareholders of Sierra Pacific Resources, the holding company for the utilities formerly known as Nevada Power Co. and Sierra Pacific Power Co., voted on Wednesday to change the parent company name to NV Energy Inc.