Erick Manier-Wilson calls his 17-month-old daughter, Eryan, his “miracle baby.”
RENO — Nevada wildlife officials and a houndsman with dogs searched Thursday for a young mountain lion that attacked a woman in the foothills of Virginia City southeast of Reno — only the second such attack in the state on record.
I try not to brag about my video game column, which runs in the Review-Journal and in newspapers across America. But the other day, Terry Fator — the Strip’s $100 million singing ventriloquist — called me to chat about games because he knows my Game Dork column.
RENO — Another winter storm was headed Thursday for much of the northern Sierra and Lake Tahoe, where another foot or so of snow was expected at lake level by Friday and up to 2 feet at higher elevations.
When then-Treasurer Brian Krolicki didn’t get as much money from the state Legislature as he thought he should to market a state college savings program, he decided to get the funding through other means: routing program fees through “off-line budgets.”
CARSON CITY — State employee health care benefits would be brought into line with what private companies in Nevada offer their employees under recommendations approved Thursday by the Spending and Government Efficiency Commission.
Gary Mott’s life early Thursday was like that of hundreds of truckers and motorists caught in the wintry weather near Primm: Instead of putting the pedal to the metal, he was parked on Interstate 15, stopped cold in a mile-long traffic jam about 40 miles south of Las Vegas.
CARSON CITY — Every Wednesday morning teenage prostitutes appear in District Judge William Voy’s court where they receive minor sentences he readily admits won’t keep them from going back to their pimps and the mean streets.
Taza Indian Kitchen has opened at 9530 S. Eastern Ave. in Henderson. It serves traditional and modern Indian cuisine such as pani poori, chicken pakora, tandoori jumbo prawns, channa masala, lamb vindaloo, fish curry and more. A lunch buffet is served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily; dinner is served from 5 to 10 p.m. daily. Call 898-8292. …
Vegas has been lucky to have at least two outstanding holiday productions this season, one of which still is running.
Paul Anka is a bottom-line guy, but this is a sentimental time of the year. Therefore, he proclaims, “Let’s forget about revenue streams. There still is no place like Vegas.”
BLT Burger’s staff members wear T-shirts emblazoned with various slogans, some a little racy, some not. We’re guessing they can pick the shirts that reflect their personalities, or maybe their moods. In which case we think the hostess who seated us should get one that says "I’m snippy because my shorts are too tight." Or maybe it was her boots.
It’s OK if you’re still looking for an unusual holiday gift for a loved one, or as a gift for the one you love the most — yourself. What should you spend your money on? I don’t want to tell you how to live, but these are my picks for the most strikingly random things to do during the holidays, or to give as gifts.
Music, dancing and the chance to mingle with the opposite sex draw crowds to Pure week after week, but people come for the spectacle as much as anything else.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella. Her reviews are done anonymously at Review-Journal expense.
Station Casinos is running two simultaneous multiproperty promotions through Jan. 10. The first is the “$3 Million Daily Super Swipe Giveaway.” Each day, players may swipe their Boarding Pass or Amigo Club card at kiosks within the 10 Station and Fiesta casinos. Prizes may be free slot play, cash (up to $10,000), free points, bingo blue packs, drawing entries (see next item), point multipliers (up to 7x points), and food vouchers (up to $50 food credit.) Every swipe is a winner, and you may only win once per day.
Christmas, His & Hers.
He’s “Holmes for the Holidays.” She’s “The Magic of Christmas.” He’s at the Suncoast. She’s at the South Point. He — and she — fuel two musical yules, three shows apiece, over one merry weekend.
Northern Nevada was home to Bing Crosby‘s seven ranches. His Las Vegas legacy was The Church That Bing Built.
At hearings in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nevadans who have lost their jobs or their homes — or both — told a federal panel that $700 billion transferred to Wall Street by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke have done nothing to improve financial conditions outside New York.
CityCenter will on Jan. 5 begin filling more than 12,000 jobs for MGM Mirage’s $9.1 billion CityCenter project.