So far, January 2009 has been bleak for Las Vegas, with unemployment rising and visitor numbers falling.
A rose may always be a rose, but sometimes a beautiful flower arrangement is more than just a beautiful flower arrangement. For members of the Ikenobo Ikebana Society, the Japanese art of flower arranging is a form of meditation as well as a teaching tool about life and nature.
I love winters in Southern Nevada! In fact, just about anytime from October to June is fine by me, but deep winter is special. I suppose it’s a stretch to call our relatively mild and brief period of cool weather “deep winter” but hey, it’s all we’ve got.
No, it is not too late to prune your roses. Mark your calendar for Jan. 24 when the South Valley Rose Society will present a free rose pruning demonstration at St. Rose Dominican Hospital, Siena campus, continuously from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The campus is located at 3001 St. Rose Parkway, Henderson. For more information, call the master gardener help line at 257-5555
When he caught a glimpse of his freshman class in 2005, Cheyenne football coach Charles Anthony had a feeling the group would become something special.
To my surprise, only a handful of vehicles were parked near the fishing pier at Boulder Harbor when I parked my truck in front of the sign that read “No Parking from here to the water.” It was about 4:30 p.m.
• LAKE MEAD — It has been a slow week for stripers. Even regulars are having difficulty catching fish, though trout imitations are catching a few big fish.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Nine teams from the Mountain West and Missouri Valley conferences will compete in an annual basketball series starting next season.
A close friend of Max Good was surveying the carnage this week, reflecting on the ridiculously huge challenge now facing the veteran college basketball coach, and offered this trace of hope:
Madison Hales was learning lessons in Las Vegas High’s wrestling room years before he even stepped on a mat for the Wildcats.
LARAMIE, Wyo. — Brandon Ewing scored 24 points and Tyson Johnson 22 to lead Wyoming to an 83-79 victory over San Diego State on Wednesday.
Las Vegas High baseball star Bryce Harper is only a sophomore, but he continues to make quite an impression, even on the national level.
Surprisingly, a man with “Ravens” in his name was elected mayor of Pittsburgh, where the Steelers, rivals of the Baltimore Ravens, reign supreme.
• ARBOR VIEW — Girls bowler Andie Szekely had a 496 series, including a 191 game, in a win over The Meadows.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — With another shot to be the hero for UNLV, freshman Oscar Bellfield made a determined drive down the right side of the lane and elevated toward the basket.
By her high standards, Jamie Smith had a rough first semester at UNLV.
It was one of the all-time great birthday gifts, though “Little” Anthony Gourdine had nothing to unwrap.
A lie doesn’t have to be huge before it matters.
The treatment of a county jail inmate injured when a corrections officer detonated a flash-bang grenade in his cell is now at the center of a federal lawsuit and a Metropolitan Police Department internal affairs investigation.
A policy analyst from the libertarian Cato Institute, based in Washington D.C., proposed a solution to Nevada’s budget crunch that doesn’t involve spending cuts or tax increases.
Robin Renshaw rolled his wheelchair through a cluster of people decrying the impacts that proposed state budget cuts could have on children, families and the disabled.