CARSON CITY — Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly resigned from a $48,000-a-year part-time job as the state “green initiatives” outreach coordinator for Southern Nevada, legislators were told Wednesday.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers, running out of time in the 2009 session which ends Monday, advanced numerous bills on Wednesday, including one to reduce on-the-job deaths and injuries by improving workplace safety training for new employees.
The woman accused of kidnapping a boy from Mackey Elementary School to make a point about school safety testified Wednesday that she was only trying to help him.
CARSON CITY — The “green jobs” bill by Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford won Assembly Ways and Means Committee approval Wednesday after an amendment was added to guarantee workers trained for future renewable energy jobs learn how to perform energy audits.
The state Senate’s approval of a bill to take roughly $125 million from Clark County has left some local leaders frustrated, perplexed and worried.
President Barack Obama squinted up at one of the thousands of solar panels at a Nellis Air Force Base installation he toured Wednesday morning, listening as Sen. Harry Reid and base commander Col. Howard Belote told him about the photovoltaic array that supplies a quarter of the base’s electricity.
Tussah Heera can clearly spell out how she deals with pre-competition butterflies.
When University Medical Center’s outpatient cancer treatment program was shuttered in November because of severe budget cuts, uninsured and under-insured cancer patients were afraid their only realistic chance at life had disappeared.
Both the governor of Nevada and the mayor of Las Vegas declared themselves disappointed Wednesday after President Barack Obama only sorta kinda said it’s good to come to Las Vegas.
Video: Gov. Gibbons speaks with Review-Journal editorial board
The co-defendant in the O.J. Simpson robbery case says he deserves a new trial because he was prejudiced by sharing a trial with the infamous fallen football star.
President Barack Obama didn’t apologize Wednesday because he had no reason to, despite demands for an apology from Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and Gov. Jim Gibbons.
Rita Rudner‘s 7-year-old daughter, Molly, not only got to meet her first president, but she might be meeting the first kids.
Despite the Legislature’s passage of a law forcing the city of Las Vegas and the Nevada Department of Transportation to come up with funds to reopen F Street, don’t expect it to happen anytime soon.
An Iraq War veteran who was acquitted of murder last year was indicted this week on multiple charges of sexual assault.
A mother of two young children told jurors Wednesday that she was lured into smuggling drugs to imprisoned members of the Aryan Warriors.
He’s beginning to live up to his name, in more than just physical terms.
The Women’s Spirit Celebration and Family Health Fair will run from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at MonteLago Village at Lake Las Vegas, 30 Strada di Villaggio, Henderson.
Want to amaze your friends with no musical training required, just some basic typing skills? Check out buttonbeats.com. Choose from a variety of songs, ranging from Metallica’s “One” to the “Star Wars” theme. Type in the letters given, and it will sound just like you’re playing it on a piano.
A fixture in the local hip-hop scene for a decade now, DuWop Rose is one of Vegas’ best and most ballsy DJs. A true turntablist, she doesn’t just spin records, rather, she cuts deep, diverse grooves like few of her peers. Normally, she lets her hands do the talking, but today, she tells us what she’s all about in her own words.
David Alan Grier might be everywhere, but you can’t accuse him of overexposure in Las Vegas.
Luciana Hudson has been spending a lot of time lately with 10 or so unique personalities.
Few jobs in a Las Vegas casino are more important than stand-up comedian. Ever since Rose Marie was hired to tickle the opening-night crowd at the Flamingo in December 1946, it has fallen almost entirely on this person’s talent to reverse negativity — to make the guest forget all about that recent bet on 13 red that effectively condemns junior to community college.
It’s a rare person without an imprint on the Internet these days, especially when you’re Googling a prolific artist, longtime university professor and a pioneer in Las Vegas’ forever-burgeoning artistic community.
Since becoming a mom, we’ve noticed a few alterations to Ashlee Simpson-Wentz’s style. And we like them. She’s reverted back to the edge she first greeted us with when the pop star launched her first album. In taking a step back, however, she’s taken huge steps forward thanks to the drop of sophistication the pop singer has introduced into her wardrobe.
The summer of ’07 brought with it the Beckham bob, the short little ‘do Victoria “Posh” Beckham inspired a bevy of women to mimic. It was hotter than the Vegas sun, but come September everyone realized that growing it out was about as awkward as puberty itself.
The one attribute just as recognizable as Stevie Nicks’ sweet sand paper voice would have to be her wardrobe. The dark and drapey garments she’s known for may look plucked off the pages of an Anne Rice novel, but one L.A.-based fashion designer knows exactly where they derive.
