Federal experts said Wednesday they expect a normal to above-normal season for wildfires in Southern Nevada, with hot, dry conditions making forested terrain of Mount Charleston and the Spring Mountains the most vulnerable.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons released a budget plan Wednesday to cover a new $900 million revenue shortfall without raising taxes.
CARSON CITY — A key legislative budget panel voted Wednesday on final details of a $515.1 million, two-year spending plan for Nevada’s prison system that’s about $30 million higher than Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proposal.
In this economy, excessive luxuries are pretty rare. But just in case you have some cash to blow, you might want to check out maybeyoushouldntbuythat.com for examples of excess run amok. Among the featured items are a restroom worth $32 million and covered in 24-karat gold and more than 6,200 pearls and jewels, or, for cheaper tastes, a $2,800 pizza topped with 24-karat slices of edible gold.
The legendary wit of Mark Twain comes to life through music and theater in “Mark Twain’s Nevada,” to be presented Saturday at Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, 9200 Tule Springs Road.
A fire in your home turns three decades’ worth of prized possessions and family heirlooms into cinders. What do you do?
Amazing but true: Even in a city that thrives on musical entertainment of every imaginable sort, worthy performers still can slip through the occasional crack.
Ozzy Villate is contemplating the world. It’s not popping out enough.
The Adventuredome at Circus Circus opened in 1993 with four attractions.
For anyone “Crazy in Love” with pop star Beyonce, you’d better be prepared to cough up some crazy dough to see her when she hits the Encore Theater for a spate of shows beginning in late July.
Like Alphaville, Tom Waits and seaweed-flavored potato chips, they’re big in Japan.
The title of Glenn Puit’s latest book sounds ironic, but it’s really not.
Henderson local Tiffany Parks has made a habit of taking her friends’ garbage home with her. Not for after-dinner snacks or social security numbers, either. Parks can’t bear to see a bottle go unrecycled. Nor can she stand the thought of wearing sweatshop-produced clothing or buying fast fashion when she knows it will expire within a few wears.
• Shop-a-thon: Today is the last day to receive a Neiman Marcus tote bag in your choice of blue, white or pink with a $75 or more purchase in fragrances. Bags come with fragrance samples. Neimans also holds an Oscar de la Renta fall trunk show in the couture salon today and Friday. An MCL by Matthew Campbell Laurenza trunk show is Friday.
She carried you for nine months and pushed you into this world. The least you can do is get her a gift on the one day of the year devoted solely to her role in your life. Before you go the florist route or dare pick up a gift certificate, take into account these suggestions. No matter what kind of mom she is, we’ve got something selected for her.
It is now all but certain that state employee pay cuts will be part of the Legislature’s 2009-11 budget solution. Majority Democrats roundly dismissed the idea when Gov. Jim Gibbons proposed salary reductions in January to make up for declining tax collections without layoffs, saying such a step symbolized the Republican’s lack of leadership. Worsening revenue projections have brought them on board.
Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto on Monday announced voter registration charges against activist group ACORN — the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Ms. Cortez Masto said the group broke state law by instituting registration quotas, which in turn encouraged fraud.
Boyd Gaming Corp. officials found themselves in the unique position Wednesday to comment on any economic recovery the company is experiencing in multiple gaming markets.
Tempers are heating up over an air conditioning outage at a troubled downtown mall.
Capitol Bancorp Ltd., a bank holding company with executive offices in Lansing, Mich., and Phoenix, on Wednesday said it agreed to sell a bank in Yuma, Ariz., and has announced consolidation of banks in Michigan.
Casino giant Harrah’s Entertainment has thrown its support behind legislation introduced Wednesday that would allow Internet gambling by individuals in the United States, something that could open a whole new market for the owner of the World Series of Poker brand.
Short sales are making up a larger percentage of distressed home listings in Las Vegas, but banks are still dragging their feet on approval, local real estate agents said.