RENO — A former professional hunter for the U.S. government alleges in a whistle-blower complaint that he was fired in retaliation for reporting co-workers illegally shot two mountain lions from an airplane near Elko.
UNLV President David Ashley’s contract probably will not be renewed by the state higher education system’s Board of Regents, according to a source within the system. The source also said that pressure on Ashley to resign is mounting.
CARSON CITY — Assembly Ways and Means Chairman Morse Arberry said Wednesday he is stunned by Gov. Jim Gibbons’ veto of his bill to fund low-interest loans for small- business owners.
CARSON CITY — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said President Barack Obama has nominated Bob Abbey, a former top Interior Department official in Nevada, to head the federal Bureau of Land Management.
They call it “hickabilly”; we call it a hangover waiting to happen. The Ditch Diggers hard chargin’ honky-tonk goes best with a beer in one hand and a dance partner in the other. It’s the kind of stuff that dingy juke joints were made for. Read on as the band bellies up to the bar and tells it like it is.
Music fans of all ages will find something to enjoy during the free Jazz on the Green concert at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Centennial Hills Park Amphitheatre, 7101 N. Buffalo Drive.
Is the only pool at your house the one on the roof after it rains? Good news: Relief is out there just waiting for you to dive in.
The “Lord of the Dance” has magical powers, but are they strong enough to break the losing streak of an under-performing theater?
Written in magic marker on a white board behind them were all the songs they’d never play again.
If you weren’t around when mammoths roamed the valley 10,000 years ago — and we’re pretty sure you weren’t — you can get an idea of what they looked like and how they lived at a new exhibit offered by the Las Vegas Natural History Museum.
Have your eye on something, but not sure if you’ve saved enough? Want to know if a price quoted to you is a good price, or a rip-off? Been hit with a surprise and now want to get a ballpark estimate of what it’s going to cost you? Visit www.whatitcosts.com, which features articles on why something’s as expensive as it is and what you can expect to pay for it. Among the items listed are how much it costs to get a personal trainer, a hearing aid, a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes and contact lenses.
Nothing against the Louvre, because the people who work there probably enjoy their jobs immensely.
Four-year-old Avery Lovell is discovering what it means to be in her element. Clad in a soccer jersey and sporting pigtail French braids, she sits in a room that kids her age usually only see in story time books. Pink tiaras are stenciled on the walls, princess costumes adorn antique curio cabinets, dainty tea cups hang from a sparkling chandelier and frosting swirls smother dozens of miniature cupcakes on the table in front of her.
There you are lounging next to the pool like only a true sun goddess can. You’ve got a cold piña colada in your hand and a hot monokini on your bod. Your hair’s soaking wet from the dip you just took, and the only thing you’d like to know is how much better the good life can get. Fast forward to late August and you’ve got a new question: How much worse can your hair get?
As the country waits to see how Obama Motors fares, Democrats in Congress provided another hint this week as to how they plan to get Americans to actually buy the teeny-tiny electric box cars they so admire — barring the return of $5 a gallon gasoline.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that large allocations of campaign cash that benefit a judicial candidate can create an unconstitutional threat to a fair trial.
A Malaysia-based entertainment and gaming company is spending $100 million to purchase 3.2 percent, or roughly 14.3 million shares, of MGM Mirage.
Fontainebleau Las Vegas’ decision to move its federal lawsuit against several banks that backed out of a loan agreement could help the Strip project emerge from bankruptcy sooner, an expert said Wednesday.
A Las Vegas company’s ambitious effort to overtake the lead position in the local media market could be losing steam, the victim of a recession that’s making it harder to earn money online.
A giant coal-fired power plant built nearly four decades ago in Laughlin will be dismantled, Southern California Edison said Wednesday.