: I am a local producer of herbs, greens and other veggies in Boulder City. What types of garlic did best for you and where did you purchase them? My chefs want lettuce all summer and are quite upset with me because I am having trouble doing just that. Do you know of any lettuces that will tolerate the heat? I have explained to them that lettuce has a hard time germinating in the heat and if it does germinate, it quickly bolts to seed. Why can’t people understand the concept of eating by the season? Can we come and see the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners Orchard in Las Vegas some time?
: We have an upstairs bedroom that leads into a Jack-and-Jill bathroom. The entry into this bathroom has a swinging door that should have been a sliding pocket door. We would like to install a sliding door in its place. How difficult and/or feasible is this?
Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, once said that “Necessity is the mother of invention.” But in the case of Mary Jo Bass, a mother’s necessity resulted in an invention.
The object of my desire was a red or gold garden seat. You know, those awesome ceramic or porcelain accessories that can be used as a seat or a side table, plant stand or anything your little heart yearns for. So, back to my quest. I went to a specific home store because I knew that its millions of items were mostly separated by color. How easy to shop.
• LAKE MEAD — Boating and shore anglers have been catching stripers at Boulder Beach using anchovies and live shad. Fishing for stripers in the Vegas Arm has been good for anglers using top-water lures. Anglers have reported success in the upper basins for largemouth and smallmouth bass. The best time for stripers has been in the morning before the winds come or late afternoon.
There’s a strong likelihood that some attendees of next month’s USA Basketball minicamp in Las Vegas will ultimately gain a spot on the 2012 Olympic team.
Though I hate to admit it, my body has no problem telling my mind I’m getting older. I no longer can do some things as easily as I once did, whether it’s my knees that ache at the mere thought of climbing a steep slope in search of a chukar covey, or my fingers that don’t work as well in the cold.
Arena football will return to Las Vegas this summer when the af2 league plays its championship game Aug. 22 at the Orleans Arena.
Oklahoma star forward Blake Griffin insists he can turn around the Los Angeles Clippers. History indicates otherwise.
Taking a page from the West Coast Conference, the Western Athletic Conference has eliminated the opportunity for its basketball coaches to complain about a team having a home-court advantage during the conference tournament.
The 51s got all the runs they needed in the first two innings Wednesday night, thanks to starter Marc Rzepczynski’s solid outing in a 4-1 victory over the Tacoma Rainiers in Pacific Coast League action in Tacoma, Wash.
Once again, and this is certainly nothing new, a Nevada secretary of state proposed a bill that would make it easier to follow the money in state and local races. And once again, Nevada legislators treated it like a roach in the bathtub.
A 19-year-old accused in the killing of Palo Verde High School freshman Christopher Privett confessed in court Wednesday to handing the murder weapon to his co-defendant moments before the shooting.
CARSON CITY — Nevada’s latest voter registration figures show a drop of nearly 120,000 voters, to a little more than 1.3 million, since the November elections and show Democrats maintaining their advantage over Republicans.
Will Bullins didn’t think anybody would be caught in the killing of his 9-year-old daughter this month.
Nevada’s five-member congressional delegation agrees the nation’s health care system needs an overhaul, but that’s about all it agrees on when it comes to health care reform.
Ed McMahon told a Las Vegas radio station in an interview a few years ago that his tombstone might include the two things he wanted to be remembered for: “Being a great broadcaster and a great Marine.”
Andre Agassi says his back is fine. But there’s this itch that has been driving him crazy.
Gov. Jim Gibbons has filed an emergency request for a protective order to keep his phone records from the woman who accused him of assault in 2006.
Federal stimulus money has finally launched a Clark County transportation project.
When Judge Douglas Hedger took the Henderson Municipal Court bench six years ago, he was quickly struck by how many homeless defendants repeatedly appeared before him for nonviolent offenses such as trespassing, sleeping on a bus bench or being drunk in public.
WASHINGTON — Nevada Sen. John Ensign’s troubles heightened Wednesday when an ethics watchdog group filed complaints urging Senate and federal election officials to investigate unanswered questions about his extramarital affair.