Turn out the lights …

The federal government used to concern itself with a quite limited list of duties: coining money, running the post office, handling foreign relations, keeping the sea lanes free of pirates.

Pricing probe

Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons, concerned that retail gasoline prices have increased by more than 50 cents per gallon — almost 25 percent — in the past two months, and by almost $1 per gallon from their multi-year in last December, has called on state Energy Department Director Hatice Gecol to figure out why.

Readers have scoop on gelato

There’s not much better on a hot summer day than a scoop of cold gelato, and since we’re having a lot of those now, it’s fitting that readers have several suggestions for Connie Hannon.

RESTAURANT REPORT

Aloha Kitchen, 4466 E. Charleston Blvd., received 17 demerits June 17. Violations included frozen chicken thawing on counter. GRADE: B

Savor all-American chili peppers

Chili peppers, those little firecrackers of flavor that add a bit of zip to our lives, are starring players in many of the world’s cuisines.

NV Energy executives see ecofriendly future

NV Energy’s latest action plan for new power capacity will rely almost solely on ecofriendly measures, executives for the power utility said in a meeting Tuesday with Review-Journal editors and reporters.

Forum touts Nevada’s efforts in renewable energy

A day after the Interior Department announced plans to fast-track solar-power plants on public lands in Nevada, a clean-energy forum met to discuss how government agencies, legislators and private businesses have advanced green power.

Lapses in talk seen to cause Harmon woes

The company responsible for ensuring that construction work on CityCenter’s Harmon Tower was done properly Tuesday blamed communications breakdowns between different groups for problems at the project.

IN BRIEF

NEW YORK

Man dies in police shooting in northwest valley

A Las Vegas police detective shot a man wanted for having sex with a child Wednesday afternoon in a northwest valley neighborhood. The suspect fled when police said they were going to arrest him, and a physical altercation between the detective and the suspect took place following a foot chase. The officer shot the suspect in a desert lot near Rancho Drive and Alexander road, and the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.

NLV Fire Department captain indicted on arson charges

A North Las Vegas Fire Department captain was indicted today on several felony charges stemming from his attempt to file a false insurance claim in order to erase a debt, the Nevada attorney general’s office announced.

Montandon has raised less than $1 million

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Montandon, who kicked off his campaign this week, has fallen short of his goal of raising $1 million by now, he said.

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