A North Las Vegas Fire Department captain was indicted Wednesday on several felony charges, including arson, that stem from a false insurance claim filed to erase a debt, the state attorney general’s office said.
Two more defendants have been named in a federal cocaine trafficking case stemming from the kidnapping of a 6-year-old boy from his Las Vegas home in October.
For the first time in a decade, you won’t see the rockets’ red glare during the Las Vegas Philharmonic’s Fourth of July concert.
Yahoo Answers is a site where people ask questions about every topic out there, whether it’s fashion, health or relationships. But one site has a little fun with the subject. At fwya.tumblr.com, they go on Yahoo Answers and ask ridiculous questions, then post screen captures of the responses. Questions, ranging from “How can Alaska be part of the US and part of Canada at the same time?” and “How many years do you get in jail for robbing a bank?” spark answers that are hilarious.
To oldsters, and not-quite-oldsters, it’s like seeing an old friend you had thought to be long dead.
Turning our gaze toward our own navels and picking the lint out of our media belly buttons, we pose this multiple-choicer:
Is there room for “American Idol” on a downsized Strip? Producer Barrie Cunningham is hoping that a former-contestant cavalcade he’s staging at the South Point this weekend will drum up interest in a possible permanent Las Vegas show.
A series of 24 hand-painted images by Dennis Angel, entitled “Desert Transplants,” is on display in the Las Vegas Aerial Gallery downtown on Las Vegas Boulevard.
It’s one of those stereotypical, never-forget moments that brightens the dreams of most every aspiring musician.
Two nights of fireworks await fans of the Las Vegas 51s, the local Triple-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, when the team hosts the Reno Aces today and Friday at Cashman Field, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North.
Balmain, the upscale French fashion label, has achieved quite the fashion coup. Its Spring ’09 collection tipped its hat to Michael Jackson and, if the current King of Pop frenzy is an accurate gauge, we can only presume it will be spinning that same hat into a screaming audience — a la the late MJ himself.
When GraceAnn Nipper decided to sell her Henderson home, she wanted to do it fast. But, Nipper understood she wasn’t exactly alone in her endeavor. With 21,181 units on the market in May, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, she knew she had her work cut out for her.
The ninth annual BET Awards were in full salute form Sunday night to honor Michael Jackson. From homage performances to artists sharing their favorite King of Pop story before each commercial break, it was all MJ all night. The red carpet was no exception.
• Good Jeans: Chip and Pepper Foster, the L.A.-based premium denim designers, are expanding to offer a price-conscious denim collection called Mill Iron. Mill Iron’s premier collection will be available in Las Vegas July 10 at Buckle at Town Square.
It’s too early to declare Iraq a total success, or even to pretend American troops have left the country entirely.
Wednesday marked the official start of what state lawmakers hope will be a two-year pleasure cruise. The higher tax rates approved by the 2009 Legislature took effect with the promise of delivering Nevada’s schools and social services from chaotic revenue shortfalls and special-session budget cuts.
Officials at Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air are dealing with fallout from three unusual — and unsettling for passengers — in-flight engine problems in a little more than 60 days.
On his first day back as a Strip executive, former MGM Grand exec Alex Yemenidjian greeted his new employees with a promise to return the Tropicana to its former luster.
On its Web site, Your Credit Angel LLC promises to help financially struggling consumers get home loan modifications.
Commercial real estate is going through the kind of downturn experienced by the residential market four years ago, with supply outstripping demand and foreclosures on the rise, the research manager of Colliers International brokerage in Las Vegas said Wednesday.
The Small Business Administration has increased its loan volume nationally by 40 percent or $5.5 billion since the federal stimulus act was approved in February, but SBA lending in Nevada contracted rapidly in the last year.
