Hard to go green

We’re entering a brave new world when it comes to energy. In order to save the planet from certain doom, mankind must overcome his reliance on fossil fuels and develop green, renewable sources to meet our energy demands.

Confirmation hearings

Barack Obama is one of the prime beneficiaries and most prominent exhibits of modern Americans’ determination to be fair-minded and color-blind in their political lives.

Panel poised to delay hospital union vote

The Las Vegas office of the National Labor Relations Board was scheduled Wednesday to delay a union-organizing election at MountainView Hospital.

IN BRIEF

Local residents named to financial commission

CSI: THE EXPERIENCE

Owners of every seedy hotel in Las Vegas must be kicking themselves; they could have been charging tourists to look out the window.

Donor wants to keep historic Boulder Dam Hotel open

Boulder City attorney Ralph Denton today said a client, whom he declined to identify, is prepared to make a $260,000 donation to keep the Boulder Dam Hotel open through the slow summer season.

Mayfield saga gets uglier, but I believe him

Call me a fool — and you won’t be the first if you do — but I’m standing behind Jeremy Mayfield. I couldn’t believe he used methamphetamines when he allegedly failed a test in May, and no one can be so stupid as to use the drug — or any other banned substance — while fighting to prove you never had used it in the first place.

House of Adultery?

An ex-congressman from Mississippi who was a housemate of Sen. John Ensign is being accused of adultery by his estranged wife, the Associated Press reports.

Ultralight plane crashes in Boulder City; pilot dies

An ultralight plane crashed on a dry lake bed in Boulder City at about 7:30 a.m. today, killing the pilot, Boulder City police said. The crash site was a remote area about nine miles south of the interchange of U.S. highways 93 and 95, city Public Information Officer Rose Ann Miele said.

City of Las Vegas wins ruling on Mob Museum contract

The Las Vegas City Council acted properly when it awarded a Mob Museum bid to APCO Construction, a judge ruled today, clearing the way — for now — for the project to proceed.

Titus, Berkley report campaign cash

Rep. Dina Titus raised nearly $250,000, while Rep. Shelley Berkley raised over $410,000 in the second quarter, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission this week by the two Nevada Democrats.

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