RENO — Firefighters say they couldn’t get water from the hydrants closest to a fire that destroyed more than 300 apartments in a luxury complex that was under construction.
RENO — Back home in Boise, Idaho, Rachel was too bright for her own good. She was isolated from girls her age who only wanted to talk about boys and shopping, and cut off from teachers who seemed to regard her as an annoying brat.
In a collection of essays by Lt. Col. Scott Cunningham, the Review-Journal will follow him and the 700 soldiers he commands in the 1st Squadron, 221st Cavalry as they experience the largest overseas deployment of Nevada National Guard troops. The unit departed Las Vegas on April 18 and trained at Camp Atterbury, Ind. They were flown to Afghanistan at the end of June to conduct combat operations with NATO forces as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Duty permitting, Cunningham will periodically report his impressions from the embattled country.
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Let’s stop calling the recession-driven changes in local government labor deals “concessions” and start calling them something more appropriate — like “raises.”
Jeanne Hood, who as president of the Four Queens in the 1970s helped raise the profile of women casino executives in Las Vegas, has died, sources close to her family say.
CARSON CITY — Legislators approved the creation of a federal stimulus funds manager today, but decided on a mainly party-line vote to place the person who fills the position under the control of Democratic state controller Kim Wallin, not Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons.
The private equity group that controls the famous Cal Neva resort in Lake Tahoe has put property once owned by entertainer Frank Sinatra on the market.
Former Coronado High School football coach John Mannion was arrested on a felony theft charge Monday after his appearance in Henderson Justice Court.