• ARBOR VIEW — Cross country runner Amberly Halstead placed fifth in the freshman girls race at the Wayne Walker Invitational in Fullerton, Calif. Boys cross country runner Blaise Hill finished 14th in the senior race at the Wayne Walker Invitational.
: Can you recommend some varieties of pear trees suited for the climate in Las Vegas? I am interested in pears that you can eat after picking as opposed to the type that are better for cooking.
: My washing machine is about 10 years old and it has started leaking whenever I do a load of clothes. Should I fix it or buy a new one?
A group of compassionate area residents are literally putting their designs on helping children with terminal illnesses.
DEAR GAIL: We’ve been in our home for 11 years and in two years we’ll be retiring and moving. We had planned on upgrading some things because we went with all of the builder standards, but we just kept on putting it off for another day. We know that we’ll need to make some changes and figure we might as well enjoy them for the next two years. We don’t want to invest as much money as we would have, but are willing to upgrade some things that will make our home more attractive when we put it on the market. So what should we do? — Kali C.
From a single red rose in vase to a colorful bouquet of daffodils, lilies, carnations or even exotic orchids, having fresh flowers in your home is good for the soul.
Ashley Lovell could easily see it as a predicament. Without a girls soccer team to play for at The Meadows, she has had to play her entire high school career on the boys team. But that’s just fine by the senior midfielder. And she hasn’t had trouble fitting in with the Mustangs. In fact, she’s standing out.
There was nothing Mirjana Lucic couldn’t do on a tennis court. If only her father had stopped beating her off it. Perhaps then, she wouldn’t have disappeared from the game for nearly five years. Now she’s back, at the USTA Pro Circuit Lexus of Las Vegas Open at Red Rock Country Club.
At least two local high school football players were seriously injured in games Friday, including one who is expected to miss the rest of the season.
Asia Muhammad didn’t spend enough time on the court Wednesday to get nervous.
UNLV has lost three fumbles, and its defense has only two takeaways. The Rebels’ minus-6 turnover margin is 108th in the nation.
At least they play an 0-3 UNR team this week — at 1 p.m. Saturday at Reno’s Mackay Stadium — that ranks 119th, or second to last, with a minus-9 turnover margin.
The upland game bird season started with a bang last weekend as young hunters like Cody Newberry shouldered their shotguns and took to the field for the first time. With his dad, Hoss Newberry, playing the role of bird dog, Cody bagged a limit of chukar and a quail to boot. The father-son team took advantage of the two-day youth hunt that took place last weekend.
A Nevada casino company officer, former state legislator and 1973 Miss America contestant wants to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. Republican Sue Lowden of Las Vegas says she’ll officially join several other Republicans seeking the chance to challenge Reid, who, as Senate majority leader, is the highest ranking politician in Nevada history.
A couple were found dead in their east valley mobile home Wednesday, and Las Vegas police were searching for their 20-year-old son, who was named a suspect in the double-slaying.
Robert M. Knight — rock photographer — witnessed the old Keith Richards days.
Sue Lowden did it once. Can she do it again?
You’ll have to wait if you were hoping Heidi Fleiss would clean your dirty pooch.
Concerns about the separation of church and state have led to changes in the way a Christian organization runs two city-owned recreational centers in northwest Las Vegas.
ACORN, the controversial grass-roots community organizing group accused of participating in an illegal voter registration scheme, will stand trial on felony charges, a Las Vegas Justice of the Peace ruled Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors filed a motion Wednesday that seeks to consolidate the fraud trials of a spine surgeon, a personal injury lawyer and a medical consultant.
Without medical assistants available to administer injections, some Las Vegas pediatricians are worried children won’t receive vaccinations and immunizations in a timely manner — possibly resulting in an epidemic.
CARSON CITY — Las Vegans Earl Shelton and Richard Kuta are not considered married, but they will have virtually all the rights of married couples as a result of Nevada’s new domestic partnership law taking effect today.
CARSON CITY — Correctional officers in state prisons won’t have to take a day off each month without pay at least through November as a result of a decision Wednesday by the state Board of Examiners.