Just weeks after two U.S. congresswomen chided Gov. Jim Gibbons for failing to aggressively spend stimulus dollars designated for highway work, a new report released by a federal transportation committee shows the state has slipped another spot in spending rankings.
Evie Oquendo thought the worst was over when her son’s violent outburst ended outside their east valley apartment Tuesday as he finally became calm after swallowing a handful of her anti-anxiety pills. But the confrontation had been reported to Las Vegas police, setting in motion a chain of events that ended with the teenager dead at his mother’s feet. “They murdered my son,” Oquendo said. “They shot at his head. They could have shot at his arm. They could have shot at his leg. They could have Tasered him. They aimed to kill.”
Parents weren’t always so, well, lame. There was a time when your parents were awesome, and myparentswereawesome. tumblr.com celebrates that. The site features parents (and grandparents) in matching outfits in front of a disco van, dressed for Halloween and snuggled up on the couch wearing snazzy duds.
Stepping — awkwardly, at first — into tomorrow.
No frills, no nonsense, badass rock ‘n’ roll is what Pigasus is all about. These coed knuckle dusters come with groove and grit to spare. Singer/guitarist Jesse Amoroso breaks down the get down.
They’re gonna live forever — and they’re already learning to fly.
Nevada Chamber Symphony will open its 25th season with a concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at Clark County Library theater, 1401 E. Flamingo Road.
Seven years after the inaugural First Friday in October 2002, the monthly arts event has come almost full circle, at least in some ways.
No one could find the dude. The tour was set to start in days. This was a problem.
After a four-year run, The Comedy Festival at Caesars Palace is “taking the year off,” leaving the door open to a future return.
Don’t let the phrase “juried art festival” scare you.
Every fall, the fashion industry cooks up a list of “hot, new trends.” Hot they may very well be and trends they’ll surely become, but it’s the word “new” that can spark debate. For someone, somewhere, a motorcycle jacket, polka-dot dress or Lycra leggings has been a staple in their wardrobe long before Balmain, Donna Karan or Marc Jacobs deemed it as such.
It’s a primary tenet of Marxism, right up there with the abolition of private property.
Clark County’s firefighters have challengers to their title as Southern Nevada’s stingiest six-figure misers: Clark County’s prosecutors.
The judge overseeing Station Casinos’ bankruptcy case on Wednesday rescheduled a hearing to decide whether to approve requests to appoint an examiner to look into several aspects of the case.
Kohl’s held three grand openings in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The stores were part of a nationwide 37-store rollout that created 450 local jobs and 5,200 jobs companywide. Local stores opened at 1300 S. Nellis Blvd., 1316 W. Sunset Road and 4265 S. Grand Canyon Drive.
Strip gaming stocks in September continued a climb out of oblivion that began in August.
With construction activity at a near standstill and one in five construction workers out of a job, the Associated General Contractors laid out a blueprint Wednesday aimed at stimulating economic recovery through a series of tax credits, incentives and policy changes.
