In the next two weeks I will be sending out a list announcing the top fruit picks for Southern Nevada. This will culminate five years of fruit evaluations at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners Orchard. The orchard was planted in North Las Vegas back in 1997 for the purpose of evaluating the best fruit trees to grow in our climate.
he calendar says it’s fall and there is definitely a chill in the air, but where are all the tell-tale signs of autumn?
A recent headline on the cover of a national shelter magazine caught my eye and made me think about how and why we decorate our homes the way we do.
: We have a pool and it looks terrible. In a short period, the water has gone from clear to yellowish and of course nobody wants to swim in it for fear of catching a disease. What can I do?
Wes Weston always hoped to play in his hometown PGA Tour event. He just didn’t think he’d have to wait until he was 49.
Rickie Fowler knew it was time to move on. Two years of success at Oklahoma State, including college golf player of the year honors in 2008, convinced him of that.
The Locomotives’ offense started slowly again Wednesday night.
Is PGA Tour player Anthony Kim golf’s “current John Daly,” as Australian Robert Allenby said Sunday, or were his comments “taken out of context,” as Allenby claimed Wednesday?
Most high school sports programs go through growing pains after moving into a larger classification. But making a splash on a bigger stage is old hat for Faith Lutheran’s girls golf team.
Take away the leading rusher from most teams — in this case, the Mountain West Conference’s No. 1 guy — and forget about any kind of real running game.
Upland game bird hunters experienced mixed results Saturday when they took to the field for the opening day of quail and chukar season. Some hunters managed to put a few birds in their game bag, but they had to work for it.
• ARBOR VIEW — Girls cross country runner Kourtney Willey won the large-school race at the Lake Mead Invitational. Boys cross country runner Conor Gallagher placed ninth in the large-school race at the Lake Mead Invitational.
Rosco Allen will be a new face on Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team this season after spending last year at the junior varsity level.
For those who have lived in Las Vegas since the mid-1980s and follow golf, the 2009 inductees to the Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame will be familiar.
The Los Angeles Lakers will enter the NBA season as the defending champions and the odds-on favorites to repeat.
• LAKE MEAD — Passing weather fronts are keeping anglers on their toes. Some are catching striped bass with top-water lures and others by jigging with cut bait. Striper boils have been seen in the Vegas Bay and Overton arms. Anglers also report fair action for catfish and small stripers.
The Southern Nevada Health District has received its first delivery of injectable 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine, which will be available initially to members of the CDC-recommended priority groups deemed most at-risk for severe illness or complications.
As Las Vegas police officer Milburn “Millie” Beitel lay dying at University Medical Center last week, James Bertuccini took what seemed to be the longest car ride of his life to be at his best friend’s side.
A handful of reporters covering Garth Brooks‘ historic news conference Wednesday at the Nashville International Airport got a surprise with their invitation.
Thinking back over the threats I’ve received as a journalist, one type of person tends to lead the pack — a candidate without any chance of winning and ignored by the news media.
Las Vegas Councilman Steve Ross wanted to know: How many people in the room wanted some form of home rule for their city or county.