Nearly 5,000 people received vaccinations for the H1N1 virus at three Southern Nevada Health District clinics Saturday.
Earlier this year, the Las Vegas Valley’s top cops united in Carson City to tout the successful crime-fighting efforts enabled by a quarter-cent sales tax adopted in 2005, and to ask state lawmakers to approve more money to allow the hiring of even more police officers.
A Las Vegas police officer and Marine veteran was gunned down at his North Las Vegas home early Thursday during what police are calling an attempted robbery.
Dr. Kevin Fradkin couldn’t stop smiling as he watched health care professionals walk the Strip on Saturday carrying signs that included messages saying “Kill The Bill” and “No to ObamaCare.”
Holly Madison‘s set-in-Las Vegas reality show “Planet Holly” has been picked up by E! Entertainment and will debut as a special Dec. 6.
Building a new intersection doesn’t seem like that big a deal to people like me, who have no clue about anything involving the word “engineer.”
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated …”
Because he believes Democrats must somehow straddle the Grand Canyon that is their caucus and pass something, or anything, on health care reform, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid apparently has conceived of a plan.
To better grasp the fiscal condition of the once-golden state of California, envision the majestic ocean liner Titanic, all alight — with her hind end sticking up in the air.
I posted on Nov. 11 at www.lvrj.com/blogs/vin/ a response to a letter-writing government schoolmarm who contends she should not be held responsible for the failure of her young charges to learn anything, since it’s all their parents’ fault.
Plummeting revenues. Crippling liabilities. Gutless, politically expedient leadership. Greedy unions that insist on maintaining fiscally unsustainable salaries, benefits and pensions.
Is it too much to ask that just one of the 19 Nevadans nominated to the state’s latest tax study group be a champion of taxpayer interests, economic liberty and limited government?
The sequel to the massively popular movie “Twilight” hit theaters this weekend, mixing werewolves with vampires to the thrill of teenagers everywhere.
Nevada Cancer Institute had its eighth annual gala to raise funds to support the group’s cancer research program.
Magnets: a physics teacher’s favorite tool.
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I’ve been playing online team battles of “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” on Xbox Live. And the other day, I heard a teammate say he was a military guy in real life, then he announced, “Y’all don’t even know how much more realistic to war this is than ‘Call of Duty 4.’ “
Although Bob Newhart will always be remembered for his two award-winning television series — “The Bob Newhart Show” and “Newhart” — his career as a Las Vegas headliner was equally prolific and rewarding.
When it comes to the state of our nation’s soul regarding the poor, I don’t have a lot of answers or wisdom to impart. I just know that there must be some middle ground between “Let ’em eat cake” — read: “To hell with the poor! Get a job!” — and “You’re an enlightened, compassionate and spiritually ‘with it’ person if you agree that every American is entitled to free food, housing and health care.”
Louie Anderson based much of his comedy career on his large family. But he will spend much of his Thanksgiving on Las Vegas Boulevard, at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada.
Here are some of the issues I tackled last week:
Thursday is Thanksgiving, a day for expressing gratitude for all that we have. And for gathering with the ones we love. And, for the more annoying among us, thinking back about all of the turkeys — the metaphorical ones — who have crossed our paths during the quickly concluding year.
It’s almost enough to make you stop believin’.
Regis Philbin misses Las Vegas. But not the Las Vegas he’ll see while taping “Live with Regis and Kelly” at Wynn Las Vegas today and Monday.