Las Vegas Little Theatre’s “Wonder of the World” has many moments of hilarity, but it makes the same basic mistake that felled “Is He Dead?,” the group’s most recent production: It starts at too high a pitch.
Rainbow Company’s take on “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” plays a lot differently with a cast of (mostly) children. As half the world must know, the early Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical is about the adventures of a young Biblical prophet whose father, Jacob, favors him over his 11 other sons. That makes things tough on Joseph, whose brothers plot to kill him. By the end, though, Joseph and his brothers make peace, and everyone is happy and singing.
The use of instant replay passed by the Nevada Athletic Commission in August is extremely limited in scope.
Jim Rogers was adamant Monday that he isn’t the driving force behind Jim Livengood’s candidacy to become UNLV’s next athletic director.
Three names have been synonymous with calf roping in the National Finals Rodeo the past decade: Joe Beaver, Fred Whitfield and Cody Ohl.
Lorenzo Jarvis insists he won’t yell at his Green Valley girls basketball players for taking shots.
At Mount Charleston, Fred Mendoza pulled his 4-year-old son on a sled and, with a slight shove, sent the smiling youngster shooting downhill and into a snowdrift.
SPARKS — One of most stirring symbols of the American West — wild horses thundering freely across the range — could be heading east.
CARSON CITY — State officials briefed legislative leaders Monday on the budget outlook, as Gov. Jim Gibbons eyed the possibility of calling a special session to deal with a projected shortfall.
CARSON CITY — Nevada’s unemployment tax rate will be kept at 1.33 percent in 2010, although the state probably will pay out nearly $1 billion more in benefits than it receives in taxes during the year, a top state jobs official said Monday.
• Longtime Las Vegas attorney Howard Douglas Clark is not Douglas H. Clark, an attorney mentioned in a report published last week regarding lawyers who face disciplinary proceedings.
• A story in the Nevada section of Monday’s Las Vegas Review-Journal incorrectly identified a new school opening in 2010 to serve students with learning disorders. The correct name is Lexis Preparatory School Las Vegas.
People want their day in court, and more than ever they want to represent themselves in a judicial system that can be expensive, intimidating and confusing.
Oscar Goodman has ’em right where he wants ’em: watching Oscar Goodman.
WASHINGTON — With time growing short, Senate Democratic liberals are seeking expansion of two federal programs, Medicare and Medicaid, as part of a compromise that drops a government insurance option from health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, several lawmakers said Monday.
A local nonprofit is seeking help with its annual program aimed at making sure hundreds of needy families have a happy holiday this year.
Felony charges against Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki — criticized as a political prosecution by his defenders — were dismissed Monday after a District Court judge ruled prosecutors failed to show specific evidence that a crime was committed.
If Roshunda Abney is telling the truth about being ignored for hours at University Medical Center’s emergency room before she gave birth prematurely last week, Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly wants to know why it happened.
George Wallace once again is running a toy drive at his Flamingo shows, collecting gifts for the children of HELP of Southern Nevada.
The state has received an $11.8 million federal grant to help Nevadans who are struggling to pay their energy bills.
A time capsule filled with dozens of what someday will be considered historical items will be buried at 11 a.m. today as the final tribute to Clark County’s centennial.
Some Clark County managers will get pink slips stuffed in their holiday stockings and some rank-and-file workers probably will be laid off sometime after New Year’s Day to help offset plummeting tax revenue, county officials said Monday.
Whether the indictment against Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki was indeed a “partisan witch hunt” is a matter of debate, but there can be little doubt that the legal action was strange and ill-conceived.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in mysterious lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2, shuts down 215 in northwest Las Vegas
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Asian grocery store looks to add new location near Summerlin