It has been a year of learning. With economic challenges at every turn throughout 2009, many have been forced to do more with less. People have downsized, minimized, economized and localized. In a sense it could be considered a sort of natural correction. As we move forward into the new year we should not forget these important lessons.
Christmas is celebrated on Dec. 25 each year, but the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah falls on dates determined by the lunar, not the solar, calendar — so the dates are different every year.
At the farmers market today some of us from the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardener program will be presenting a short workshop on starting vegetables from seeds that germinate in cold weather and container growing. Some examples of container plants, such as leaf lettuce and endive, will be demonstrated.
“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care …” Christmas is eight days away, and Hanukkah began at sundown on Dec 11. The joy we feel going into the holiday season can quickly turn to stress as we try to fit celebrations, gift buying and decorating into our already busy schedules.
Stearns & Foster wants you to dream of gold, silver and pearls. And, naturally, the easiest way to do this would be to sleep on one of the Trinity, N.C.-based firm’s new mattresses.
Those Las Vegas Super Bowl ads might be coming back. Only this time, they probably won’t be as risque.
A fixture in UNLV’s starting lineup the past two seasons, junior guard Tre’Von Willis will spend his second straight game in a backup role. One reason for that: Willis is bothered by a sore back.
• LAKE MEAD — With the passing storms, the lake saw little action last weekend. Anglers reported slow fishing off the docks at Hemenway and Boulder Harbor. Two tournaments took place last weekend for stripers and black bass. Shad are beginning to move to deeper water, making the bass difficult to find.
UNLV’s search for a new athletic director continued Wednesday, with school president Neal Smatresk saying he was still gathering information and examining contract issues.
• ARBOR VIEW — Girls basketball player Jena Valenzuela totaled 29 points and 18 rebounds in two games. Wrestler Andrew Mayes improved to 10-0 with nine pins.
Green Valley senior outside hitter Siga Appelgate was named Gatorade Nevada Volleyball Player of the Year on Wednesday.
Bob Arum wants to announce a site for the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. megafight before Christmas. But with a week to go, there’s still a lot of work to do before any official announcement for the March 13 welterweight title fight can be made.
Jennifer Brown insists her Las Vegas High girls basketball team can make free throws.
They adopted it as a team rallying cry: “Here’s to our hero, here’s to her fight, here’s to knowing she’s going to be all right.”
It turns out Notre Dame needed a little luck of the Longhorns to lure former Cincinnati football coach Brian Kelly to the school.
When Glen Gulutzan was hired as coach and general manager of Las Vegas’ ECHL expansion franchise in 2003, he wasted no time molding the Wranglers into winners, guiding them to a 43-22-7 record and a playoff berth in their inaugural season.
If you’re planning a hunting trip that will take you out of the country next year, or even out of state, then one of the details you need to decide on is whether you will be flying. If you decide to fly, be sure to check the fine print before you buy your plane ticket. Failure to do so could make your return trip somewhat less than pleasant, especially if you plan on checking a set of antlers or horns on the way home.
Wednesday was all about celebrating the opening of CityCenter’s centerpiece, but it was also a time for putting the $8.4 billion project into perspective. The public got its first look at Aria about midnight after a fireworks display atop the hotel. The crowd swelled to a few hundred by the time the fireworks show began at 11 p.m.
Video of Aria opening Pre-opening press conference for Aria
Preview of Cirque du Soleil’s “Viva Elvis”
CityCenter interactive
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie on Wednesday announced several changes to Metropolitan Police Department driving policies, including a cap on speed limits, to change the culture in a force that has lost three officers in fatal accidents this year.
Two men targeted in an August roller rink shooting expressed frustration that the case remains unsolved, even though police have described the suspect as a “known associate” of boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Don’t expect Harry Reid to back off from his fight for controversial legislation that would revamp the health care system.
An alleged leader of a Las Vegas-based white supremacist gang was sentenced this week in Los Angeles to three years in prison for lying on a passport application while under investigation in a double murder case.
WASHINGTON — An animal protection group asked a federal judge Wednesday to block a plan to round up about 2,500 wild horses at a Nevada range.
A teenager was arrested Wednesday in the shooting death of his mother in North Las Vegas, but the motive behind the slaying is not yet known.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild 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