Dina Titus is the last person I would have expected to channel Dick Cheney.
Reversing a District Court decision, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the groundwater applications underpinning a multibillion-dollar plan to pipe groundwater to Las Vegas from east central Nevada may not be valid.
Last year, a Review-Journal report exposed the abuse of University Medical Center’s emergency room by 80 illegal immigrants with failing kidneys. The dialysis treatments provided to these noncitizens costs more than $2 million per month, with the bills forwarded to Clark County taxpayers. … Nevada’s congressional delegation agreed the situation demanded a response.
I was glad to see the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada taking on the inequity of Nevada’s mining tax (Jan. 16 Review-Journal). John Winthrop, the early American Puritan, once noted that “the rich and mighty should not eat up the pool.” The mining industry has been eating up Nevada, raking up gross profits while leaving the state little to show for 100 years of exploitation and environmental degradation.
State and local governments must cut more than $1.3 billion in spending to balance their books through June 2011. It’s going to be a brutal process for public employees, whose salaries and benefits consume the vast majority of operational expenses. After more than two years of slumping economic conditions and tax revenue declines, sizable layoffs and pay cuts are unavoidable.
Our last two Democratic presidents have wasted a year each by pursuing the perceived moral imperative of comprehensive health care reform aimed at universal insurance.
Here are some things in news, sports, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.
Over the past couple of years, yoga instructor David Oliphant learned two valuable lessons:
Mammoth Lakes, Calif., in the Eastern Sierra Mountain Range, is surrounded by some of our nation’s most spectacular scenery, including the Inyo National Forest and the Ansel Adams and John Muir Wilderness Areas. Sportsmen of one kind or another visit throughout the year, but for the skiers of Southern Nevada, the slopes of Mammoth Mountain have few equals in depth and duration of snow pack and ease of access.
The Verde Canyon Railroad Chocolate Lover’s Festival will feature chocolate, a train and a scenic view.
Funny dialogue awaits you in “Dark Void.” But I think it’s accidentally funny, instead of funny on purpose, like in a B-movie. Then again, this is a humans vs. aliens shooting game, set in the Bermuda Triangle, so that’s kind of accidentally funny in itself.
China Ranch, a family date farm in a secluded oasis near Death Valley National Park, offers visitors a variety of attractions and unique experiences. The farm produces dates from several varieties of palms, as well as delicious date shakes, date bread and other baked goods showcased at a gift shop and snack bar.
Travelers in Cerca Country needn’t hole up for winter. Instead, they bundle up, or explore its southern reaches. Pick your next adventure from this list.
Nevada Ballet Theatre honored singer, author, television personality, Broadway performer and philanthropist Marie Osmond as its Woman of the Year at the 2010 Black and White Ball on Jan. 23 at Paris Las Vegas.
The longer you live in a town, the more changes you see. Nowhere is that more true than in Las Vegas.
Before Jennifer Togliatti was a District Court judge, she was a recent business graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas agonizing over what to do next. Her father, an FBI agent, arranged a meeting with his friend, Judge Nancy Oesterle, at the old courthouse in 1990.
Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.
At 5:45 every morning, Jordan Exber, a junior at Bishop Gorman High School, sleeps through her alarm clock.
Most of us are “transplants” from somewhere where it is still freezing. We never dreamed of planting vegetables this time of year. But February and into March is when you begin planting beets, lettuce, cabbage and a host of other vegetables.
The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners will meet in Reno on Friday and Saturday to address a number of items, including the adoption of heritage tag species, quotas and seasons for the 2011 season, and consideration of revisions to the 2010 bighorn seasons and Partnership in Wildlife hunts.
It’s Crazy Hair Day for students at Advanced Technologies Academy, but there’s one problem. Where are all of the bizarre hairdos and outrageous hair colors? Hallways are filled simply with students looking the same, as if there never had been a spirit week in the first place.
A lot of people are hoping Cirque du Soleil’s “Viva Elvis” will be good for a lot of reasons.
Hotels in Las Vegas have responded to the recession and in the process, they’ve forged a new market slogan: “If you slash prices, they will come.” …
The bargain-basement approach seems to be working. Tourism experts say they see hotel-room bookings rebounding as Super Bowl weekend nears, though room rates remain significantly depressed compared with prerecession levels. … Rooms booked for Super Bowl weekend through travel Web site Vegas.com averaged $98.44 a night as of Thursday, said Dan Hippler, vice president of marketing. That’s down from around $102 on the same weekend a year ago and $131 in 2008.
The World Series of Poker has allowed Jack Effel to live out a lifelong ambition.
Head-mounted cameras that capture your extreme fun, a design-your-own smartphone case and a collection of ecofriendly chargers and surge protectors highlight today’s Net Notes.
• HELP IN A PINCH: The flagging economy has made survival trickier for fledgling businesses, but several local groups stand ready to give over-the-shoulder guidance for little or no charge.
Expansion plans by an Indian casino near Sacramento, Calif., signal another bad omen for Northern Nevada’s beleaguered gaming market.