Delia Martinez, former executive director of the Nevada Equal Rights Commission and a 54-year resident of the state, died Jan. 19. She was 61.
Nevada’s lead attorney took a stab Tuesday at killing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project, arguing before a licensing board that the Department of Energy neglected to consider the failure or absence of a key safety feature.
At the North Las Vegas Municipal Court, judges and administrators park in a fenced and gated lot with a keypad security entry system.
A 16-year-old was arrested early Tuesday morning after a pistol was found in his backpack at a bus stop, Las Vegas police said.
A 73-year-old man died Tuesday morning in a traffic collision on Lamb Boulevard at Manor Green Lane.
NASCAR star Kyle Busch started a new racing season Tuesday morning with a dominating victory.
A story about Nevada’s budget woes in Tuesday’s Review-Journal contained an error. The proposed Ivanpah airport near Primm would be a commercial airport.
Alvida shipped me an interesting incident that happened to a friend in California. She said her friend passed two police officers who were ticketing a motorist on the shoulder of the road. After the man slowed down and passed the two police cars, one of the cops jumped into his vehicle and tracked Alvida’s friend down. He was ticketed for not moving over to the next lane while passing the police.
Alvida’s question: Do you know whether this is a law in Nevada?
A 79-year-old woman crashed a pickup into the back of a Fremont Street Experience stage and died Tuesday afternoon.
Witnesses saw the woman driving fast and erratically and through red lights as the truck careened north on Third Street toward Fremont Street.
If they hand out points for commitment to cause, Miss Oregon CC Barber would score high marks in the Miss America pageant this week.
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign plans to vote against awarding Ben Bernanke another four years as chairman of the Federal Reserve, saying the appointee has become "far too political" to be effective.
Declaring America’s middle class is “under assault,” President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled proposals he believes will help hurting families pay their bills, save for retirement and care for their kids and aging parents — by loading on more taxes and government spending.
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.
In response to the Saturday letter from Lois White regarding educational needs in Nevada:
At Lekkerbeks Cafe and Deli, sandwich lovers can enjoy a roster of freshly made deli classics ranging from hot pastrami to Reubens to turkey and tuna, chicken and egg salads.
Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall & Saloon Chinese kitchen, 3595 Las Vegas Blvd. South, received 16 demerits Jan. 12. Violations included unlabeled food containers in refrigerator. GRADE: B
Grapes: Cabernet sauvignon (82 percent), merlot, cabernet franc, petit sirah blend (18 percent)
We don’t exactly get bone-chillingly cold weather here in Southern Nevada, unless we head up Mount Charleston. But the bleak dampness we’ve had lately has come close enough to prompt valley residents to pine for warm, hearty foods, and stews definitely do the job.
Puffed-rice sources — for Toni Kouba — are popping out of my in-box.
Oracle is suing Las Vegas-based Rimini Street, claiming the local computer support company engaged in “a massive theft” of Oracle’s software.
Las Vegas is an extremely complex housing market with a two-tiered situation as far as residential appraisers are concerned, the president of Chicago-based Appraisal Institute said Tuesday.
President Barack Obama’s first-year grades have dropped significantly in the subject of the U.S. housing market, a survey by California-based Trulia.com showed Tuesday.
Higher fuel costs and lower air fares caught up to Allegiant Travel Co. in the fourth quarter.
Nevada’s budget woes grew Tuesday with the release of new sales numbers in the state.
A record number of property owners have appealed their assessed values this year, a symptom of the recession.