Golf carts OK’d for Blue Diamond streets

Blue Diamond’s streets have been designated safe for golf carts, even though there are no fairways or putting greens within miles.

IN BRIEF

SUSPECT IN 19 ROBBERIES: POLICE SAY ‘SCARF-FACED ROBBER’ IS 34-YEAR-OLD LONNIE TROY

Paving contractor gets county support

Clark County joined Las Vegas Paving on Tuesday in appealing a judge’s order to award a road-widening contract to a rival bidder.

Union continues fight to defend rights of teacher

The fight over a story published Friday in a Northern Nevada high school newspaper continues after the local teachers union complains the school district violated teacher rights.

And Now, the Caller on Line Two

Every now and again, Alan Stock invites me to join him on his KXNT News Radio morning show to discuss traffic and transportation. After joining Stock last week, I promised to address callers’ traffic-related questions. We are still working on some of the queries, but here are a couple answers I was able to dig up.

Hunk of ice hammers Henderson home

Penny White was looking at her reflection in the bathroom mirror Tuesday about 8:30 a.m., getting ready for the day, when she felt it: “It went kaaaabooom!” demonstrated Penny, 75, flailing her arms and imitating the house shaking. “Me and Bill both looked at each other at the same time and said, ‘What in the hell was that?'”

Seniors, children hit hard by hunger

A new report from a local food bank paints a sobering picture of hunger in Nevada, particularly among the state’s most vulnerable: children and seniors.

Budget crisis weighs heavily on Board of Regents

The ax is about to come down. This much was made clear Tuesday by Nevada’s higher education chancellor. He swore he was not exaggerating for effect.

Gibbons aims for 10 percent in school cuts

CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons said Tuesday he hopes to cut state appropriations to public schools by 10 percent as he seeks to reduce state spending by $900 million between March and June 30, 2011.

Yucca’s 625 workers face uncertain futures

Chains holding the white Department of Energy flag creaked against the flagpole in the gentle breeze and sent an eerie sound across the half-filled parking lot at the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project Tuesday.

Rental housing prices down 8.2 percent in Las Vegas

A drop in Las Vegas apartment rents may be sobering news for landlords and owners, but it comes at the right time for budget-conscious renters in the worst economic times since the Great Depression.

Toyota dealers scramble to replace defective pedals as new complaints over brakes, electronics flood in

WASHINGTON – Americans should park their recalled Toyotas unless driving to dealers for accelerator repairs, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned Wednesday – then quickly took it back – as skepticism of company fixes grew and the government’s probe expanded to other models in the U.S. and Japan. Questions now are being raised about the brakes on Toyota’s marquee Prius hybrid.

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