No event in sports is preceded by more hype than the Super Bowl. Some years, the buildup leads to a big letdown and a blowout. Early in the morning, I’m sensing this game will be a good one.
Instead of seeing more magic from Peyton Manning, we watched as the Super Bowl took a surprising twist. It was a fall from grace for the NFL’s favorite quarterback.
Family photos and words of encouragement from mom and dad might seem like good ways to take the edge off a stressful test, but erecting decorated privacy walls on student desktops appears to conflict with Nevada testing procedures, which don’t leave much room for fun or creativity.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons loves to tell a story about how the recession has affected Nevada.
A devastating blow last week to a plan to bury nuclear waste under Yucca Mountain has bolstered another controversial idea: reprocessing nuclear waste at the same location on the Nevada Test Site.
RENO — A regional fire agency serving Reno and Washoe County could free up fire companies and save the region much as $800,000, according to study recommendations from a California consulting group.
CARSON CITY — The recent announcement that the much touted high-speed maglev rail project between Las Vegas and Southern California didn’t get any money from $8 billion in federal grants left residents wondering why Clark County was left out once again.
Firefighters are investigating a suspicious Saturday night blaze in an abandoned apartment building that caused $100,000 in damage.
One of the nicest guys I know in Las Vegas is Danny Koker, who is such a character, a Hollywood agent is finally shopping a reality show about him to TV networks.
Add another name to the list of candidates for lieutenant governor of Nevada who have had a brush with the law.
A Kia automaker commercial that aired during the Super Bowl and featured scenes from Las Vegas raised some eyebrows.
It had to be the shoes. The hat too. With the New Orleans Saints trailing the Indianapolis Colts 17-13 in the third quarter of Super Bowl XLIV, Anthony Trepagnier Jr., claimed he was the victim of a self-inflicted wardrobe malfunction. He went into the bedroom of his Las Vegas home on what is appropriately named Making Memories Place and changed into his black Saints shoes and donned a different Saints hat. When he returned, Drew Brees was leading the Saints on a scoring drive.
Fred Schultz’s pitch is simple. If you have a medically fragile child who needs home health care or medical day care, or you need a break, Positively Kids has vacancies. Most of the care would be provided free by the little-known Las Vegas nonprofit.
ELKO — The plaintiffs in a legal dispute over a Nevada gold mining project have asked a federal judge in Reno to issue a full injunction and suspend the project.
I find it shockingly unbelievable that so little coverage was given to the wonderful news that, thanks to Sen. Harry Reid and President Barack Obama, the Yucca Mountain Project is dead. I applaud Review-Journal columnist Jane Ann Morrison for speaking out about the fact that, shockingly, the city of Las Vegas didn’t find it worthy of a news release.
Up in the Northern Nevada watering hole of Fallon, the local teachers union continues to challenge the school district’s praiseworthy decision to allow a reporter for a school newspaper to publish an article critical of a teacher.
Gov. Jim Gibbons sharpened his anti-big government rhetoric during a State of the State speech to address Nevada’s nearly $900 million budget shortfall.
Gibbons, a Republican, called for layoffs of “several hundred” state employees and eliminating programs that don’t work. He asked state lawmakers to heed his call to debate major education reform.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
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