Future of skywriting up in the air in Las Vegas

Two years ago, when Greg Stinis walked out to his Tiger AA-5 airplane at Jean Airport, it wasn’t to run the engine for maintenance. Skywriting jobs came regularly then.

If you’re visiting the library, pack your e-reader or your laptop

People are reading more library books these days, but not everyone is turning pages in the usual way. More titles are now available in digital formats and patrons have access to a virtual library that never closes.

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Green projects proving worthy

Green building, the term coined to describe ecofriendly, sustainable construction, is spreading like wildfire. Government agencies and businesses are increasingly realizing green building’s myriad benefits for worker recruitment and retention, productivity and job satisfaction.

Home prices down in all ZIP codes in 2009

From affluent suburbs to inner-city neighborhoods, no part of Las Vegas was left unscathed by the precipitous drop in home values last year. Some suffered more than others, but everybody lost ground.

Deep South losing its grip on socket wrench

NASCAR, which invades Las Vegas Motor Speedway this weekend, used to be a Southern Thing when the Allisons and the Pettys and Yarborough (Cale) and Yarbrough (LeeRoy) were rubbin’ and racin’.

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President Barack Obama sang the praises of Las Vegas and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., during an overnight stop.

Flamingo Road congestion beyond obscene

Flamingo Road is one of the oldest and busiest east-west arterials that guides tourists, cabbies and locals across Las Vegas Boulevard.

Politics runs in Nevada families

When it comes to political fortune, Nevada shows signs of becoming the Silver Spoon State.

Both fire and ambulance crews answer the call in Southern Nevada

When somebody reported a man possibly having a stroke at the Palazzo recently, the Clark County Fire Department sent help. So did a local ambulance company.

‘Viva’ could use some more Elvis as new Strip show opens at CityCenter

All kinds of people love Elvis, and “Viva Elvis” is all kinds of show. It starts off like the theme park revues they used to have at Six Flags, where you came in from the hot sun to salute the “Fabulous ’50s,” with wholesome collegiates wearing frozen smiles rocking around a giant juke box in pastel poodle skirts.

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