OKLAHOMA CITY — As the clock ticked toward zero, Ali Farokhmanesh said he had “no idea” he was about to take a shot he would remember for a lifetime. But when he released it, he knew it was true.
The uncertainty of Nevada’s future tax environment is hurting the state’s ability to attract new companies, and those fears of possible tax hikes are driving companies looking to relocate to pick other Western states, Gov. Jim Gibbons said Thursday.
LOS ANGELES — Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television’s Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign organized a telephone call Wednesday night to thousands of Southern Nevadans represented by Rep. Dina Titus, where he spoke out against the pending health care reform bill and urged his audience to call her about it.
Las Vegas and its employees are in “gridlock” over wage issues, Mayor Oscar Goodman said Thursday.
CARSON CITY — Heavier-than-normal winter rainfall has increased the likelihood of wildland fires in Southern Nevada and there will be fewer inmate crews to fight them this year because of spending cuts, the state forester said Thursday.
FREMONT, Calif. — The father of 9 and 11-year-old siblings who helped deliver their baby brother at their Fremont home is calling his kids “super heroes.”
Faith and Jabari Sanders sprang into action when they heard their mother, Alana, scream as she went into labor on March 9. Alana instructed 11-year-old Faith to call their father, Geoffrey, and 9-year-old Jabari to dial 911.