Think you’re getting old? Take a trip to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, on the Nevada-California border near Bishop, Calif., where the oldest tree is nearly 5,000 years old. Makes you feel like a youngster, doesn’t it?
Earlier this summer a friend and I headed to the northeastern region of our state to enjoy its cooler climate, taste a big dose of somewhere different, visit historic sites and view some of the finest scenery the American West has to offer.
Summer 2011 marked the first time in more than 20 years that every student in the Clark County School District enjoyed a true, classic, nearly three-month-long summer vacation. It all ends Monday with the start of a new school year.
Introductions at professional conferences are always tough for Jackie Murphy. As engaging and personable as he is — and he is — Murphy knows the second he says, “I’m in uniforms,” he’ll lose his audience.
COVER STORY: The economic recession has forced local companies that specialize in public relations, marketing and advertising to adapt. The Business Press looks at a collection of these companies that has endured the slump with excellence.
ELKO — Elko County prosecutors have decided to seek the death penalty for two West Wendover teenagers accused of murdering a 16-year-old classmate in March.
A crowd of teachers sat through four hours of Thursday’s Clark County School Board meeting, waiting to make a show of solidarity for just a couple minutes.
RENO — A former Carson City emergency room doctor sentenced for drugging and kidnapping his ex-wife from her Utah home is now facing murder charges in Arkansas in the death of the woman’s previous husband and an associate.