n The UNLV Chamber Orchestra plans a free public concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Doc Rando Recital Hall at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway.
Ovarian cancer occurs in approximately one out of 71 women each year, according to the Women’s Cancer Center Foundation for Research. The foundation plans to host the second annual “Owareness — A Walk for Ovarian Cancer” from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway.1||1||6061656.jpg||
With its kempt Scotch ’80s homes on one end and its aging infrastructure on the other, Ward 1 seems to be a tale of two cities.
About 100,000 people live in one of the city’s oldest areas, battling graffiti, drug houses, decaying sidewalks and abandoned homes. Squatters have taken over on some properties, at times, pirating electricity and other utilities.
A proposed Clark County Off-Highway Recreation Park came one step closer to becoming a reality Aug. 2 with a bill introduced by Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev. The “short” title of Senate Bill 1475 is the Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Act of 2011.
Question: Help! My Italian cypress are drying out and dying mostly from the top down. They have their own bubblers for water.
For Joe Molina, dressing himself in the morning is an accomplishment to be proud of. Since he suffered a stroke that left half of his body paralyzed four years ago, he takes any victory he can get in a recovery process he calls slow and often disappointing.
The Moretti family is proud of its Italian heritage and proud to present homemade Italian dishes in a casual comfortable setting.
Clark County School District administrators, counselors and teachers visited about 300 homes across the Las Vegas Valley on a recent Saturday morning as part of the Reclaim Your Future initiative to encourage students who have not enrolled this year to come back to class.
Children with disabilities face an uphill battle in school as it is. For those without parents or guardians to look out for their best interests, it’s even tougher.
The Educational Surrogate Parent Program provides these children with an advocate whose sole purpose is to ensure their academic needs are being met.
Two new faces are on the North Las Vegas Planning Commission. Sylvia Joiner-Greene and Williard Ewing replace outgoing commissioners Jo Cato and Joseph DePhillips.
If you have ever aspired to hike the world-famous Zion Narrows, over the next month or so is an ideal time to do so. Water and air temperatures remain as pleasant as they’ll ever be, and the threat of flash flooding is lower than the last couple of months.
Joi A. Goynes, a 2011 graduate of Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School, maintained the level of Merit Scholar throughout high school.
Emilee Rogers doesn’t remember the name of the sixth-grade center she attended when she was 12. As a homeless student with nothing but the tattered clothes on her back, Operation School Bell let her shop for brand new clothes — a gift she says gave her confidence and a reason to stay in school.
For three days only, discovering Greece won’t require a costly trip around the globe. The annual Las Vegas Greek Festival is scheduled Friday through Sunday at the St. John Greek Orthodox Church, 5300 S. El Camino Road.
Singer/songwriter Kevin Devine is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. Friday at the Silverton, 3333 Blue Diamond Road. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Visit silvertoncasino.com.
Major faults run up the entire Las Vegas Valley, and it’s only a matter of time until a big earthquake hits, flattening nearly every building here. The Strip is built on sandy soil that will be subject to soil liquefaction, which would result in all the casinos sinking straight down into the earth. Well, actually, the truth is quite a bit better than that, but that doesn’t stop the doomsday scenario from being a popular local urban myth.
If Paris Hilton can make it to about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday without getting arrested, her current Las Vegas legal woes will be over. Barring a midnight malfeasance, the hotel heiress’s one-year probation is up.
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