RENO — Lawyers for an environmental group and Native American tribes trying to block another expansion at one of the biggest gold mines in North America say the U.S. government — in concert with the largest gold company in the world — is making an unprecedented attempt to skirt two of the nation’s fundamental laws protecting federal lands.
I enter the radiation waiting room inside the Mayo Clinic Specialty Building in Phoenix each morning and pause at a table. On the table is a jumbled jigsaw puzzle. The picture is incomplete.
Federal prosecutors paint a picture of 85-year-old Alfred Sapse solely as a fraud. Yet documents show that this frail, stooped individual who speaks with a thick Eastern European accent does have a background in medicine and science.
Apparently TV network partisanship doesn’t take a vacation, even on a sunny afternoon on the Strip.
The Municipal Court judge from Missouri was desperate. Tim Donahoe was taking medications prescribed by his doctor, but his Parkinson’s disease was progressing at a frightening rate, robbing him of motor skills and forcing him to speak in a hoarse monotone.
In the two weeks before 16-year-old Joe Miller killed himself, he seemed to throw off his despair. He watched his younger brother and sister while his parents were out. He even took his mother out for ice cream three times.
Sion Lee, a 32-year-old graphic and Web designer in Las Vegas, has replaced his regular desk with a TrekDesk treadmill desk. Instead of sitting, he spends his days walking at about 2 mph, a pace that lets him talk on the phone without breathing hard and use his computer without falling off.
What was supposed to be a sun-kissed afternoon of racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway turned to tragedy Sunday when two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died in a horrific, 15-car crash only 11 laps into the IZOD IndyCar World Championships.
A grandmother was hospitalized in critical condition for severe smoke inhalation after a house caught fire near Jones and Charleston boulevards this afternoon.
A 40-year-old man was shot to death at Owens Avenue and J Street early Saturday, Las Vegas police said.
Nevada Republicans on Saturday moved the GOP presidential caucus to Feb. 4, giving up their No. 3 spot in the nation’s early voting line-up to end a standoff with New Hampshire over the election calendar.
The country — and particularly Southern Nevada — remains crippled by a housing bubble that burst with fantastic force around 2007.
Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure. Also, a few transactions do not reflect the market value of the homes.
