No sleuthing is necessary to see the fingerprints of the Civilian Conservation Corps on Mount Charleston . Many of the amenities, trails and campgrounds were built by the public work relief program.
If you are looking for a great summer destination that affords cool temperatures and more outdoor opportunities than you would expect in any town, consider pointing your wagon toward Big Bear Lake, Calif.
Question: This picture I sent to you shows my chewed Genovese basil. If you enlarge the picture you will see small insects resembling those who ate the leaves of the plant. What can I do without poisoning my basil?
The “Hope 5: An Afternoon of Classical Ballet” annual charity performance is to mark its fifth show with “Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular” talent and be the last gathering before the Strip show closes in September.
n American rock band Paul Revere & The Raiders are set to perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at The Club at The Cannery, 2121 E. Craig Road. Tickets start at $32.95. Visit cannerycasino.com.
Developers submitted a master plan to the city of Henderson for the multibillion-dollar health care, residential and entertainment center known as Union Village.
Even though Hannah Ostrea died when she was 3, her family plans to make sure her name and memory live on through the Little Miss Hannah Foundation, which offers resources to families with children of life-limiting rare diseases.
Gravity isn’t law at Hardkore Parkour in North Las Vegas. The newly opened training center, 3680 N. 5th St., Suite 130, is working to introduce Nevada to a safe, organized way to master free running, parkour and tricking.
Pete and Geri Kypreos are repeating what they do so well: operating a friendly and bright tavern with a menu to match.
During her third Neighborhood Connection meeting, Councilwoman Debra March gave updates and addressed concerns of Ward 2 residents.
After seeing the headline in the Sunday, June 24, 2012, Las Vegas Review-Journal, “Clap your hands for advocates, who stand by us in our shame,” I became very excited since that is exactly what The Rape Crisis Center provides. However, you can imagine my disappointment when not only did you not mention victim advocates, you stated: “There is one experience of advocacy – offered or received – reigning supreme above all other meanings of the word: advocacy offered or received in the wake of moral failure. We have ‘made a mistake,’ we say. But putting the wrong time on your calendar and missing a meeting is a mistake. A moral failure is when we behave badly.”
After about four years in the making, Henderson artist Terry Ritter has unveiled her latest work inside the newly opened Terminal 3 inside McCarran International Airport.
Last school year, the Clark County School District launched an unprecedented campaign to intervene with credit-deficient high school seniors, nearly half of whom were on track to not graduate. The district identified more than 7,000 seniors in academic trouble and implemented programs to help them catch-up on credits and prepare for the state proficiency exam.
Ensemble Arts Academy, 4040 N. Tenaya Way, has seen its summer program grow from a handful of students to a total of nearly 50. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the facility’s Camp Rocks! Summer Music Day-Camp.
If you want your favorite sushi restaurant to be contemporary with a menu that runs the gamut from appetizers to dessert, Kan Pai welcomes you.
There’s a question whether the main amenity for which Sun City Summerlin is known, its golf courses, should be closed. Some residents say maintaining them for a shrinking number of golfers is just getting too costly.
Once upon a time, sales agents eager to sell new homes at such senior communities as Sun City Summerlin and Siena at Summerlin cajoled prospective buyers with promises that appropriate health care facilities for the Summerlin area were in the offing.
When Alyssa Dixon, 12, began studying for her Oct. 13 bat mitzvah, her mother suggested she help veterans as her community service project. Alyssa opted to join family friend Martin Dean Dupalo in his grass roots effort to help veterans by collecting about-to-expire food from local stores and donating it.
Rosa Ilinka McGill, founder of Girls in Tech Las Vegas, who hopes to cultivate a core of women in the valley interested in technology.
Hyde Park is one of the top-performing middle schools in the Clark County School District. After 55 years of use, it is also one of the oldest. Hyde Park is one of 19 schools in line for “major modernization” if voters approve a property tax rate increase Nov. 6.
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