City to help businesses breathe new life into vacant buildings

In an effort to continue economic growth in downtown Las Vegas, the city of Las Vegas recently announced its Quick Start program, providing incentives for businesses to move into redevelopment areas.

Longtime hatter reopens shop after overcoming illness

David Johnson’s work space in the back of the new D Bar J store front is full of early 20th-century hat-making equipment, six archaic machines all with their own unique purpose: steaming, stretching or sanding.

Halloween and harvest

Things to do for Halloween in your neighborhood and beyond

Local woman utilizes YouTube to help her speak at Atlanta college

When biology major La’Mayah Hodges called her mother to talk about the possible speakers for her Spelman College graduation this spring in Atlanta, she said she never thought of her mother as an option.

Halloween Happenings

Check out haunted attractions, all-ages events and those for seniors

Burk Horizon student starts environmental club

An unlikely club at an unlikely school has students going green. Senior Kevin Olvarez started an environmental club last December at Burk Horizon High School, an alternative, behavioral and second-chance school for about 200 students, to promote conservation and recycling around campus.

Nine times the fun equals wacky memories

Let’s talk wacky golf stuff: unusual experiences that happen on the golf course; memories that will last a long time; stories you’ll tell for years and years; or stories you’ll bury forever.

Trim yucca flower stalks quickly

Question: I have a Yucca that has finally matured enough to flower. Do I leave the flower stock on or cut it off once the flowers are dead?

Dining Pick of the Week: 808 Tapas

It is well known that Hawaiians love Las Vegas and vice versa. Hawaii’s area code is 808, and this restaurant reflects the state with such tasty rolls as Waikiki and Victorino.

A La Carte for Oct. 23-29

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Credit Score Confusion

Smart borrowers know to check their credit scores before applying for a home mortgage loan. But what if that score was unreliable? What if the scores that consumers can acquire from major credit bureaus or sites like Quizzle.com were different than the ones used by lenders?

The New Suburban Dream

You’re thirty-something with one child and another on the way. It’s time to move to the ‘burbs.

Final debate Romney, Obama challenging each other face to face

President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate Monday night, saying, “every time you’ve offered an opinion you’ve been wrong.” The Republican coolly responded, “Attacking me is not an agenda” for dealing with a dangerous world.

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