The Springs Preserve will hold its spring plant sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 6.
Q: My hybrid Bermuda grass lawn is flat , yet it seems bumpy when I mow. Can I get it as flat and smooth as a putting green? Should I fill these low spots with sand or something else?
Clark County master gardeners will offer a tour of the Demonstration Gardens, emphasizing how to Paint Your Garden With Color, at 10 a.m. April 13. The tour is free and open to the public.
I try to keep the tone mostly warm and friendly here, but what drives me to write is serious. We are facing — no , creating a planetary emergency. Let me state a few facts and then tie them all together.
The voices emanating from the family room at the end of the hallway were muddled at first, but as I made my way across the 24-inch marble squares, I recognized them as my client and Bob, the drapery installer. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. It seemed like only yesterday that Bob had asked me what I meant by puddling, and here he was talking about that very same effect with my client. “My, he’s sure a quick learner,” I remember thinking to myself as I entered the room.
Call it the circle of life. Decorating styles, just like clothing styles, come and go — and then come again.
The tourism authority won’t say it, so we’ll say it for them: The madness begins here.
The economic and strategic importance of Nellis Air Force Base was on full display Tuesday, when the U.S. Air Force held an official arrival ceremony for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter. The Pentagon plans to buy more than 2,400 of the aircraft for the country and its allies, and by 2020, 36 of them are expected to be based at Nellis.
It stars 58-year-old Dennis Quaid. It’s set in 1961. And it’s on CBS.
When members of the National Folk Organization gather in Las Vegas this weekend for their annual meeting, it’s locals who will reap some of the rewards.
He says the word twice, repeating it for emphasis, though his smile is a Judas, betraying that which he says.
The Monster Jam World Finals return to Sam Boyd Stadium on Friday and Saturday. But you can get an early look at 11 of the trucks when they roar down the Strip at 7 p.m. today.
So, “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” movie isn’t going to fill up Las Vegas magic shows after its opening weekend gross of less than $11 million at the box office.
Hardly a day goes by that someone doesn’t mention Bellagio to Dale Chihuly.
The Rev. Jim Robinson, pastor of First Henderson United Methodist, likes to give the kids at his church empty eggs at Eastertime.
Four members of the Nevada Legislature have signed a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to back the XpressWest bullet train from Las Vegas to Victorville, Calif.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. on Wednesday criticized an amended lawsuit by a Louisiana public employee pension fund that claims the Las Vegas-based gaming company’s $135 million donation to the University of Macau Development Foundation was improper and potentially illegal.
Increasing global demand for food will drive up the value of farmland in the United States and other countries with large agricultural exports, a land management executive said Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Unhappy with a contract forced on them by their union hierarchy, a group of Frias Transportation Management taxi drivers has started laying the groundwork for a wildcat strike that could start this week during the NCAA Tournament, one of the year’s top tourist draws.
Of all the changes made at the M Resort since the property opened in March 2009, among the most gut-wrenching for Anthony Marnell III was closing Veloce Cibo, the hotel-casino’s 16th floor restaurant with expansive views to the north of the Strip.
■ LAKE MEAD — Largemouth bass spawning has begun in the lake, as one angler discovered when he caught a bass weighing more than 5 pounds while fishing near Swallow Cove. After weighing and measuring the fish, he released it where he caught it so the fish could finish its spawn. Some smaller stripers have been taken in the Vegas Wash area on anchovies and live shad, but shad are tough to come by right now.
Spring officially has arrived, and that means it is time to blow the dust off your camping gear and head outside. Daytime temperatures are nice, and, depending on how far north you travel or how high in altitude you climb, the nights still are cool enough to enjoy the warmth of a glowing campfire and the taste of toasted marshmallows.
With a new coach and many new faces, Shadow Ridge’s softball team is learning a lot about itself early in the season.
■ ARBOR VIEW — Boys track athlete Ivy Dobson won the 100-meter dash in 10.99 seconds at the Heitkotter Invitational.
Sheryl Krmpotich knows better than anyone else what Tonishia Childress can do with the basketball in her hands.