WEEK IN REVIEW: Top news

Seven Marines were killed Monday night in an explosion during training at the Hawthorne Army Depot, about 320 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

Contestants throw themselves into atlatl competition at Valley of Fire

Brent Davis stood like an Ice Age hunter with his arm cocked and holding a flat, notched stick above his shoulder.

The schoolteacher from Gypsum, Colo., paused for a moment before he took aim at a fake deer target.

Nevada Legislature sees quiet session so far

When the Senate Transportation Committee met March 13 to discuss Sen. Don Gustavson’s bill to increase the speed limit to 85 mph, just a handful of Nevadans showed up in the hearing room.

Las Vegas police seek help to solve stabbing death

Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in finding the person responsible for the stabbing death of a man in the 300 block of North 10th Street near U.S. Highway 95 early Saturday morning.

Ex-CEO of cancer institute faces child sex allegations

The former CEO of the short-lived Nevada Cancer Institute is scheduled to appear in federal court in Las Vegas on Monday on allegations that he planned to have sex with a 13-year-old girl inside at a Henderson hotel-casino in January.

Whittemore granted hearing in fight against federal charges

Former Nevada political powerbroker Harvey Whittemore has been granted his request for a special hearing on his claim the government obtained some evidence against him without a warrant.

Brooks among hot topics in Legislature next week

The Nevada Assembly could make history this week as a special committee considers whether an embattled colleague who’s been arrested twice, hospitalized for a mental evaluation and banished from the Legislative Building is fit to serve in the Legislature.

Man killed in traffic accident on Spring Mountain Road

A 26-year-old woman was arrested on drunken driving charges Saturday morning after her 2003 Hummer collided with a 1997 Ford Escort, killing the male driver and injuring a toddler, Las Vegas police said.

Big Bend of the Colorado brimming with wildlife

Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area, a developing attraction in the extreme southern tip of Nevada, offers a variety of outdoor activities, including wildlife watching.

Junior League honors two at Paint the Town Red Gala

Review-Journal society columnist Dorothy Huffey and Mary Cashman and her family were honored March 16 during the Paint the Town Red Gala in the Champagne Room of Paris Las Vegas. About 450 guests attended the benefit for the Junior League of Las Vegas.

R-JENERATION: Nevada Youth Legislature aims to safeguard Millennium Scholarship

Directly participating in the legislative process — expressing their concerns and creating change — is a dream that will become reality for 19 Nevada teens Tuesday , when select members of the Nevada Youth Legislature head to Carson City to testify before the 77th session of the Nevada Legislature. Their goal is to pass SJR-C47, a bill amending the Nevada Constitution to safeguard the Kenny Guinn Millennium Scholarship.

Risk pays off, creates a niche

Ten years ago, AEG Live opened the doors to a big bet called the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

Water Cooler

Here are a few things in pop culture that caught our eye last week.

‘Shame’: One word, two very different ideas

The adults who raised me used the word “shame” with some frequency. More specifically, the female adults. As in “Shame on you!” Or the rhetorical reproof, “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself!” Where I come from, women — grandmothers, mothers, aunties and schoolteachers — used “shame” this way more often than men.

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