It’s called El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros (Day of the Child/Day of the Book), but even though it has Hispanic roots, everyone is welcome to the free events happening at Las Vegas-Clark County Library district branches through April.
The last article I read of yours talked about being happy. Contentment and peace. It reminded me of a question I would like to ask you. What do you think of the author Deepak Chopra? And his philosophy?
Thomas Minwegen has been named general manager of the Clark County Water Reclamation District.
When Mark Hall-Patton, administrator for the Clark County museum system, was working on his book on Clark County street names, “Asphalt Memories,” Oquendo Road was presenting a bit of a roadblock.
Plant World is an 8-acre nursery and zoo, of sorts, with animals including birds, tortoises, turtles, fish and cats.
Clark County fire inspector vehicles are in the field for only about four hours each day during a 10-hour shift, according to a county report obtained by the Review-Journal.
Leilani Olive, 7, lies belly up and motionless in a pool at the Silver Mesa Recreation Center. Three lifeguards swim to her aid, strap her against a backboard and pull her out of the water.
Shares of Caesars Entertainment Corp. posted strong gains in March, adding to increases in the previous month.
The UNLV women’s golf team maintained its spot in second place at The Farms Invitational in San Diego, shooting 10-over 298 Monday in the second round for a 24-over 600 total. Southern California shot 1-over 289 to remain in first at 11-over 587, with Arizona and Pepperdine tied for third at 604 in the 15-team event.
The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association confirmed Monday that Liberty will meet Salpointe Catholic (Ariz.) in the season-opening Sollenberger Classic at 7 p.m. Aug. 24 at Bishop Gorman.
A look at some of the DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week:
Whoopi Goldberg has more than 413,000 followers on Twitter, but she hasn’t used Twitter since New Year’s Eve because she got fed up with a few people calling her nasty words and wishing she would die.
Elected Democrats see themselves as champions of health care policy that improves patient access to treatment while keeping medical costs down. Yet they continually push for legislation that would accomplish precisely the opposite.
Ever vigilant for offense, religious and political conservatives found reason for outrage on Easter Sunday, when Google commemorated the holiday by featuring farm labor organizer Cesar Chavez on its search site home page.
Table game provider Galaxy Gaming on Monday said it reversed net losses in the fourth quarter and for all of 2012.
The season couldn’t have gone much better thus far for Shadow Ridge’s baseball team.
CINCINNATI — In a game so long that everything became blurred, catcher Chris Iannetta had one thing clearly in mind when he dug in for his final at-bat. Don’t strike out again.
LOS ANGELES — Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Then another Dodgers left-hander with a great curveball dominated.
The rumors of Alexander Gustafsson’s status for his main event against Gegard Mousasi on Saturday night in Stockholm have varied so wildly over the last few days, the story grew nearly as tiresome on social media as all the awful attempts at April Fools’ pranks.
It was a business decision Anthony Bennett was wise to make. But while announcing he is leaving UNLV for the NBA, he displayed how much it all meant on a personal level.
Well, now it’s official: The big kid with the wide shoulders who supposedly had one foot out the door now has both feet out the door.
In the movie “Steel Magnolias,” which is based on a true story, Sally Field’s character M’lynn recalls the moment doctors pulled the plug on her comatose daughter Shelby. She stayed in the room as her daughter left the world, M’lynn tells her friends, but Shelby’s father couldn’t do it, nor could her husband. Too hard to watch.
Some call it spring fever. Others know it as senioritis.
CARSON CITY — A Clark County government official said Monday the county supports a bill by Sen. Michael Roberson, R-Las Vegas, to quickly abolish the Las Vegas Township constable’s office.
Defense lawyers hope to persuade a federal judge on Wednesday to toss out key evidence in the high-profile criminal case accusing Harvey Whittemore of funneling $138,000 in illegal campaign contributions to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Whether or not Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson’s safety would be jeopardized by cameras recording his planned appearance on the witness stand this week received a closed-door examination Monday.
CARSON CITY — The head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority said Monday a 2012 rate hike that produced a backlash from the business community was needed to raise money to build a new intake on the Colorado River.