Special day set aside for children

We’re all familiar with Mother’s Day. Father’s Day, too. We mark our calendars for the holidays, remind ourselves to get gifts, and always make the phone calls.

Fishing report, April 25

■ LAKE MEAD — Competitive and recreational anglers alike found good action for smallmouth and largemouth bass over the weekend. Windy conditions stirred up the water, but anglers casting dark plastics found success. Anglers are catching striped bass from Vegas Wash to 33 Hole; however, most are on the small side. Gizzard shad can be found in the back of the wash.

Jobs, costs at heart of debate

Maybe an old-fashioned cage match would settle it.

Shedding light on springtime courting habits of bass

While many of us have personalized license plates on our vehicles that tell the world what we would like to do, Larry Brinker’s license plate tells the world what he actually does, which is catch bass. You might even say his truck is just “4bassin.”

Linemen (yawn) to set pace

I’m not sure even Justin Timberlake could bring sexy back to this year’s NFL Draft. Wouldn’t matter, anyway. He would be late to the news conference honoring his achievement.

Opportunity to move Judicial Discipline Commission has passed

The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline will be looking for a new general counsel and executive director when David Sarnowski retires June 30, and the pay is a not-to-be-sneered-at $137,145, plus state benefits.

Lawmakers question Las Vegas attorney nominated for federal judge

WASHINGTON — Las Vegas attorney Jennifer Dorsey fielded her first official questions on Wednesday in a bid to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate as a federal judge in Nevada.

County might boost property taxes to help ailing UMC

Clark County commissioners are considering a proposal to increase the county’s property tax to generate as much as $45 million more in annual revenue to support University Medical Center.

Nellis seeks money for housing and support of new F-35 fighters

WASHINGTON — Nellis Air Force Base may be rocked by the sequester, but planning continues for upgrades to base housing and projects to support the arriving F-35 fighter jets.

Prosecutors tell state Supreme Court that Desai is faking it again

Dipak Desai is once more faking the extent of his strokes and there is no need to delay his criminal trial to examine questions about his competency, prosecutors told the Nevada Supreme Court on Wednesday.

Sands’ attorneys try to pinpoint changes in ex-consultant’s story

Richard Suen spent Wednesday afternoon on the witness stand recounting more aspects of his consulting work for Las Vegas Sands Corp. as the company’s lawyers again tried to highlight more perceived changes in his story.

Las Vegas Valley gets ‘F’ for ozone pollution

Las Vegas Valley smog levels now rank as the 16th worst in the nation, according to the American Lung Association’s annual “State of the Air” report released Wednesday.

UNLV repairs fire damages to dorm

UNLV is looking at an estimate of $60,000 to $100,000 to repair water damages in a dormitory complex resulting from a fire earlier this month.

Man killed by possible oxygen tank fire identified

The man who died in an accident involving a medical oxygen tank that possibly caught fire while he was smoking has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.

Boyd Gaming posts loss, but revenue surges, shares move higher

Boyd Gaming Corp. posted a first-quarter loss Wednesday, reversing a profit in the year-ago period, as the gaming company added new casinos and incurred other one-time costs related to selling noncore assets to strengthen its balance sheet.

Nevada GOP senators offer initiative to tax mining for school funding

Nevada Senate Republicans on Wednesday announced their Education Priority Initiative to tax gold and silver mining to fund education, which they said will serve as a competing measure to the flawed teacher-backed margins tax that will be on the ballot in 2014.

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