With just one month left in the legislative session, Nevadans are waiting for the big ones to be introduced: tax bills from Democrats, Republicans.
A small desert island in Pyramid Lake that serves as home to 10,000 American white pelicans is celebrating its 100th anniversary as a wildlife sanctuary about 30 miles north of Reno.
The entertainment world lost one of its biggest personalities last week.
The life of an environmental reporter isn’t all tortoises and solar panels.
A few years ago, on a day just like any other, Russell Millar was driving along Las Vegas Boulevard when he had a million-dollar idea.
Uno … dos … tres. .. cuatro … CINCO de Mayo! While you’re timing how fast it takes you to drink that Corona, sucking down the lime as though it were a worm from a bottle of mescal , stop for just a second and try to figure out what Cinco de Mayo actually is. Contemplate its history.
The late Dennis Gomes had a colorful and Hall of Fame-worthy 40 years in the gaming industry. He operated more than a dozen casinos in Las Vegas and on the Boardwalk from the mid-1980s until his sudden passing at age 68 in February 2012.
It’s no secret that parents keep secrets from their teenagers. One of those secrets is that, for Mom and Dad, high school prom night is a big event.
In Snake Valley, the sun comes up in Utah and sets in Nevada. The man in the middle has worked both sides of the line for more than 50 years.
As a former college football quarterback, Rob Bone is comfortable running the offense for slot machine manufacturer WMS Industries.
The photo spoke to me. An old woman in front of a slot machine, her purse propped on her lap for a quick draw. Neon signs glowing upon her overjoyed face, and a cheap tile ceiling above, proving fortune can be found in this town without a shred of luxury nearby.
In 1960, Random House published “Are You My Mother?” by P.D. Eastman. I was 3 then, and it is the first book I ever remember reading.
There’s something of the old married couple about Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr., though they’re married to other people.
Ever seen the 2012 comedy movie “21 Jump Street”?
The room full of students at a Key Club meeting in Centennial High School bursts with life.
Rejoice in despair when Germany’s Down On Knees I’m Weak bring their tectonic doom metal to Las Vegas at 9 p.m. Monday at The Dive, 4110 S. Maryland Parkway. The show is free; call 702-796-1776.
John E. Adams was honored during the Nevada chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s 13th annual gala April 26 at Mandalay Bay’s Islander Ballroom.
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Nevada’s largest, oldest and most spectacular state park, Valley of Fire lives up to its name with its eroded sandstone formations and sand dunes in fiery shades of red. Changing constantly with the angle of the sun, the colors range from the brilliance of leaping flames to the glowing hues of hot embers.
Using his superior ring generalship and a lethal right hand, Floyd Mayweather Jr. outboxed and outclassed Robert Guerrero on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden, winning a 12-round unanimous decision at the MGM Grand Garden and keeping his perfect record intact.
Plenty of Nevadans rolled their eyes in response to casino magnate Steve Wynn’s closed-door conversations with leading legislators and with Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday in Carson City — meetings at which he reportedly warned the economics of Nevada’s gaming industry are “not healthy,” and that future growth of the big players here will thus occur in other markets.
Years of urgent work by Nevada entrepreneurs, elected officials and gaming regulators paid off Tuesday when UltimatePoker.com opened for business, becoming the country’s first legal, regulated, real-money online poker website.
In 2008, many people were enthusiastic about the prospects of then-U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton becoming the nation’s first female president.
Well-to-do parents have always had school choice, and they always will. They can afford to pay high mortgages and school taxes involved for the best district schools, or even to pay all of this in addition to private school tuition.
Weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings, the attention of intelligence agencies is still focused on answering two pertinent questions: What motivated the Tsarnaev brothers, and were they part of a larger group?
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