Clark County’s potential fuel tax increase would create nearly 10,000 jobs, transportation officials say, but it remains unknown how many construction jobs would end up going to local workers and companies.
The attorney for Las Vegas Constable John Bonaventura is facing possible civil contempt penalties and sanctions after he and his client failed to show up for a federal court hearing Tuesday.
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Inbee Park once felt she could walk down the streets of Seoul as the No. 1 player in women’s golf without being recognized.
You expect hyperbole from a news release announcing the approach of a new reality television series, but CNBC’s effort to tout the prospects of “Money Talks” seems somehow understated.
Even in today’s information age, myths about menopause and women’s changing bodies abound and can take a huge toll on women. Half of women say their anxiety around menopause is caused by not knowing enough about this life stage and nearly half of menopausal women feel less confident once they start experiencing menopausal symptoms. For women going through this transitional stage of life, debunking myths and finding solutions to help them stand up to the symptoms of menopause can empower and help them lead happier, healthier lives.
Scrumptious, healthy veggies, hefty harvests and a break on your grocery bill – many appealing advantages draw people to growing their own vegetables. If you’ve never gardened before or you’re a green thumbed, garden-guru, you’ll soon figure out that fall’s a great time to get growing your own produce. Cooler temperatures and milder sun can spell success for any gardener who takes up the trowel as autumn approaches.
Did you know that the average American uses 2,000 gallons of water a day – twice the global average? Water is hidden in diets, in the energy used and the products purchased. Every pair of jeans worn or hamburger consumed is created using water in some capacity. That’s why water conservation, no matter where you live, is a global necessity.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. showed off its $550 million vision of urban renewal Tuesday.
Among the benefits of playing for the Chargers is that you can enjoy San Diego’s weather and beach life.
Now that the effects of the recession are beginning to recede, many people are feeling safer and more secure about the economy again.
President Barack Obama is traveling the country to give speeches on the economy and jobs, and he has stated some verifiable truths. The problem, though, is his belief as to what has caused those truths.
“Step” pay increases will be replaced by a merit pay system beginning in 2014 at Nevada’s community colleges. Additionally, as reported Sunday by the Review-Journal’s Yesenia Amaro, the higher education system’s four-year institutions will restart their merit-pay programs, which have been frozen since 2009 because of a lack of funding.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: Sounds, Johnny Hellweg (10-4); 51s, Rafael Montero (2-3)
UFC President Dana White has healthy fighters, pleased television partners and a tantalizing slate of upcoming fall fights. It’s a big change from last year, when White spent untold months scrambling to replace injured stars and plugging holes in an ambitious schedule that devolved into a patchwork slate for mixed martial arts’ dominant promotion.
LOS ANGELES — Eileen Brennan, who went from musical comedy on Broadway to wringing laughs out of characters in such films as “Private Benjamin” and “Clue,” has died. She was 80.
On Monday, the College of Southern Nevada received 750 backpacks from Revive, making it the largest order the local company has fulfilled to date. CEO Jonathan Santos said that’s just the beginning.
A golf center on Las Vegas Boulevard south of the Strip is undergoing a major rebranding.
In: TaylorMade Golf Experience.
Out: Callaway Golf Center.
A bicyclist was in critical condition after a hit-and-run collision Tuesday night.
The conservative group Citizen Outreach has been fined $10,000, plus attorneys fees and costs of $7,600, for failing to file campaign expense reports detailing the source of funds to pay for mailers criticizing then-Assemblyman John Oceguera in his 2010 re-election campaign.
A Hong Kong businessman is one step closer to collecting a multimillion-dollar award from Las Vegas Sands Corp., the largest U.S. casino company.
A Chinese fighter’s victory at a Macau showdown brings the world’s top casino market a step closer to challenging Las Vegas for dominance of another Sin City staple: big-time boxing matches.
The Department of Energy thought it had reached an agreement that would have cleared the way for highly radioactive uranium waste to be shipped into Nevada and buried at its national security landfill, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told Congress on Tuesday.
Critics of a major road project linking southeast Reno to Sparks have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to halt construction.
Through the years, Hans Hippert would load up bags of his homemade beef jerky and bring them to his brutally honest taste tester, his friend’s son, 6-year-old Jonathan “JoJo” Contreras, who now serves as company namesake for JoJo’s Jerky.
Residents of Pahrump were on Tuesday still trying to clean up from Sunday’s massive storm, which dropped nearly three inches of rain on the town over the course of a couple hours.