Nevada Garden Clubs is offering a training session for those interested in becoming more effective officers in their clubs. The training will take place at 9 a.m. Aug. 20 and is scheduled to finish around 3:30 p.m. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. for check in.
Somehow, I’ve instinctively known that the most important element in design is the relationship between objects in their size and form. That’s a good thing because a designer needs to have a real sense of scale and proportion in order to come up with the correct balance of beauty, functionality and scale. This is fundamental for successful interior design.
Hey, are you doing anything this evening? You are invited to the August Green Drinks event at the Harrison House. Mingle with many of Las Vegas’ green leaders, movers and shakers at this historic west side property that is being rehabilitated into a green demonstration resource for the community.
You could compare last week’s biannual trade show at World Market Center Las Vegas to the joy a child feels opening a new box of crayons. Bright oranges, reds, blues, greens and yellows were everywhere and there was a feeling of excitement and endless possibilities.
If you want your family to give your cooking a blue ribbon rating, there’s likely no easier way to achieve it than under the tutelage of Le Cordon Bleu chefs. Beginning Aug. 17, Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts plans to offer Bleu Ribbon Kitchen cooking workshops at The Venetian, along with those at its Summerlin facility.
A YouTube video of two Mormon missionaries dominating a pick-up basketball game is making its way around the Internet.
A judge has scheduled an emergency custody hearing requested by Usher’s ex-wife after one of the pair’s sons nearly drowned at the singer’s Atlanta home.
Las Vegas will spend more than $1.2 million to solicit plans from the public to create jobs and enhance urban spaces, despite objections from critics who characterized the effort as wasting taxpayer money.
If the hundreds of bronzed, bikini-clad young women at Rehab, the booze-fueled pool party held every summer Sunday at the Hard Rock Hotel, aren’t enough for the eyes, fret not, partygoers. Enter: the Bikini Invitational bikini competition. A beauty pageant without the trappings of the talent and interview portions, dozens of minimally clothed women spent five consecutive Sundays sauntering and kiss-blowing their way to the hearts of adoring vacationers, reality show personalities and local celebrity judges (who critiqued the women on overall appearance, personality and stage presence, according to competition creator Roni Taylor).
A YouTube video of two Mormon missionaries dominating a pick-up basketball game is making its way around the Internet.
If you want your family to give your cooking a blue ribbon rating, there’s likely no easier way to achieve it than under the tutelage of Le Cordon Bleu chefs. Beginning Aug. 17, Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts plans to offer Bleu Ribbon Kitchen cooking workshops at The Venetian, along with those at its Summerlin facility.
A judge has scheduled an emergency custody hearing requested by Usher’s ex-wife after one of the pair’s sons nearly drowned at the singer’s Atlanta home. Police said 5-year-old Usher Raymond V fell in the pool and became stuck in the drain on Monday. A contractor doing work at the home pulled him out and performed CPR.
Traffic is backed up after a cement mixer and vehicle collided near Alexander Road and the Las Vegas beltway.
Two California women who ran an equine therapy center in Northern Nevada have been sentenced in a Medicaid scam.
Scientists say Lake Tahoe’s clarity has improved for the second straight year, although they warn that climate change is still taking a toll on the waters.
A family friend, James Lee DiMaggio now is a suspect in the death of Christina Anderson, the abduction of her 16-year-old daughter and the possible death or abduction of her 8-year old son.
The Discovery special, “Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives,” opened Discovery’s annual “Shark Week” and is now fueling sharp criticism of the network for its speculation about whether a giant prehistoric shark could still exist.
A Sandy, Utah, man faces charges after police say he ran a speakeasy out of his garage and sold drinks to an undercover officer.
Argentine firefighters found potential signs of life Wednesday as they hunted through the ruins of a 10-story apartment building destroyed by a gas explosion that killed 10 people, injured dozens and left 12 unaccounted for. Officials said damaged towers alongside were in danger of collapsing upon the rescuers.
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he was “disappointed” that Russia granted temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, defying Obama administration demands he be sent back to the U.S.
The surviving member of an elite Arizona firefighting crew that was overrun by flames says he went numb after learning the 19 men he considered his brothers were dead, and he wonders why he alone was spared what he calls a “horrible, freak accident.”
The motorcycle rider who died Tuesday evening after a one-vehicle accident has been identified by the Clark County coroner’s office.
The Miami Heat will open their title defense against the Chicago Bulls on Oct. 29 in the expected return of Derrick Rose, with an all-Los Angeles matchup later that night in the Lakers’ first game without Dwight Howard and the Clippers’ first with Doc Rivers.
With several swipes from the arm of an excavator and a smattering of applause from spectators, demolition began Wednesday morning on the Cleveland house where three women were held captive and raped for more than a decade.
Angel Velasquez, the Las Vegas Police Explorer who was killed in a hit-and-run accident, will be laid to rest on Wednesday.
Jerome Williams never saw himself coaching a high school basketball team. But the former NBA player finds himself in charge of one of the highest-profile programs in the country after Findlay Prep announced Tuesday that Williams would be its next head coach.
The fast-food chain says the waffle taco, which includes scrambled eggs, sausage and a side of syrup, was the top seller during breakfast hours at the five Southern California restaurants where they were tested earlier this year.
Many argue that trolls are an annoyance which should just be ignored, but the catalogue of graphic threats made public by the women involved have ignited a national debate over the impunity of those spewing the hatred online.
In a rare diplomatic rebuke, President Barack Obama on Wednesday canceled his Moscow summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
UNLV over the years has pursued players from Florida to Alaska to Hawaii, and coaches even have traveled to Canada and American Samoa looking for overlooked prospects. Now, under fourth-year coach Bobby Hauck, they are putting Finnish products on the roster.
