Nevada’s solar future just got a little sunnier. SolarCity, a San Mateo, Calif.-based solar company, opened its doors for business Wednesday at Town Square, near Interstate 15 and the Las Vegas Beltway.
SAN DIEGO — Court papers shed new light on the slayings of a California mother and son and abduction of a teenager by a family friend, revealing that the suspect tortured his victims before he killed them and exchanged more than a dozen calls earlier that day with the teen.
GENEVA — He wasn’t a competitor, but Mark Sutton still got one of the biggest cheers of the 2012 Olympics.
RENO — The Washoe County School District has apologized to a university professor who was arrested for trespassing in June at a School Board meeting after trying to raise concerns about the education of his autistic daughter.
It is an annual trip during which the mind wanders through several small towns without a stoplight and over the minute dots of a Nevada map.
Here’s the bare truth about Vegas dayclubs: You love them if you’re young. (Singer Rome Ramirez, 25, does.) You may not enjoy them if you’re not so young. (Hello, David Spade, 49.)
But whether there’s a motive or not, we’re all potential victims of any mass murderer who decides to use a vehicle to kill strangers.
One-third of all American adults have one particular disease. That’s more than 35 percent of the entire U.S. adult population. What makes this number so shocking is that we’re not talking about heart disease, cancer or diabetes. We’re talking about obesity and the question – is it really a disease?
Wish your soiree could have a bit more swagger? You don’t need a celebrity budget and abode to throw a stunning celebration. With just a bit of creative vision and DIY savvy, you’ll have an affair to remember in no time at all.
Transitioning from high school to college is a big deal. Beyond the overwhelming college application process, many students wrestle with questions about their major, career goals, moving away from home and financing college expenses.
School days mean long hours studying indoors, exercising students’ brains but not their bodies. While classroom learning is the cornerstone of education, it’s important to remember that physical activity supports overall wellness. Keeping kids moving can even boost brain function, improving their grades along with their muscles.
Europe continues to attract the attention of American travelers, and travel on river cruises is one of the best ways to see many of the continent’s sights and explore much of its history. In response to strong demand, cruise lines are offering many new and expanded services to accommodate this growing travel interest.
Placing a loved one into a nursing home is an unbearably difficult decision for family members. That decision just got harder for Nevadans, in the wake of Tuesday’s report by the Review-Journal’s Paul Harasim and Yesenia Amaro: The state’s facilities rank among the worst in the nation overall (43rd), receiving a grade of F in a study conducted by Families for Better Care, a nationwide nursing home resident advocacy group.
The morning sun had yet to light up the red-orange sand that lines the shoreline when Roger and I motored away from the launch ramp at Southern Utah’s Sand Hollow Reservoir. We had found quick action for small but scrappy largemouth bass the previous afternoon and looked forward to picking up where we left off when the setting sun forced us off the water.
■ LAKE MEAD — The best time to spend on the water might be early morning before the sun comes up or late afternoon into the evening. Anglers have had success fishing for striper out of Vegas Wash area, jigging in 60 feet of water. Near Echo Bay, large and smallmouth bass have been active around the rocky points and in the weed beds at the backs of the coves.
Providing halftime analysis on a live broadcast is not always an easy task.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Matt Fox (6-4); Zephyrs, Brad Hand (3-5)
The beautiful people are back, and actor Danny DeVito dropped by the other night, too. Dodger Stadium always was a place to be seen, but now they come because there is something to see:
Three of the largest television distributors in America reached agreements Wednesday to carry Fox Sports 1 when the new network launches, according to the Los Angeles Times.
In Egypt’s bloodiest day since the Arab Spring began, riot police Wednesday smashed two protest camps of supporters of the deposed Islamist president, touching off street violence that officials said killed nearly 300 people and forced the military-backed interim leaders to impose a state of emergency and curfew.
Four people could face up to a year in jail for chalking up city sidewalks while protesting police misconduct.
North Las Vegas City Manager Tim Hacker and City Attorney Jeffrey Barr both resigned Wednesday, but newly elected Mayor John Lee called the departures amicable.
Ancient rock etchings along a dried-up lake bed in Nevada have been confirmed to be the oldest recorded petroglyphs in North America, dating back at least 10,000 years.
Zach Holt is only 14, two years too young to be a pro fisherman on the bass tour. So he had to get a special dispensation from the sanctioning body allowing him to compete in the U.S. Open on Sept. 9-11 on Lake Mead, which is like the Super Bowl of bass fishing for anglers in the Western states who wear caps advertising worm shops.
Las Vegas Police say that the man shot by an off-duty detective on the Strip Sunday night was attempting to steal the officer’s personal vehicle.
The federal government has treated Nevada like its “colony” since statehood by continuing to exert management control over more than 80 percent of the state’s 110,540 square miles, says a leader of a Nevada conservative think tank.
This is no ordinary studio session. You can’t tidy your hair or pose in any traditional sense of photo-taking. This picture will be of a body part of your choosing.
Pinnacle Entertainment completed its $2.8 billion acquisition of regional casino rival Ameristar Casinos Wednesday, a day after the Federal Trade Commission approved a consent package to avoid any antitrust issues.