Drexel’s new 24 Willow Crossing brings casual comfort to luxury furnishings

If furniture were an attitude, Drexel Heritage’s new 24 Willow Crossing collection would be a lazy morning with a great cup of coffee and time to indulge in your favorite pastime. It’s casual, it’s comfortable and its very livable.

Watch out for hidden energy users

One nice side effect of using solar energy is a heightened awareness about energy use in general. Not everyone will have the same reaction, of course, but I enjoy the process of paying attention and making adjustments here and there as needed. It also is a good way to take some personal responsibility for the state of our world.

Master gardeners offer free garden tours

Visit the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Demonstration Gardens each Friday beginning Oct. 4 to learn about plants that thrive in desert southwest landscapes.

Cypress growth points to borer damage

Q: Because of the wind the other night, the tops of two Italian cypress trees broke off about 11 feet from the ground.

Restaurant owner fined for failing to notify regulators of sale

BJ Property Inc., owner of a Las Vegas restaurant with a restricted gaming license, has agreed to pay a $2,000 fine for failing to notify state gaming regulators when the business was sold.

NASA rover finds no hint of methane in Mars air

NASA’s Curiosity rover hasn’t discovered any signs of methane in the atmosphere of Mars, a finding that does not bode well for the possibility that microbes capable of producing the gas could be living below the planet’s surface, scientists said Thursday.

 
Postmaster says USPS may need emergency rate hike

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said Thursday his agency is in “the midst of a financial disaster” and may need an emergency increase in postage rates to keep operating.

Dining Guide: Ethnic restaurants

Each week Neon spotlights a different cuisine in the Dining Guide, with ethnic restaurants this week.

Perfect pairings: What we’d like to see at the iHeart Radio festival

Perhaps the best thing about the annual iHeartRadio Music Festival, which returns to the MGM Grand for the third time this weekend, has been all the collaborations that have taken place between the many superstars on the bill. Here’s what we’d like to see this year.

$820,000 set aside to build separate court entrance for paying tickets

The Clark County Commission on Tuesday unanimously agreed to allocate $820,000 to Las Vegas Justice Court to build a separate entrance at the Regional Justice Center for people trying to pay traffic tickets.

 
5 conditions under which to see ‘Prisoners’

“Prisoners,” starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, is a tough movie to watch with all of the sorrow, weeping, misery, despair and agony. But if you need a reason to see it here are five.

Oct. 1 hearing scheduled for downtown Las Vegas curfew

A proposed stricter curfew for underage people in downtown Las Vegas will get another hearing Oct. 1, but only after the idea was pared back dramatically.

 
Ex-NFL player’s home trashed by partying teens

Former NFL offensive lineman Brian Holloway initially thought the Twitter photos showing young people partying at his family’s second home in upstate New York were a hoax. Then he saw pictures of teenagers standing on the dining room table he bought with his Super Bowl bonus.

JCM Global executes three-year contract extension with IGT

JCM Global executed a strategic supplier agreement with International Game Technology on Thursday, continuing a partnership that began in 1990, the Las Vegas-based gaming company said.

 
Tech Tips: Some tricks with new iOS 7, iPhones

Apple’s new iPhones and iOS 7 operating system for mobile devices are packed with new features, although not of all them are readily apparent. Here’s a few tips and tricks for a smoother transition.

Man shot, wounded at Las Vegas apartment complex

Las Vegas police are investigating a shooting that left one person injured in the central valley on Wednesday night.

Kingman boy, 6, killed in bike accident

A 6-year-old Kingman, Ariz., boy was fatally injured when struck by two vehicles.

Crime nudges up in 2012 after decline in 2011

Several Las Vegas crime categories saw numbers creep upward in 2012 after seeing huge drops in 2011, according to the latest statistics from the FBI. But 2012’s numbers were still low compared to the last five years of crime data in Las Vegas.

Discovery of bodies in Oklahoma lake could shed light on years-old cases

Divers conducting a training exercise with sonar equipment found a 1969 Camaro and early 1950s Chevrolet at the bottom of an Oklahoma lake on Tuesday. Skeletal remains could end up solving cold cases that have left families without answers for decades.

UNLV men’s soccer still kicking with pride

It was a sweaty day around the Fourth of July, and UNLV soccer coach Rich Ryerson was sitting inside a fireworks stand at Westcliff Drive and Durango. He was there out of necessity.

Coffin blasts County Commission for More Cops delay

A Las Vegas councilman says residents in high crime areas of the city are paying the price for the Clark County Commission’s dawdling over a tax increase to hire police officers.

EDITORIAL: ObamaCare will tighten doctor pools

President Barack Obama’s 2009 guarantee was emphatic. “We will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period.”

Tourists relate dangerous evening at Las Vegas nightclub

Rarely do men who have been drugged, robbed and beaten in Las Vegas call me to reveal details, but Brian Mamak is the exception. Mamak has a bitter message to deliver: Las Vegas nightclubs are not safe.

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