Opportunity Village is offering private tours of the Magical Forest to 48 at-risk Las Vegas schools through Dec. 20 as part of its annual Cheyenne’s Magical Bus Tours. The children will meet with Opportunity Village clients, participate in rides and attractions, visit santa and receive a backpack filled with gloves, hats, socks and more.
There’s nothing like a home-cooked meal for the holidays. But what if your roots stem from another country, and your tastes of home don’t fit American traditions? Where can you shop to find the goodies that take your thoughts back to your homeland?
A Kansas man was arrested Friday on charges that he planned to set off a car bomb at the Wichita airport in an attack intended to support al-Qaida, authorities said.
My mom was a reader of your column. She even wrote to you a number of years back.
Where in Henderson can a person find Japanese gobo root or authentic Mexican salsas?
Sitting at a work table in her Henderson home, Janet Brewer glues strips of green paper onto a blank, white card.
“Sweet Tomatoes: Poetry for Children” was written by Henderson resident Barbara Botch for her grandsons, Oliver Raymond Botch and Joseph Michael Botch, “who taught (her) that love continues to find us and each time it is sweeter than the time before.” The book, illustrated by Lisa J. Michaels, explores Botch’s grandson’s adventures through baseball, gardening, favorite foods, puppy play time, holiday fun and more. Botch is scheduled to read from her book at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 17 at the 567 N. Stephanie St. Barnes & Noble.
This week’s literary highlights include an announcement about Witness fiction editor and Black Mountain Institute at UNLV Ph.D. Fellow Aurora Brackett winning the 2013 Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Literary Excellence for Fiction for her story “The Edge of Mercury.”
The city of Henderson is seeking entries for its “What Makes Henderson Great” photo contest.
Events this week include a free performances of Green Valley Baptist Church’s “The Living Nativity,” performances of “A Very Swingin’ Christmas” and a city of Henderson guided lights tour.
An estimated 100,000 South Africans lined up in Pretoria to view Nelson Mandela in his casket but about a third of the overwhelming crowd was sent away without being able to file past the bier.
They say laughter is the best cure. So one man dons a tutu and little else to battle his wife’s cancer.
An Albuquerque, N.M., school bus driver has been suspended after being accused of punching an 11-year-old boy in the face.
Beyonce released exclusively her new album “Beyonce” on iTunes early Friday much to the surprise of many.
Two people who got international attention two decades ago when they survived eight days in frigid temperatures in northwest Nevada said the ordeal that ended with this week’s rescue of a family near Lovelock struck familiar notes with them.
GUN SAFETY COURSE TAUGHT EACH MONTH AT THE GUNS GARAGE
LIBRARY PLANS CLASS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
A UNLV panel planning a new on-campus stadium on Thursday saw a variety of new and proposed collegiate and professional football stadiums from around the country during a two-hour presentation.
Born with Treacher Collins syndrome, a genetic birth defect that affects the bone structures of his face, Gabriel Hafter, 11, uses his condition to stress the importance of acceptance to his peers.
Ten voices. Ten talents. But only two nights to hear them perform. A vocal collaboration by the Las Vegas 10 Tenors is set for 7:30 p.m. Dec. 20-21 at the Suncoast Showroom, 9090 Alta Drive.
Habib’s Mediterranean Market, 2757 S. Decatur Blvd, has been offering Spring Valley residents a taste of home for decades.
Certified fitness specialist and trainer Anastasia Lynn has created a program called Stable Seniors, which challenges them to build and maintain balance, warding off crippling and even fatal falls.
Southwest/Spring Valley neighborhood news, Dec. 17-23
In the final football game of the year, Johnny Manziel will quarterback what is almost certain to be the last game of his college career when he leads Texas A&M against Duke. He’s going out with a bang, in a way.
