Job seekers can find free training, interview help at Goodwill career centers

Leading up to this holiday season, Goodwill of Southern Nevada asked shoppers to add a dollar to their purchases. The money will go toward a dozen computers for its long-standing mission: seeing that people get jobs. Goodwill has three Career Connections Training Centers: 1280 W. Cheyenne Ave. in North Las Vegas, 3345 E. Tropicana Ave. and the newly opened store at 741 S. Rainbow Blvd.

Faith Lutheran breaks ground on athletic complex, plans multi-phase expansion

Faith Lutheran Middle School and High School broke ground Dec. 5 on its Crusader Competition Center athletic complex, the first phase of an expansion project that eventually will include a stand-alone middle school, a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) building, a science lab, an administration complex, tennis courts, an aquatic center and additional parking.

Sun City director vows to get to root of tree poisoning

You might ask what kind of a misfit would deliberately destroy a tiny forest of pine trees on a golf course, so they might have a better view of the Strip, or a better view of somebody hitting a golf ball, or maybe just to satisfy some kind of dysfunctional jollies? Well, that’s what happened to approximately 13 stately pines at Highland Falls Golf Course in Sun City Summerlin.

Golden Corral opening in Las Vegas with 207 new workers

Inside the new Golden Corral at 1455 S. Lamb Blvd., the buffet chain’s famous dessert fountain was flowing in all its glory Wednesday. The state’s only Golden Corral opens to the public at 10:30 a.m. today.

Nevadan indicted in connection with Sikh terrorism groups

A Nevada man has been charged with providing material support to terrorism groups in India and Pakistan in order to intimidate the Indian government and to harm those not supporting their Sikh separatist cause, federal officials said Wednesday.

Prosecutors seek death for accused nightclub shooter

Clark County prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty for the 42-year-old man charged with fatally shooting one man and injuring two security guards at Drai’s After Hours nightclub inside Bally’s on the Strip.

Federal Reserve to trim bond purchases starting in January

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve has sent its strongest signal of confidence in the U.S. economy since the Great Recession struck six years ago: It’s decided the economy is finally strong enough to withstand a slight pullback in the Fed’s stimulus.

Tourist scrolling Facebook walks off pier

A tourist in Australia had to be rescued by police after plunging off a pier while browsing Facebook on her phone.

Las Vegas doctor admits guilt in pain meds scheme

A Las Vegas physician charged in an undercover painkiller sting at a hospital parking lot pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday.

Readers’ gingerbread homes brim with warmth, whimsy

There’s been a sweet building boom across the valley lately — in the form of gingerbread, and icing and candy and all of the stuff that makes a gingerbread house the personification of a child’s dreams.

$5.8 million settlement reached in Mojave off-road race crash

An agreement has been reached to pay $5.8 million to the families of eight people killed and 12 injured in a California desert off-road race crash in 2010, a lawyer said Wednesday.

Pardee Homes, a force in Las Vegas home construction, has a new owner

A local home-building institution will soon have a new owner. Tri Pointe Homes of Irvine, Calif., is buying Pardee Homes as part of a multibillion-dollar builder buying binge set to close in the first half of 2014.

 
2 winning Mega Millions tickets sold in California, Georgia

Two lucky winning tickets were sold in Tuesday’s near-record $636 million Mega Millions drawing: one at a tiny newsstand in Atlanta, and the other more than 2,000 miles away in California.

 
Train passes over blind man, guide dog after subway fall

The guide dog that leaped onto subway tracks after his blind owner lost consciousness and fell off a station platform is assured a loving home after his retirement.

New Senate bill would extend federal jobless pay 3 months

With backing from the White House, lawmakers are setting the stage for Congress in January to consider restoring payments to Americans whose unemployment checks are being cut off this month.

Tales about Las Vegas make good stocking stuffers

There are cities with greater literary traditions than Las Vegas, but you’ll have to look far to find one with more colorful characters. Three books published this year illustrate that truth.

Man struck, killed by train northeast of Las Vegas

A man was killed early Wednesday morning after being struck by a train in a rural area northeast of Las Vegas, between the city and Moapa.

An ugly close to 2013 for President Obama

As we predicted in an earlier blog, President Barack Obama will continue to sink in the eyes of the public — his unpopularity driven by what the media is finally now calling “The Lie Of The Year.”

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