The American Society of Interior Designers is the oldest and largest professional organization of its kind. As president of the Central California/Nevada Chapter, I naturally have a vested interest in promoting the benefits derived from working with an ASID designer. Along with the many duties of my office, it’s also my own personal goal to educate the public as much as possible about why using a professional designer makes such good, practical economic and aesthetic sense.
This has not been unusual weather. It’s the norm. But watch out! February can be dangerous for plants. December 1990 was one of the coldest months on record, but February 1989 was much more damaging to plants.
Fortune tellers have been popular for centuries. In the United States, many 20th century amusement parks had fortune teller machines that enticed customers. Put a coin (or, in later years, a dollar bill) in the slot, and the life-size figure in the glass-fronted booth nodded and moved mouth, hands and even eyes while giving you a card telling your future.
Members of the Fiji national rugby sevens team visited Schorr Elementary School on Jan. 21 for a pep assembly to celebrate the school’s participation in the annual Adopt-A-Country program coordinated by USA Sevens Rugby and the Clark County School District.
An explosion that killed seven Camp Lejeune Marines during a nighttime training exercise in Northern Nevada was the result of human error and insufficient training, according to the results of a military investigation.
An 86-year-old Nevada woman shot by her husband while hospitalized died Wednesday and her spouse of more than six decades was charged with murder, authorities said.
Las Vegas lawyer Christopher Reade pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to a felony charge tied to a $2.3 million money laundering scheme involving one of his former clients.
Steve Wynn openly mocked an opponent’s proposal for a Boston-area casino on Wednesday, saying it would be a “three-star” resort, while his would be “five star.”
The Clark County School District made one ethics complaint go away, but that whitewash has spawned four similar complaints, including two lodged last week, alleging School Board members used taxpayer resources to campaign for a property tax increase in 2012.
Three more Southern Nevadans have died from the flu, two Tuesday and one Wednesday, according to the Southern Nevada Health District. That brings the death count for this flu season to nine, three times the number killed by the virus last year.
By co-starring on A&E’s reality series “Wahlburgers,” Mark and Donnie Wahlberg may have set new standards for brotherly love.
An 8-year-old boy who died while trying to rescue his disabled grandfather from the man’s burning mobile home had saved the lives of six relatives after being awoken by a burning blanket, authorities said.
Gov. Brian Sandoval has joined with a Nevada group in seeking to preserve the state’s constitutional definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman.
Arnold Schwarzenegger dons a disguise, complete with mustache and pony tail, to spoof gym-goers. But his accent is a dead giveaway.
More people are deciding to call Las Vegas home, according to a list compiled by Penske Truck Rental.
Jelly Belly has finally given the people what they want: a beer-flavored jelly bean.
Nevada gets a passing grade for its highway safety laws but more needs to be done, including the adoption of a primary seat belt law, a national group said Wednesday.
It doesn’t surprise experts that some debit and credit card numbers stolen from Target’s computer systems may have surfaced among nearly 100 fake credit cards seized by police in Texas this week.
The Gaming Control Board and the International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday they will cooperate in monitoring irregular bets related to the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia to ensure the integrity of the competition.
The cast of “Pawn Stars” has given one young boy a lasting memory after being made an offer they couldn’t refuse.
There is a reason officials from CG Technology (formerly Cantor Gaming) said they were “glad to have reached a resolution” with Nevada gaming regulators and will pay the largest fine ever leveled against a casino or affiliated company.
The Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Preview Las Vegas event Friday at the Cox Pavilion at UNLV.
A woman and man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges surrounding a December road-rage incident that led to a shooting on the Strip.
Minutes before a gunman opened fire in a Los Angeles International Airport terminal last fall, killing a security screener and wounding three other people, the two armed officers assigned to the area left for breaks without informing a dispatcher as required.
The Las Vegas Valley is in the heart of the Mojave Desert and its occupants expect dry weather. But this year, it was dry enough to break a 53-year record.
BBC reporter Steve Rosenberg went to use the bathroom at the cross-country skiing and biathlon center in Sochi and found two toilets but only one stall. His tweeted picture instantly became a national joke.
The Village Square complex was a pretty quiet place a couple of years ago, when Westport Capital Partners bought it out of foreclosure. But there were indications of better things to come.
Stew Morrill is a coach known by few outside his profession’s fraternity and yet respected as much as anyone within it.
Alan Shaw, chief instructor and owner of a Tang Soo Do studio, a Korean martial art style that dates to 57 B.C., says he can help provide one of the tools to handle a confrontation with an assailant.
