There is value in using an interior designer

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.

Although it’s warm now, cold weather still possible next month

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.

Vintage fortune-telling machines make ‘Big’ money

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.

Henderson school gets a kick out of Fiji rugby team visit

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.

Report: Marines’ deaths in Northern Nevada caused by training misstep

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.

Las Vegas lawyer pleads guilty in money laundering scheme

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.

EDITORIAL: Ethics complaints against trustees warrant full inquiry

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.

Flu season deaths in Southern Nevada top last year

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.

Nevada legal brief defends state’s same-sex marriage ban

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.

 
Jelly Belly debuts beer-flavored jelly bean

Jelly Belly has finally given the people what they want: a beer-flavored jelly bean.

Highway safety: Nevada given passing grade

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.

Finding Target hackers will be tough, experts agree

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.

Gaming, Olympic officials on lookout for betting irregularities

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.

INSIDE GAMING: $5.5 million fine keeps CG alive

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.

 
Guards left posts at LA airport just before shots fired

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.

Winter dry spell in Las Vegas Valley breaks 53-year record

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.

Twin toilets? ‘Tandem’ stall at Sochi Olympics goes viral

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.

Class teaches split-second survival techniques

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.

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