Academic nonprofit The Village Foundationholds fundraiser

“It takes a village” is a saying educators and professionals have used for years in their philosophy of teaching children. Linda Young, former president of the Clark County School District board of trustees, is no different.

Familiarity breeds not contempt, but forgetfulness

The woman is a wife of 14 years. She feels guilty, even as she tells me she has yet to do anything wrong. She feels guilty because she is drawn to the attention and desire of a man who is not her husband.

Nevadan at Work: West Point grad finds passion in craft beer

Little did Brian Chapin know in 1998 when he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he studied engineering, that his job 16 years later would be staging a monster beer festival in downtown Las Vegas.

Stunning panoramic photo taken atop World Trade Center

A new interactive photo taken from the spire of the nearly completed World Trade Center tower offers stunning 360-degree views that can be zoomed in and out.

Google barge finds new home in Stockton, Calif., port

Google’s mystery barge floated Thursday to its new home in the California delta after the Internet company was ordered to move it from San Francisco.

Marathon spelling bee comes to ‘stifling’ end

A marathon spelling bee between two Kansas City-area students who exhausted the initial word list last month ended after 29 more rounds Saturday when the eventual runner-up stumbled over the word “stifling.”

Nevada wildlife agency’s sage grouse plans criticized

The Nevada Cattlemen’s Association is urging its members to deny Nevada Department of Wildlife employees access to private land to protest the agency’s proposals to protect sage grouse.

Resale Homes Listings, March 8

Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home.

Oil slicks found in hunt for missing Malaysia jet

Search and rescue crews across Southeast Asia scrambled to find a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that disappeared from air traffic control screens over waters between Malaysia and Vietnam early Saturday with 239 people aboard.

 
Massachusetts approves bill outlawing ‘upskirt’ photos

Massachusetts lawmakers approved legislation Thursday to crack down on those who secretly take photographs of “the sexual or other intimate parts” of women or children in public.

Operation Thaw offers aid to Waterloo residents

Low-income homeowners in northeast Iowa may soon get some financial relief to combat an increasing number of frozen water lines.

 
New rules for Everest climbers

Mount Everest climbing season began this week with new rules that require climbers to bring down their personal garbage, and more security officials at the mountain’s base camp to help climbers.

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