Afghans go to the polls next weekend to choose a new president, and that in itself may one day be considered Hamid Karzai’s greatest achievement.
The Science Bowl has rules — no notes, no calculators and no second chances. That’s OK because the team from The Meadows School didn’t need any of those things. In April, five of its upper school students are set to travel to Washington, D.C., to compete in the National Science Bowl Finals. Hyde Park Middle School’s team also earned a spot in the competition.
Roughly 37 million in the U.S. are saddled with $1 trillion in student debt, and they may never catch up with wealthy peers who began life after college free from the burden.
He has won 41 races in drag racing’s Nitro classes, and no driver has won as many events in Las Vegas as Ron Capps. He has won five times here: once in spring, four times in fall.
Traffic engineers say roundabouts not only are efficient traffic movers, they’re also the safest intersections out there.
Take a look elsewhere in today’s newspaper — or, if you’re reading this online, elsewhere on the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s website — and you’ll see that the most exciting day of the year has arrived.
Ask author and historian Michael Green to name five historic Nevada women and he’ll give you eight. It’s difficult to narrow down the greats. Here, the Las Vegas Review-Journal gives a sampling of women who were integral to the state, Southern Nevada and often both.
When his voiced cracked and it became impossible to quell the emotion, Bo Ryan mentioned his father first.
Marcel Barel has been at home in the mountains for so long that it’s hard to imagine there was ever a time he wasn’t skiing and hiking at high altitude.
This final season has so tarnished the legacy of “How I Met Your Mother,” it would take something just short of divine intervention for the hourlong finale (8 p.m. Monday, KLAS-TV, Channel 8) to wash away the bad taste.
You have to hand it to online gaming giant PokerStars.
Jimmy Alund commutes from his home in Sweden to take the place of Pro Stock champion Greg Anderson, who is recovering from heart surgery. Alund, a champion in Europe, would like a permanent NHRA seat in the U.S.
Tucson police said Saturday night that they shot pepper spray at several hundred fans who took to the streets and threw beer bottles and firecrackers at officers after the University of Arizona basketball team’s overtime loss in the NCAA tournament.
View Neighborhood News readers send photos of their pets and everday lives, and View features photos of pets ready for adoption each week. To submit a photo, email View copy editor Anne King at aking@viewnews.com or mail to Viewpoints, 1111 W. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas, NV 89125. Photos cannot be returned, and due to the high volume, they are often scheduled a month or two in advance.
Army Spc. Symone E. Harden is one of 200 chefs from bases around the world who gathered March 9-13 for the 39th annual Military Culinary Arts Competitive Training Event in Fort Lee, Va., where military food service chefs showcased their best cooking skills. Harden is assigned to the 549th Military Police Company, Fort Stewart, Ga., and has four years of military service. She is the daughter of Myrle G. Williams of Las Vegas and is a 2008 graduate of Desert Pines High School.
Dear Savvy Senior: Where can I get help with my Medicare decisions? I’m approaching 65 and could use some help sorting through the different Medicare plan options that are available to me. — Almost Eligible
The nice woman pays her bill, right there in my office, placing $200 in cash on my coffee table. She exits. I count the cash. There are not 10 $20 bills. There are 11. I’m holding an extra $20.
All eyes are on Liberty’s Ashlie Blake and Reno Tu’ufuli when they step into the throwing circle at a track meet.
Jose Ramirez isn’t at the point of his professional boxing career where he can take opponents for granted.
If you’ve already heard of Deon Derrico’s oversized Las Vegas family, that’s not by accident. He’s a very good salesman.
Candidates propped up by identity politics often get trapped in their own biography. When they seek higher office, they struggle to widen their appeal.
Opponents of The Education Initiative say the margin tax will have devastating consequences for Nevada, but is their rhetoric a bit overwrought?
Nevada is poised to join the country’s energy revolution. The one that has nothing to do with solar panels and wind turbines. The one that actually makes money and creates high-paying jobs.
Plenty of government bodies can be criticized, justifiably, as unresponsive. The Behavioral Health and Wellness Council isn’t one of them.