October visitation at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in 2013 came in 43 percent below at 267,253 visitors, according to a new report released by the National Park Service showing the effects of the 16-day government shutdown last year.
Apple is accelerating the race to make smartphone applications easier and safer to use in cars. Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo are previewing Apple’s iPhone technology for cars this week at an auto show in Geneva.
More than 60 authors responded when Henderson Libraries set out to seek interest in a Local Authors Showcase. To launch the new display, the library plans a meet-and-greet session and author panels March 8.
Nick Sherry and Blake Decker begin their competition to become UNLV’s starting quarterback. But positions will be up for grabs throughout the lineup.
In “50 Shades of Grades: My Journey Through Wacademia,” Las Vegas author Andrew R. Nixon traces his life path beginning as a mediocre student and navigating through academia to obtain “the ultimate degree in education,” the Ph.D. Nixon was a reluctant student, hardly what he or his teachers considered university material. Yet, his father was determined to push him into college. When a classmate said she was going to Brigham Young University, Nixon devised a scheme to thwart his father’s wishes. For more information on the book, email arn@50shadesofgrades.com.
Literary highlights this week include book events for “If My Dirty Shoes Could Fly,” “Everyday Las Vegas” and “Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match.”
A Swedish doctor says four women who received transplanted wombs have had embryos transferred into them in an attempt to get pregnant. He would not say on Monday whether any of the women had succeeded.
Punishing drought in California could force that state to make a sizable withdrawal from a virtual water bank in Lake Mead this year, even as the reservoir shrinks closer to an all-time low and an unprecedented shortage declaration.
Taken to Camp O’Donnell in the Philippines, nurses saved as many American lives as they could with the scant resources they had — despite that the nurses themselves suffered terribly from disease and starvation in the POW camps.
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles is testing out a new system that allows DMV patrons to use their phones or the Internet to place themselves in a virtual line, then come to the office when their turn approaches.
First Friday organizers invite Las Vegas filmmakers to participate in a First Friday film competition. Cinematographers can submit a three-to-five minute film with the theme “Secrets of First Friday,” all shot during the March festival.
The city of Henderson is seeking entries for its 2014 Henderson Heritage Parade, scheduled at 10 a.m. April 26 on Water Street. The theme is “Let’s Go to the Market,” which celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Henderson Farmers Market.
Find fun things to do in and near the Henderson area from Henderson’s Bark in the Park to Missoula Children’s Theatre’s “Blackbeard the Pirate.”
The tomato is the No. 1 vegetable in our gardens. It’s the highest yielded and consumed in snacking, salads, canning, salsa, drying and bacon-lettuce-and-tomato sandwiches. I relish that first tomato each summer.
Sometimes, things just make us mad, especially when they’re out of our control. Too-slow drivers, too-fast drivers, traffic lights that change too quickly, and mopeds.
A big wave crashed into a Santa Barbara restaurant over the weekend, breaking through the window and shocking patrons. And the terrifying moment was all caught on video by customers.
A 25-year-old man who attacked Clark County jail guards with a baseball bat in September was sentenced Monday to a three-to-10-year prison term.
A Florida teenager’s Facebook post has cost her father an $80,000 legal settlement.
Bally Technologies bought nearly 14 acres of land near the corner of Sunset and El Camino roads, just north of the 215 Beltway, for $5 million.
Macau shattered its single-month record for gaming revenue in February, collecting $4.8 billion from gamblers attracted to the market for the Chinese New Year celebration.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman Sheldon Adelson, whose net worth grew to $38 billion in 2013, returned to the top 10 of the Forbes List of the World’s Billionaires for the first time since 2007.
This was the sixth Scale the Strat benefiting the American Lung Association. More than 600 runners went up the 1,455 steps and then took the elevator down.
Former Lady Rebels coach guides Illinois-Chicago to first 20-win season, still preaching getting back on defense, blocking out on boards
In addition to March and early April concerts by the Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonic Pops, the first 18 days of March will bring three international orchestras to town. The first was the St. Petersburg Philharmonic at The Smith Center on Saturday; next will be Israel’s Haifa Symphony at UNLV’s Artemus Ham Hall on March 13, followed five days later, at The Smith Center, by Britain’s Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with brilliant young American violinist and conductor Joshua Bell.
Former world champion boxer Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver was arrested in Florida for issuing a bad check to a Las Vegas casino. The former Olympic bronze medal winner owed Wynn Las Vegas $200,000 in casino markers in 2012, court records show.
For the sixth time, runners raced up the 1,455 steps of the Stratosphere to benefit the American Lung Association on Sunday.
The Walt Disney Company will cut funding to the Boy Scouts of America beginning in 2015 because of a policy that bans gay adult leaders in the organization.
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson is officially running to keep his seat. Wolfson, who announced his re-election campaign in October, filed the paperwork with the county’s election department Monday, the first day of candidate filing.
Boyz II Men founder Nathan Morris is no fan of bullying. He wears his anti-bullying statement on his sleeve — and atop his head.