Given the well-known anti-union stance of the Review-Journal editorial board, it should come as no surprise that the nearly 9,000 members of Service Employees International Union Nevada take serious issue with the newspaper’s April 5 editorial, “Bargain for it.” We’d like to set the record straight.
“Song-Poems Wanted! The Musical” made its Las Vegas debut last week at the Onyx Theatre.
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Since Congress doesn’t do earmarks anymore, at least not overtly, business leaders from Arizona and Nevada were urged last week in Washington to make sure they have all their ducks in a row to compete for federal funding to build Interstate 11.
From basic training to the battlefield, Elko author Kurt Neddenriep offers his advice in “Combat Finance,” a new book for citizens and soldiers on how to achieve financial freedom and avoid becoming a “soup sandwich,” as his drill sergeant put it.
Tensions between federal agents and states’ rights activists nearly came to violence Saturday, but by Sunday afternoon the Southern Nevada ranch at the heart of a clash over cattle and grazing rights looked more like a campground than an armed standoff.
Cliven Bundy’s fight with the Bureau of Land Management over the federal agency’s roundup of his cattle attracted a diverse group of foot soldiers: fellow ranchers, Las Vegans and militia and patriot groups were among them.
A Utah woman accused of killing seven babies she gave birth to over 10 years was arrested Sunday after police discovered the tiny bodies stuffed in separate cardboard boxes in the garage of her former home.
If he could have one super power, Bob Elkins would pick time travel. “I would like to go back to in the time before 1980,” he said, “when there wasn’t anything like AIDS, and I hadn’t lost my friends.”
Henderson officials are looking at new ways to cover park maintenance after opening more than a dozen new parks during the recession.
Patients and impatience —often they go together like unflattering hospital gowns and exposed derrieres.
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after authorities said he became belligerent during a security screening and threatened that he had a bomb.
Some First Amendment supporters say “free speech zones” like those created but now dismantled by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management near a controversial Southern Nevada cattle roundup are intended to stifle rather than encourage debate. Regardless of the purpose, advocates say such zones are an inappropriate infringement of free speech.
Bubba Watson has won the Masters for the second time in three years.
Bryce Dejean-Jones, UNLV’s leading scorer this season, announced he is transferring to Iowa State for his final year of eligibility.
Nevada Health Link’s open enrollment ended March 31, but the stream of questions into our email inbox continues unabated.
A pair of rhinestone earrings Marilyn Monroe wore to a 1955 Hollywood film premiere have sold at auction for $185,000.
CEO Jeff Bezos’ annual letter to shareholders offers a glimpse into Amazon’s internal workings and what it is aiming for in the future, including more grocery services and the much-discussed drone delivery.
Dr. Albert “Yu-Min” Lin, a pioneer in technology-enabled exploration, received the Desert Research Institute’s Nevada Medal during dinners March 25 in Reno and March 27 in Las Vegas at Aria.
“Captain America” continued to flex its Marvel muscle at the global box office, as “The Winter Soldier” took in $41.4 million domestically and $60.6 million overseas.
In his State of the Union Address and in other appearances around the country, President Barack Obama has been making the case for an increase in the federal minimum wage to $10.10.
The Toronto Blue Jays got a little extra help from a Baltimore Orioles ballgirl on Sunday when she fielded a fair ball.
After more than 60 years in operation, Bonnie Springs Ranch still draws crowds year-round. The privately owned dude ranch is minutes from Las Vegas, surrounded by the arresting scenery of the Red Rock National Conservation Area.
As Southern Nevada works to diversify its economy, here’s one thing that’s holding us back, costing us jobs and making us less competitive: Our region simply does not have enough existing, large industrial buildings required by many of the businesses that want to relocate here. Supply isn’t meeting demand. As a result, we missed out on as many as 18,000 jobs in the past year.
The blaze at Frazier Masonry Corp. at 4460 Riviera Ridge Ave., near Lamb Boulevard and Alexander Road, did an estimated $500,000 worth of damage, according to Clark County Fire Department.
They come in different flavors and wrappers and — like Halloween candy — are best for certain age groups: boy bands.
In many ways, Cody Lewis represents the changing face of heroin in America. He is in his 20s, lives in the suburbs and graduated to heroin after years of getting high with other drugs. “My whole existence,” he says, “was just finding ways to get high.”
