VooDoo Zip Line debuts Sunday at Rio

Thrill seekers can soar nearly 500 feet in the air as Las Vegas’ newest attraction, the VooDoo Zip Line, debuts Sunday at noon at the Rio.

Dodgers release Miguel Olivo over ear-biting incident

Miguel Olivo was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday, two days after biting off a piece of Triple-A Albuquerque teammate Alex Guerrero’s left ear during a dugout brawl.

Man asks for vacation time, gets free trip to Las Vegas

A security guard that works the night shift in the United Kingdom just wanted some time off work, but got much more due to an email that was forwarded unintentionally. Including a free trip to Las Vegas.

Lest we forget …

This Memorial Day weekend, may I draw your attention to one the best projects undertaken by the the Stephens Media Group — the American Valor project. Even today it stands the test of time.

U.S. new-home sales rise 6.4 percent in April

Sales of U.S. new homes recovered in April after slumping in the previous two months. But Americans are still buying new homes at a slower pace than they did a year ago.

 
Teen meets man who saved her as a baby

Skyler James and Charlie Heflin share a long history. But before James graduated from high school in Charleston last week the two had never really met.

Watch a drone deliver a pizza to an Indian skyscraper

Usually when you hear about drones being used to deliver dinner, it ends up being too good to be true. But an Italian restaurant in Mumbai isn’t kidding when it says it’s delivered pizza via drone, and it has video to prove it.

Rhodes seeks BLM land swap to boost farm acreage in Arizona

Former prominent Las Vegas developer Jim Rhodes has initiated a proposed land exchange with the Bureau of Land Management to consolidate property he intends to farm in northwest Arizona.

CCSD seeks funds to improve 2 struggling high schools

Las Vegas’ Del Sol and Valley high schools may be the next chronically underperforming campuses handed a multi-million-dollar chance to turn around student performance.

Former major-league pitcher looks forward to baseball in Summerlin

It’s not until you sit and talk to Jerry Reuss, then you read his recently published book, that you realize how one of the great major-league pitchers of recent vintage could easily have made it on the stage, as a straight-faced, standup comic, had he not chosen baseball as a career. So what does Reuss have to do with Summerlin and northwest Las Vegas? Well, for one thing, he has lived in these parts for the last 20 years. And, for another thing, he has lots of glowing opinions about the community.

Mountain lion spotted near Reno shopping mall

A mountain lion spotted near Reno’s Meadowood Mall on Wednesday night could still be in the area, state wildlife officials said.

Las Vegas Sands president to retire; Adelson remains as CEO

Las Vegas Sands Corp. will have new president by the end of the year, but company Chairman Sheldon Adelson squelched media reports that he would be giving up the CEO duties any time soon.

Sports Hall of Fame

The Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame, which started in 1997 to honor former Bishop Gorman, University of Nebraska and pro football quarterback David Humm, will add five candidates including three from motor sports May 30 at the Orleans Arena.

Dining Pick of Week: Taco Y Taco

Stepping up to the window of Taco Y Taco, it’s almost reminiscent of a street taco vendor in Mexico.

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