Keep cool this summer while saving money

Hotter weather can translate into higher costs if your home isn’t operating efficiently. There are simple things you can do throughout your home to keep cool while saving money.

How to change careers in 5 simple steps

If you’re contemplating a career change, there are some important things to consider. These five tips will help you gain confidence in your decision to transform your work.

f/stop Project aims to empower women through camera lens

In a collaborative effort to teach young women the importance of self-confidence, beauty and respect, a local photographer developed a nonprofit organization that makes women feel like models for a day.

Hobbyists delve into other worlds, eras with miniatures

Rob Welch diligently paints an Italian officer miniature at Empire Game Shop. Between slices of pizza, he refers to history books to verify that the pieces look as authentic as possible.

Mixed-use high-rise maxed out

When The Ogden, 150 Las Vegas Blvd. North, was completed in early 2008, the housing market was dropping into a crisis, jobs were following, and starting a new business looked like a challenging venture at best.

Things to do in Henderson May 29-June 4, 2014

Find fun things to do in and near the Henderson area from a a Shakespeare workshop performance to a Desert Newcomers Club coffee mixer.

A historic course change on the Colorado River

When it comes to water, there is rarely consensus among agencies, municipalities and environmentalists. Agreement among multiple states and nations? That’s just not something that happens.

EDITORIAL: Obamacare might trigger downtown hotel strike

Several downtown hotels could see up to 2,000 union workers go on strike if new contracts aren’t hammered out by 5 a.m. Sunday morning, a decidedly unhealthy move for the slowly recovering local economy. And make no mistake, health — in the form of the Affordable Care Act — has a lot to do with why the labor dispute exists in the first place.

Black’s success on track honored

Ken Black likes to think of himself as a builder. It can be a house. Or a dragster. The man is hands-on in everything he does.

Ex-Lt. Gov. Hammargren’s Apollo spacecraft mock-up to be auctioned next week

There aren’t a lot of Apollo spacecraft in private hands, but on June 4, the Apollo Command Module that has been a fixture in former Lt. Governor Lonnie Hammargren’s Las Vegas backyard will go on auction, along with about 20 other items from the eclectic collection he’s been gathering for nearly 40 years.

Boyz aid ‘Bachelorette’ contestants’ serenades

Nothing promotes a live Las Vegas show like TV exposure. So Nathan Morris of Boyz II Men will be watching “The Bachelorette” for the very first time this week, because he is on it.

Brews and Blues Festival brings music and craft beers to Springs Preserve

Think of it as a sort of open-air blues club where fresh air replaces the cloud of cigarette smoke, your beverage choices are classy craft brews instead of mass-produced domestics, and your fellow concertgoers may include actual wildlife watching from off in the distance and not just wild-eyed guys burping on the next bar stool.

Keiser is shiniest on diamond

Certain players are quite simply building blocks for a program’s success. For Liberty’s baseball team, that building block was senior right fielder Jesse Keiser.

Rancho’s Marlett pitcher of year in Northeast League

Brandy Marlett didn’t win a league title in her first three years as a member of Rancho’s softball team. She made sure her final chance didn’t get away.

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