Keep your car cool on the road this summer

Summer temperatures can be notoriously hard on your car. Take preventive measures to protect your car from unfortunate and inconvenient break downs.

Gallery shows still going despite First Friday July hiatus

First Friday Las Vegas LLC, the organization that puts together the monthly First Friday arts festival, is taking a month off in July, but that doesn’t mean the artists and galleries will.

Heritage Street’s Goumond house named for gaming pioneer

The Goumond house, on Heritage Street at the Clark County Museum, took about 15 years to restore. The home is named for gambling pioneer Prosper J. Goumond.

Grant Hall namesake had crucial role in creation of UNLV

When Maude Frazier Hall was demolished in 2009, Archie C. Grant Hall, the second building constructed at UNLV, became the oldest facility on the campus. Grant was the first University of Nevada regent from Southern Nevada and one of the strongest voices for creating UNLV.

Alzheimer’s drugs not working, according to Ruvo Center study

A new study shows the failure rate for drugs recently developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease was a woeful 99.6 percent, with “disturbingly few new drugs in the pipeline.” The disease is expected to leave millions of baby boomers with dementia in the next few decades.

Obamacare bad now, but it will be far worse later

Nevada, buckle up. Over the next few months, you’ll learn how much your health insurance premiums will go up for next year. The early evidence isn’t good — the percentage increase could be in double digits.

EDITORIAL: Judge takes air out of no-fly list

U.S. District Judge Anna Brown last week ruled the federal government’s “no-fly” list, originally created to prevent another 9/11, was unconstitutional. The list accused 20,000 people — including 500 Americans — of having links to terrorism and banned them from traveling on commercial airline flights.

Martinez’s two-out, two-run double in ninth lifts Bees past 51s

Luis Martinez delivered a two-out, two-run double in the top of the ninth inning as the Salt Lake Bees rallied past the Las Vegas 51s 10-9 in a Pacific Coast League game at Cashman Field on Wednesday night.

Las Vegas Book Briefs for July 3-9, 2014

Among this week’s event highlights: Bob Miller plans a signing, and Monica Hatley-Carr plans a children’s program.

Founder’s first step blazed trail for UFC

A lot of people forget — or have tried to forget — that George Foreman once fought five guys on the same night.

Things to do in Henderson July 3-9, 2014

The Outdoor Picture Show on the Green and picnic and movie events at area libraries are among Henderson happenings this week.

Man shot, killed in grocery store parking lot

A man died after a shooting in the parking lot of an east valley grocery store Wednesday night, Las Vegas police say. Officers responded just before 9 p.m. to the Food 4 Less at Sahara Avenue and Nellis Boulevard. They found a man dead of a gunshot wound, Lt. Barb Schmidt said.

North Las Vegas delays action on pot regulations

North Las Vegas leaders tabled a medical marijuana licensing ordinance Wednesday, delaying final action on a package of rules aimed at luring pot growers to APEX Industrial Park.

Patriotic postcard: Retracing his steps

Navy veteran Ron Deanne of Henderson in June retraced steps that Army Pvt. Ed Jennings took 70 years ago on Utah Beach, where Jennings fought during World War II.

Top family vacation spots in sunny Southern Oregon

One of the famous landmarks in Grants Pass is a large sign hovering over the city’s downtown proclaiming, in big white letters: “It’s the Climate.”

One-armed man fined for having one hand brake

German law says that you need two operating hand brakes on a bike to ride it on the street. Tell that to the man with one arm.

Laxalt proposes free legal services for military, veterans

Attorney general candidate Adam Laxalt, a former judge advocate general in the Navy, on Wednesday proposed setting up a new division in Nevada’s top law enforcement office to offer free legal services to active duty members of the military, reservists and veterans.

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