Just truckin’ the trend

The truck is revolutionary, but you would never really know it by looking at it.

Findlay Chevrolet, Burn Foundation combine for ‘Fill the Fire Truck Toy Drive’

Findlay Chevrolet and the Firefighters of Southern Nevada Burn Foundation have formed a strong working relationship for the past five years. The two standouts in the community are combining for the Firefighters of Southern Nevada “Fill The Fire Truck Toy Drive” for the holiday season.

Iggy Azalea plans ‘Escape’ to Vegas

A week after earning four Grammy nominations for Best New Artist, Best Rap Album, Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Iggy Azalea has released the dates for her “The Great Escape Tour,” which comes to the MGM Grand Garden arena on April 25.

 
All-women’s college suspends professor program named after Cosby

A women’s college in Atlanta has suspended a visiting professor program named for comedian Bill Cosby and his wife amid allegations from more than a dozen women that the entertainer drugged and sexually assaulted them.

Check out the Top 10 words of 2014

A nation, a workplace, an ethnicity, a passion, an outsized personality. The people who comprise these things, who fawn or rail against them, are behind Merriam-Webster’s 2014 word of the year: culture.

7 most devastating data breaches of 2014

Data breaches had a ton of media attention in 2014, and with good reason: 43 percent of companies have experienced a data breach in the last year. That number is up 10 percent from the year before and it’s only expected to rise, according to a report from the Ponemon Institute.

 
Man’s proposal goes horribly wrong, 32 homes evacuated

It’s the thought that counts, right? Tell that to the residents of 32 homes in the Dutch town of Ijsselstein, who were evacuated after a planned marriage proposal fell through.

Nationals, Harper agree to 2-year, $7.5M deal

The Washington Nationals and outfielder Bryce Harper avoided a grievance hearing by agreeing to a two-year, $7.5 million contract, according to reports Monday.

Parent advocacy group brainstorms education funding options

The statistics are staggering: Nevada ranks last in education funding, and the state’s graduation rate – 63 percent – ranked 48th, nationally. To combat numbers such as these, a grass-roots parent advocacy group, HOPE (Honoring Our Public Education), has sprung up in Southern Nevada in the past couple years.

Watch out for Wall Street’s curveball

During periods of economic uncertainty, financial markets are often characterized by wide swings in market value. So, how does one cope with constant market volatility?

Church service celebrates marriage equality

Celebrations of marriage equality seem least likely to be found in a church, given the resistance much of Christianity has to the concept. But Christ Church Episcopal did just that Thursday evening, pointing to what it considers progress while acknowledging a long path ahead to greater acceptance in the Christian community.

Senate approves new national monument at edge of Las Vegas

An ice age boneyard at the northern edge of the Las Vegas Valley is now one signature away from becoming Nevada’s newest federally recognized natural landmark.

 
Families of Newtown shooting victims sue gun manufacturer

The families of nine people killed in an attack on a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school in 2012 filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Monday against the company that manufactured the gun used in the attack, the Hartford Courant reported.

 
‘Spectre’ screenplay among materials stolen in Sony hack

An early screenplay for the upcoming James Bond film “Spectre” is the latest high-profile material to be stolen in the massive hack attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, according to Bond producers EON Productions.

Boulder City market stong, outlook good

If you haven’t been to Boulder City in the last year or so, you would notice immediately the change to the entrance where Nevada Highway and U.S. Highway 93 separate. Seated beneath an iron arch at the entrance to old town now is a winged allegorical figure seated on a cement block, a replica of those down the road at Hoover Dam. Also there are two side towers, representing the dam intake towers.

Big boot-loads of money to be made at World Series of Team Roping

They divvied up the last of the $6.3 million purse at the record-setting National Finals Rodeo following Saturday night’s final performance. Load up the livestock and alfalfa bales, pardners. Y’all come back again, ya’ hear?

Corrections officer arrested with daughter present

The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office said an eight-year veteran of the Department of Corrections stole nearly $1,100 in Wal-Mart merchandise with his own daughter with him.

 
Sacramento Kings fire head coach Michael Malone

Just 24 games in the season, the Sacramento Kings fired coach Michael Malone, multiple media outlets reported late Sunday night.

Sputum Bowl in Las Vegas highlights world’s largest respiratory care gathering

The Sputum Bowl is the highlight of the AARC Congress 2014, the largest respiratory care meeting in the world. The competition pits more than 100 respiratory therapists and RT students against each other answering questions about sputum and all that goes with it, from anatomy to mechanical device breathing.

Group lets women business leaders share wisdom

It can be very lonely at the top, said Vicki Hainsworth King, president of Mountain Vista Development Inc. That’s one reason she joined the Las Vegas chapter of Women Presidents’ Organization.

Local Realtors recognized for their achievements

The Nevada Association of Realtors named Kolleen Kelley, an agent with Golden Real Estate and Investments and a past president of the local association, as its 2014 Realtor of the Year.

Monitoring firm comes to Vegas with jobs

For Security Partners, establishing its new operations center in Las Vegas was an easy decision.

Bankers eager to unwind Obama regulations

The midterm elections are over and Congress will be firmly under Republican control next month, but what does that mean for the economy and the banking industry?

Work-life balance experience can pay off in business

When starting a business, partnership isn’t for everyone because sharing decision-making and working through issues can lead to contentious moments.

North Las Vegas student’s design sparks crowdfunding

UT.LAB has launched an online crowdfunding campaign called Labworks to produce a limited-edition collection of shoes designed by Cristian Lopez, a North Las Vegas student.

Accounting firm splits; new business to be named JW Advisors

Founding partners of the accounting and financial consulting firm Johnson Jacobson Wilcox are splitting off and forming their own company, JW Advisors, on Jan. 1.

December 2014
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031  
MOST READ