6 financial New Year’s resolutions that you’ll actually keep

While losing weight, finding a romantic partner and getting organized are all respectable goals, it’s also essential for a person to create realistic resolutions that can set them on the right track for a better financial future.

Utah cop reported missing after fight with wife

The West Jordan Police Department in Utah has asked for the public’s help in finding one of their police officers who might be stranded.

Dining Pick of the Week: Nacho Daddy

Nacho Daddy has increased its reach to the west side of the valley, opening in the former Firefly location at 9560 W. Sahara Ave. near the end of 2014. The menu elevates the lowly nacho to gourmet status.

Dining Pick of the Week: Lucky Foo’s Restaurant & Bar

Billed as an “American Izakaya,” Lucky Foo’s serves as a modern Japanese-styled hangout for casual drinks after work or dinner before a night on the town.

Dining Pick of the Week: Jun’s Korean

Tucked into a strip mall on Craig Road, Jun’s Korean Restaurant offers traditional Korean dishes in a casual setting.

 
Oregon players mock Winston with ‘no means no’ chant

After dominating Florida State on the field, some Oregon Ducks continued to pile on Seminoles quarterback Jameis Winston after the game by turning the Seminole war chant into an anti-rape slogan.

 
‘Foxcatcher’ subject who blasted film on Twitter apologizes

Mark Schultz, the real-life focus of the wrestling drama “Foxcatcher,” has removed this week’s blasts against the film and director Bennett Miller, saying, “I may have tweeted out of anger.”

Findlay Fiat adds Alfa Romeo in the Valley Auto Mall

Findlay Automotive Group has welcomed a new product line at its Findlay Fiat dealership with the introduction of Alfa Romeo 4C at the store located in the Valley Automall at 210 N. Gibson Road.

Drive Briefs

The Assistance League of Las Vegas recently received a check from Findlay Automotive Group for $5,000 to help meet clothing needs for schoolchildren. Findlay Automotive Group Chief Financial Officer Tyler Corder delivered the check Dec. 4 to the chapter’s offices at 6446 W. Charleston Blvd.

The new Hyundai Genesis sedan has a brain of its own

The 2015 Hyundai Genesis sedan, rated the No. 1 midsize Premium Car by J.D. Power and Associates, has a long line of standard features. But the car’s smart cruise control has drawn international acclaim.

Horse of the Year vote a difficult race to call

When I first started voting for horse racing’s Eclipse Awards some 16 years ago, the first rule I learned was there are no rules.

Teaming up to build effective teaching force

Despite efforts to recruit licensed educators for the 2014-15 school year, the Clark County School District began the year with nearly 700 teaching vacancies. About a month ago, this number remained at more than 600, and the vast majority of classroom vacancies are in schools in low-income communities and those that serve families whose primary language is not English.

EDITORIAL: Poll shows we get government we deserve

We live in amazing times. We have access to an unprecedented amount of technology, which gives us equally unprecedented access to information. We can find out virtually anything we want or need to know, anytime, virtually anywhere we go, and we can share our findings — and our thoughts and opinions about those findings — with countless people, many of whom are doing the same exact thing.

EDITORIAL: The next bubble?

The rising cost of higher education is a crisis, but in more ways than you might think. Yes, ever-higher tuition bills price many students out of a university education. But increasing college costs also compel students to take out ever-higher amounts of taxpayer-backed student loans. And, as Jason Delisle pointed out in a Wednesday Wall Street Journal op-ed, an ever-higher number of those loans will never be fully repaid.

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