Literary Las Vegas: Marty Allen

Comedy legend Marty Allen packs his 93 years of life and limelight experience into the illustrated biography “Hello Dere!”

Las Vegas Book Briefs for June 18-24, 2015

Las Vegas literary happenings this week include the launch of a new monthly focus on local author books at The Writer’s Block.

 
Escaped inmates’ DNA found on items inside NY cabin

DNA from New York prison escapees Richard Matt and David Sweat was found on items inside a cabin in rural Franklin County, New York, about 20 miles from Clinton Correctional Facility, a law enforcement source told CNN.

Las Vegas Restaurant Week raising funds for hungry individuals

Some 315,000 hungry individuals live in Clark, Esmeralda, Nye and Lincoln counties, according to Three Square, the only food bank that serves Southern Nevada. Las Vegas Restaurant Week helps raise funds to feed those individuals.

Nevadans in thick of sage grouse drama on Capitol Hill

Congress is on a path to extend for another year a restriction on the Interior Department’s potential listing of the sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species, but efforts by some Western Republicans to place stronger checks on the department have run into complications.

Pay raises at stake in Clark County, SEIU clash

Clark County and its largest union are locked in a contentious labor dispute over a new state law that might not end until September.