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Henderson mayor proclaims Aug. 21 as Henderson First Senior Citizen Day
Metro seeks police recruits
Deryk Engelland’s position is defenseman. Rugged defenseman. Standing 6 feet 2 inches and weighing around 210 pounds, his style is checking guys into the boards, and removing them from Jonas Hiller’s goal crease, and generally protecting teammates who score a lot more goals than he does.
Oliver Sacks, the neurologist who studied the intricacies of the brain and wrote eloquently about them in books such as “Awakenings” and “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,” died on Sunday at the age of 82, his personal assistant said.
Serena Williams is on the brink of the grandest achievement in tennis, the single season Grand Slam, and even the leading men at the U.S. Open championships starting on Monday are cheering her on.
The mighty sun appears to have hit the black hole of Nevada politics in the caustic dispute between NV Energy and the rooftop solar industry over the expansion of net metering.
Opening two new medical schools in Southern Nevada will bring more than brick and mortar changes. Doctors who also teach will shift affiliations, and some students will end up on opposite ends of the state.
I’ve just returned from my youngest son’s Rite of Passage, something his brothers also went through at his age. It’s a curriculum I’ve developed — teachings, rituals and ceremonies — for turning boys into men.
Personalizing a home and making it unique can come as a challenge in Las Vegas, where homes tend to look alike inside neighborhoods. And while homebuilders offer options, everyone has those same options.
It’s Thursday morning, and Las Vegas Springs Preserve’s Toddler Time regulars are deep into their weekly routine.
If you don’t clean the lint traps often — like every time you use the dryer — you run the risk of the lint building up, getting into the vent and even into the cabinet of the dryer. That is where the burner or heating element and the motor are located.
Appreciate friend’s suggestions and ideas because sometimes it’s hard to see your own home in a different light, but it’s your home at the end of the day, and you need to love it.
Q: I enjoy your column, but you never write about roses. We inherited 14-year-old bushes. The bushes are important, and they should look nice.
With over a million listings in 190 countries, Airbnb already offers up more rooms than Hilton. The home rental service isn’t done expanding, however. Now, [the] $25 billion company is trying to tap into a market that’s traditionally been the hotel chains bread-and-butter: business travelers.
As ultra-contemporary kitchens gain in popularity, interest is soaring in shiny cabinets that contribute a huge modern cachet.
Children’s toys reflect the world of adults, so it is not surprising that sometimes a toy represents the political ideas of the parents and the children just think of it as a toy.
Vu Tran’s first full memory was just a few weeks before his fifth birthday. After fleeing Vietnam in 1980, he arrived in Oklahoma to meet his father — who left for America in 1975 after Saigon fell at the end of the Vietnam War and sponsored his family to come over.
In serving students, campus organizations and ministries employ strategies that may be different from those used by faith communities in the community at large. Key to it all, representatives say, is simply being accessible to students in whatever ways students might wish.
Reacting to the Roanoke, Va., shootings that left a TV reporter and a cameraman dead, a Las Vegas television station is assigning armed security to its reporting crews.
Have you got that itchy feeling? The one that means you’re longing to transform your home in some way, whether large or small? And you’re determined to do it yourself.
I’m not sure there is ever a live sports event locally where Chris Maathuis isn’t holding a microphone. Einstein said it was possible to be in two places at the same time. Some days, it seems as though Maathuis is in 10.
A man who fell from the upper deck of Atlanta’s Turner Field during a Braves-Yankees game has died, the Atlanta Braves said.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of 13- to 17-year-old boys and girls who received the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine did increase “slightly” in 2014 for the second year in a row.
In Nevada, there are 558 people waiting on an organ transplant list, including 76 African-Americans, 119 Hispanics, 78 Asians and 12 American Indians.
Bishop Gorman fans grew accustomed to seeing Tyjon Lindsey make plays on offense last season. On Saturday night, the gifted wide receiver made his biggest contribution on defense.
With three children, Dee Heinz’s family has participated in just about every bake sale and class fundraiser known to the modern PTA. Suffice to say she was more than pleased when her 12-year-old brought home an “Alternative Fundraiser” notice from her school PTA.
In the foothills of the northern Sierra Nevada, one native shrub stands out from all the rest. It is commonly called manzanita, but the name covers many different species of Arctostaphylos that make outstanding drought-resistant landscape plants for dry gardens.