Adoptable pets, Aug. 27, 2015

View features photos of pets ready for adoption each week. Contact each individual agency for more information.

Solid NHL career taking shape for former Wrangler Deryk Engelland

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.

 
Esteemed neurologist Oliver Sacks has died

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.

Obama joins the Nevada political fray over rooftop solar energy

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.

History deserves honest retelling

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.

Las Vegas artists create custom pieces for the home

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.

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Clean dryer lint traps to maintain efficiency

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.

In the end, color is choice of painter

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.

Roses grow well in desert climate of Southern Nevada

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.

Airbnb looks to tackle the business travel market

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.

Glossy cabinets shine in today’s kitchens

As ultra-contemporary kitchens gain in popularity, interest is soaring in shiny cabinets that contribute a huge modern cachet.

Toy made in late 1800s reflected political movement

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.

Vietnamese culture inspires refugee, first-time author

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.

Ministries hope students explore on-campus religious resources

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.

TV station increases security after Virginia slayings

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.

Newbies will love these home improvement projects

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.

Tragedy puts TV reporters on guard

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.

HPV vaccine remains underused, experts say

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.

PTA offers parents to skip fundraising sales, donate cash instead

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.

Manzanita is great at drought-resistance

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.