When sharks attract — PHOTOS

Visitors at the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay have tunnel vision when it comes to seeing 15 species of sharks, along with exotic fish, reptiles and sea turtles.

Will water bill come back to life in Carson City?

The scuttlebutt is that provisions from AB 298 may be tacked onto other legislation, discounting the concerns of so many Nevadans and shortcutting the public involvement that is the hallmark of Nevada’s legislative procedures.

Federal prosecutors shouldn’t have blank checks

After reading in the May 24 Review-Journal how more than $1 million in taxpayer money had been spent on lawyers in the Bundy case, I was shocked to learn that doesn’t even include how much the U.S. Department of Justice has spent.

EDITORIAL: Passing new laws to punish campus protesters is a very bad idea

Those who seek a more inviting campus atmosphere for controversial speakers should insist that college administrators exert control by vigorously promoting tolerance, civility and respect while making clear that demonstrators who break the law will face consequences.

ESA fight spills over into Nevada film tax credit vote

Three big budget bills were introduced in the Nevada Senate on Tuesday, signaling the culmination of the 2017 session as the governor’s office and lawmakers continue to haggle over education savings accounts.

 
Motorists graded on safety — VIDEO

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Nevada Highway Patrol and Clark County School District police joined to enforce right of way at the intersection Nellis Boulevard and Cedar Avenue, near Richie Rundle Elementary, a school named for a child killed as a pedestrian.

Las Vegas home sales continue to surge

Las Vegas homebuilders’ fast-rising sales totals this year over 2016 continued in April.

Las Vegas judge faces ethics charges for giving TV interview

District Judge William Kephart has been accused of violating professional ethics codes by giving an on-camera interview last year about a case that was pending before the Nevada Supreme Court.

UNLV researchers find evidence of global thaw in Russian cave

A thaw is underway in Russia, and it has nothing to do with presidential politics. Inside a cave in Russia’s Ural Mountains, where Europe and Asia meet, a team of UNLV researchers has found evidence of steady warming since the end of the last ice age.

CEO of Smith & Wollensky prepares to auction, find new location — PHOTOS

Two days before Smith & Wollensky’s final night of service, the company’s CEO and president Michael Feighery sat in a mostly bare room toward the front of the three-story building on Las Vegas Boulevard. Little remained beyond the tables, chairs and a few oddball pieces of art: a giant eel sculpture, a framed work of folk art with a rusty nameplate and the like.

Late-breaking CCSD bill would delay breakup for a year

Democratic leaders of Nevada Legislature introduce measure to change the timing and details of the breakup of the nation’s fifth-largest school district.

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