The complaint suggests that refusal was motivated by a desire to profit from the car crash that injured the plaintiff.
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Trail Access Project aims to help people in wheelchairs gain more access to nature with electric-assisted equipment that can handle rocky terrain.
In a recent study, people following a combination of healthier habits slowed typical age-related cognitive decline.
For many people, common forms of exercise, such as walking, running and weight training, are a struggle because of pain, weakness or mobility issues.
About 43 percent of Americans have jobs that can be classified as “highly sedentary.”
The most frequently asked question asked in 2016 concerned fig trees. Readers wanted to know why their fig trees did not produce good fruit. Either the fruit dropped from the tree when it was small, or the fruit clung to the tree and never became large but remained small, hard and dry.
I am giving a class on pruning fruit trees at the Master Gardener Orchard, 4600 Horse Drive in North Las Vegas, from 9 a.m. until noon Saturday. The class is free and open to the public. For more information call the master gardener help desk at 702-257-5555. More classes will be offered at the orchard on pruning fruit trees every Saturday during the month of January.
Q: It got to 30 degrees overnight in Boulder City. I’m worried about my little 6-foot lemon tree in a 5-gallon pot on the porch. I placed a queen-size bed sheet over the tree and hung a 100-watt incandescent lamp from a branch last night. I’m hoping that small amount of heat will raise the temperatures above freezing. Is this necessary?
Temperatures turned cold this past week. Historically, we still have about three or four more weeks of warm weather so it probably will get warm again soon. But if you plant vegetables from seed, these cold soil temperatures should still be warm enough to germinate radish, peas, beets, possibly carrots and turnips.
Fall and early winter are excellent times to prevent insect problems that occur next year. I received reports of worms or grubs feeding now on the roots of plants. The most common are white grubs.
Reading some of the national gardening blogs and articles gives me a chuckle. Frequently they are out of touch with gardening and horticulture in the desert Southwest. For instance, one recently said there was little to do during the winter months. Obviously, they have never lived in our climate.
You’re having a bad hair day. You feel fat in those jeans. And you’ll never complain again, once you’ve read “Ugly” by Robert Hoge.
Benjamin Banneker carved and drew. He figured and thought some more, and he dreamed. Could a man make a working clock from scraps and scratch?
In the new book, “The Story Book Knight” by Helen Docherty & Thomas Docherty, reading might save a kingdom.
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With another scorching Southern Nevada summer now in full swing, there’s no time like the present to learn how to help your landscape survive these hot months—and what steps you can take to save water this season.
A few months ago, I took an ambulance to the hospital emergency room after a nasty fall at home — then came a hefty bill.
Shane Tamura, the Las Vegas man responsible for a NYC shooting that left 4 dead, blamed football and the NFL for his perceived struggle with the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
The Southern Nevada Health District said it has ollected its first sample of West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes this year.
A Desert Research Institute study suggests tree planting may not be Las Vegas’ saving grace in extremely hot summers.
