More than 200 people have been tested for tuberculosis and that number could double as the Southern Nevada Health District widens its investigation into a case of the infectious disease that killed a mother and her child, who died at a Las Vegas hospital.
Karen S. Matthews died in her dorm room in Faiman Residence Hall on Sept. 5, according to the coroner’s office. She died from natural causes related to diabetes.
UNLV officials on Monday launched their attempt at building Stadium 2.0 with their new strategy firmly in place — a partnership between the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the Las Vegas casino-hotel industry.
Tuesdays are 13-year-old Monica Nunez-Gutierrez’s favorite day. It is the day she gets to see one of her special friends, Rosie, a furry medium-sized collie from the K9 Therapists of Las Vegas group.
They open the gate and toss the leaves of romaine lettuce into the aquarium. The sharks ignore it, but a 320-pound sea turtle called O.D. snags the leaves from the water and eats like a hungry turtle will.
More than 100 artists and craftsmen from across the southwestern U.S. have signed on to display their works and offer unique items at the 19th annual Summerlin Art Festival, planned for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 12-13 at Summerlin Centre Community Park, 1800 S. Town Center Drive. The free event is set to feature artistic creations including paintings, glass works, pottery, jewelry, metal works, sculpture and mixed media.
Visitors will again be able to return to the medieval times as the Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival is scheduled to return to Sunset Park Oct. 11-13 for the first time since the park’s two-year renovation project.
As a former mortgage banker who now counsels underwater homeowners as owner of The Millennium Consulting Group, Ken Sarna decided to do something about all the mixed buy/sell/hold signals homeowners are getting in the real estate market.
Book review: “Year of the Jungle” by Suzanne Collins
