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Which Medicare plans cover emergency care overseas?

Medicare does not cover emergency medical care during foreign travel. It is an added benefit that a supplemental plan (Medigap) provides.

Glen Powell stays down to earth despite soaring success

“It’s good to feel a bit uncomfortable. I’m always interested in reinvention,” says the actor, whose latest film, “Hit Man,” is in theaters now.

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Literary Las Vegas: Robyn Carr

Henderson-based New York Times bestselling author and 2016 winner of the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award RobynCarr spins a dream-turned-nightmare in her novel “The Life She Wants,” set to be reach shelves Sept. 27.

Stiltwalker attacked at Electric Daisy Carnival on road to recovery

Marco Landin was performing on stilts while wearing an elaborate, heavy dragonfly costume on June 17 at the Electric Daisy Carnival when he suddenly found his stilts in the air.

Sanitation, pruning key to removing diseased parts of plant

Q: We have lost a tremendous section of our garden. In researching, it appears fire blight disease is the problem. Our red-tip photinia was the first and, in a very short time, it looked as if someone had taken a flame thrower to the plants. Euonymus hedges, flowering pink hawthorn and some rose bushes are starting to show the same problem.

Las Vegas judge hears over 300 petitions a week for mental health commitments in Clark County

According to Nevada Revised Statute 433A, there are three ways to be admitted to a mental health facility or hospital in Clark County. Potential patients can seek help voluntarily, or a petition to commit an individual — a Legal 2000 — can be made in an emergency situation by a physician, psychologist, social worker, registered nurse or by any officer authorized to make arrests in Nevada.

Receiving a degree in social work in Nevada requires extra schooling

When Lois moved here from California, she expected to get a therapist’s license with no problem. After all, she had a master’s degree in marriage family therapy (MFT) and art therapy. But the board denied her application. She needed more training to practice in Nevada.

Clark County Museum exhibit details history behind air field that became Nellis Air Force Base

During World War II, Clark County created the Las Vegas Army Air Field to help train pilots how to use machine guns on bombers. In the 75 years since, it was renamed Nellis Air Force Base, which still has portions of the gunnery school air field. The county is honoring that history with its latest exhibit, “Training the Gunners: America’s First Flexible Gunnery School and the Las Vegas Army Air Field.”

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