A memorial is scheduled this weekend in Las Vegas for Democratic Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce.
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Experts believe Nevada is due for a major earthquake, so they penciled one in for Thursday.
Maj. Charles L. Cox Jr. pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault and abuse of an enlisted man in a court-martial proceeding Tuesday at Nellis Air Force Base.
Las Vegas Patrol officer Jesus Jimenez helped a mother birth her baby girl in the back seat of a vehicle Monday morning. Jimenez unwrapped the newborn’s umbilical cord from around her neck.
A troubled Las Vegas nightclub operator who once had the ear of the city’s mayor and money from a high profile downtown investor is locked out of his former businesses by the landlord.
Dozens of protesters with the AFL-CIO, some of them government workers, were out in full force Tuesday outside Republican Rep. Joe Heck’s office in Las Vegas, demanding that he and the other Republicans in Congress reopen the government before something terrible happens.
This particular crazy thing started with a guy in his 20s, a sexy car, and not much of a plan. And now 43 years, 52 lions, a couple of ostriches (ostrichi?) and a bevy of smaller birds later, a 66-year-old guy is taking care of four new, incredibly adorable lion cubs born just this past Friday.
If you’re looking for physical evidence of the capitalist-hipster culture that’s been imported to downtown Las Vegas, look no further than Container Park.
Another sequel to More Cops is about to make a debut. Clark County commissioners introduced Commissioner Tom Collins’ proposed More Cops sales tax increase on Tuesday.
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park is home to some of the most stunning buttes, mesas, arches and panoramas in the world. So familiar are some of these views, through Western films and television, that even an informal mental list of things to do before “kicking the bucket” often includes seeing them in person. The fall and winter months are appropriate for the visit, all the more so because many closer attractions on federal land have been closed due to the budget gridlock. This park lies not on federal land but on the 16 million-acre Navajo Reservation, so it remains open.
Question: I live in Summerlin and have a Bartlett pear tree. I wish to plant an apple with a harvest time far from the Bartlett pear so I don’t have too much fruit at once. Which apple varieties would be best? I have received conflicting information from local sources.
The local nonprofit Catholic War Veterans will hold its gala dinner Friday to raise money to help needy veterans and their families with food, rent, utilities, transportation and clothing.
It was not the showgirls or the bikini-clad dancers or the spray paint artists that stood out Friday night on the Fremont Street Experience. What looked out of place was the sight of Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez walking the length of the attraction followed by a small platoon of attorneys.
Once a month on Sunday, three organizations spend their morning and afternoon trapping feral cats. Volunteers from Heaven Can Wait Animal Society, the Community Cat Coalition of Clark County (C5) and the Las Vegas Valley Humane Society work with cat colony caretakers to reduce the overpopulation of feral cats. Heaven Can Wait plans to host its 11th anniversary feral cat clinic Oct. 20, targeting feral cats throughout the valley.
In 1991, when Shelley Bonner-Carson wanted her boots shined before an important meeting with casino executives, she learned men could get their shoes shined, but not women — all shoeshine concession stands were inside men’s restrooms. Now, her business, Goodfellows Shoeshine & Accessories, is in 10 Las Vegas hotel-casinos and has expanded into four states with 131 employees.