Chilly air crept into Las Vegas overnight, along with rain in the valley and snow on Mount Charleston.
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Christopher Laporte, owner of Insert Coin(s), sets up a video game system at The Center on Wednesday.
The much-anticipated winter snowfall that draws Las Vegas Valley residents to Mount Charleston with sleds and skis should make an appearance Wednesday, thanks to a storm system moving down the West Coast.
It’s a tough world out there, asking people for money. You could pass around a bucket, sure, but lots of other charities do that. So why not ask people, instead, to leap off the top of a 350-foot tall building and pay you for the privilege?
Since a woman who gave birth to twins in a Clark County hospital later died from tuberculosis, 26 people with whom she came in contact have tested positive for the disease. About 200 people had been tested before Monday.
Comedian George Wallace takes a moment to add a jacket to the Coats for Kids collection box Sept. 20. Residents will find Coats for Kids boxes at Albertsons stores and are asked to donate children’s gently used coats, sweaters, sweatshirts and adult coats. Aramark Uniform will pick up the coats and drop them off at Al Phillips the Cleaner, which has cleaned all of the coats free for the past 13 years. Coats are then distributed to children in need through The Salvation Army’s Family Services. Anyone who donates a coat will have the opportunity to enter a drawing for one of 14 pairs of free tickets to see George Wallace. Entry forms are available Albertsons service desks. The drawing is set to take place after the conclusion of the coat drive, which runs through Nov. 3. (Special to View)
Aaron Reitenour-Lee has graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego as a Marine Corps private first class E-2.
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.