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If they build it, Lonnie Hammargren will come. And he’ll bring some of his space stuff with him. The former Nevada lieutenant governor and 1960s flight surgeon for NASA astronauts has space junk in his backyard, cosmos memorabilia upstairs and scale models of a space shuttle and the International Space Station on the roof of his southeast Las Vegas home.
As he sought an elective his senior year to reach graduation requirements, David Pascual exemplified University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ reputation as a party school by signing up for a semester-long course in beer tasting.
In the last few years, Clark County firefighters have seen their reputations tarnished amid accusations of abusing sick time, and they’ve responded by using 57,000 fewer hours.
How’s this for ridiculously long odds: last year’s biggest paycheck for the head of a Las Vegas-based public company went to the CEO of a pharmaceuticals maker.
Of all the speakers at Saturday’s memorial stone dedication at Red Rock Canyon, Marcy Cotè perhaps said it best.
She stood up before 300 veterans, friends and family members of the fallen and told a story about her son, Budd, before he left for Iraq.
An accidental apartment fire that displaced 25 people Thursday night was caused by a plastic container used as an ashtray, Las Vegas Fire Department investigators said.
Desarae Penda’vis stared intently into the mirror atop her vanity table, pursing her lips as she carefully traced her mouth with dark pencil.
A group of dog lovers hopes to pressure Henderson officials into sparing the life of Onion, the dog who bit and killed a 1-year-old boy last week.