When disaster strikes, Nevada Task Force One can be called upon to respond in fewer than six hours. On July 22, the task force and Nellis Air Force Base conducted a deployment drill to see if they could trim that response time.
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Despite the dramatic lead-up to First Friday, the Arts District celebration chugged along without a hitch Aug. 5. Sure, the crowd wasn’t as large, but people still ventured around 18b to look at art and listen to music.
The Southern Nevada Health District is offering low-cost vaccinations for local students to safeguard from mumps, hepatitis A and B, chicken pox, whooping cough and more.
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Memories of 9/11
I lost my 31-year-old old son to suicide two years ago. He left a wife and five small children behind. It has been so hard since he died. The day before he died, he had come without his family and spent two days with me. I have a daughter and another son. We are all having such a terrible time trying to live with our loss.
Fundamentally, the sport of triathlon is an individual’s game. Swim solo, bike solo, run solo. But the Las Vegas Triathlon Club is helping triathletes band together and motivate one another to tackle the challenges as one.
Cochineal scale is that white, fuzzy stuff on some cactuses. The scale insect itself is beneath the fuzzy stuff, where it lies protected and can feed on plant juices.
Even though Albo is mostly known for its pizza, there are customers who claim there is no better Philly steak in town.
Nicole Leslie Wilson has earned a Bachelor of Aeronautical Science degree from the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla.
They moved with a graceful, feminine appeal. Their voices belted out high-pitched notes. With their pretty dresses and faces full of makeup, they resembled women. That’s who they were when the mic was hot and the spotlight hit the stage. Ladylike. Female impersonators David de Alba and Paul Cummings spent decades gender bending at Finocchio’s, a legendary San Francisco cabaret nightclub that closed its doors after 63 years.