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Victoria Smith aches for adventure and dreams of sailing away just as her mother did. But her mother is gone now, and her heart still hurts when she tries to remember her “sweet face and snatches of a song that drifted in and out of her consciousness; ‘The eye of the pirate and the riches he bears. The fortune is plenty. The treasure is there. And the sea will never tell. And the sea will never tell.’ ”
Most people aren’t aware that Death Valley National Park boasts some 1,000 miles of paved and gravel roads, more than any of other of our nation’s parks. One road in particular, the unpaved, 27-mile Racetrack Road, offers one of the finest day outings in the park.
Question: What are your thoughts on mycorrhizae? I bought some a while back from T&J Enterprises out of Washington state, and the chiles seemed to do really well. Is it an aid or just my imagination?
Molli Wingert’s nonprofit started 10 years ago in a garage in Boise, Idaho. Today, Computers For Kids has provided hundreds of thousands of computers to students. In October, Wingert opened a Las Vegas office.
A new system of 4,541 solar panels is expected to save Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School about $140,000 on its annual power bill.
Visitors are reminded not to take stones and fossil finds from Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
Think about this for a moment: their motto is “Life without a limb is limitless.” Then you watch them display that motto on a softball field, and you become an instant believer.
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Police are investigating the deaths of two people found inside a residence Wednesday morning in the southwest Las Vegas Valley.
A British Airways passenger jet lost a tire during takeoff from Harry Reid International Airport late Monday night, according to an airport spokeswoman.
The decision to raise fees and tuition for non-resident students by up to 12 percent over the next three years is aimed at addressing a budget shortfall.
The crash happened at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday in the eastbound lanes of the I-215 at Jones Boulevard in the southern Las Vegas Valley, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
