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There is exactly one “good news” story on the Review-Journal’s list of the Top 10 news stories of 2011. And it’s about shoes. Can we all sigh together now? Sigh.
Santa should have no problem delivering presents to Las Vegans on his “nice” list tonight, as it’s perfect flying weather with all clear skies in the forecast.
A woman died early Saturday morning in a fire at her Henderson apartment. The Henderson Fire Department responded to the blaze at Galleria Palms Apartments near Stephanie Street and Sunset Road about 1:45 a.m. Saturday to find a couch on fire and the woman unconscious, a department statement said.
United Way of Southern Nevada brightened the holidays of more than 2,000 needy families this week with the help of a generous Secret Santa who donated $1 million to the charity.
Family and friends remembered Stanley LaVon Gibson on Friday as a patriotic Gulf War veteran, a loving but troubled husband, brother, son and uncle, and a Las Vegas black man whose death at the hands of police they hope will spur reforms involving the use of deadly force.
Cool and calm, Southern Highlands resident Shelly Wakefield breezed through the Galleria at Sunset.
A mountain of 152 gifts buries the Nunes family’s Christmas tree, stirring up images of Santa crash landing in the living room. Small gifts, large gifts. Some too big to be wrapped, like bicycles.
As a guitar maker for the stars, Ed Roman found a platform for fierce opinions about his commercially manufactured competition, exhorting musicians to drop what he called “misdirected ignorant brand loyalty.”
Las Vegas made the top of yet another list — but this time it’s good.
It could be last call for a proposed liquor store in the baggage claim area of McCarran International Airport.
Gaudy, high-tech Christmas sweaters might be this year’s Transportation Security Administration headache. Metallicized materials and lights on sweaters are setting off security scanners.
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Cold, rainy weather didn’t put a damper on Las Vegas’ quintessential shine this New Year’s Eve. It all came together with a barrage of fireworks and a brand-new show put on with 600 drones carrying colorful LED lights.
For the first time in more than a decade, showers fell in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve as a Pacific storm pushed its way into the region.
Here’s the rundown of what weather to expect in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve.
