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Learn about UFO myths at library event
Along the eastern rim of Utah’s Paunsaugunt Plateau lies Bryce Canyon National Park, a visual feast for the eyes. Standing along the park’s rim, visitors are treated to a multicolored landscape of natural spires, pinnacles and pillars called hoodoos. They got their name because their upright shape, with a little imagination, suggests humanoid or even supernatural beings.
Silverton serves up dining specials
Several of the 9/11 hijackers spent time in Las Vegas before committing the deadliest act of terrorism in the nation’s history. But in its 2004 report, the 9/11 Commission wrote, “Beyond Las Vegas’ reputation for welcoming tourists, we have seen no credible evidence explaining why, on this occasion and others, the operatives flew to or met in Las Vegas.” Former Clark County Sheriff Jerry Keller told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2006 that he thought the hijackers were eyeing Las Vegas for a possible future attack involving other al-Qaida members.
Members of the Henderson Symphony Orchestra share a lot, including a love for classical music, a deep respect for their conductor, and that need to perform before live audiences.
Las Vegas attracts 40 million visitors a year. But that reputation also attracts the attention of terrorists, who see Sin City as the ultimate symbol of vice and excess in the U.S.
A 58-year-old Henderson man died Saturday, a day after he was crossing the street in a crosswalk and was struck by a pickup driven by an off-duty Henderson police officer.
Firefighters announced Saturday that they had fully contained a lightning-sparked, 12,000-acre wildfire about 20 miles south of Caliente.
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The month started out wet but the clouds parted after the first week and the valley got stuck in an extended warm-and-dry pattern.
A man who took a child hostage died after being shot by police but not before he killed the boy, authorities said.
Law enforcement leaders said they arrested one man in connection with an alleged illegal biological laboratory in the east Las Vegas Valley.
A local supermarket chain plans to open another store, in a plaza that’s now being named for the grocer.
