The Swingers Club is scheduled to open Aug. 24 at the Plaza, 1 Main St. The Las Vegas City Council swore in new elected officials and NV Energy plans a Senior Energy Assistance Expo at the Cashman Center in this week’s Downtown Neighborhood News
Local
Local Las Vegas Valley breaking news from Nevada's most reliable source. Read about the latest updates happening in your region at Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Lucy Keaton helped transform what was one of the lowest performing elementary schools in Las Vegas into an exemplary turn around school, the state’s highest academic designation. During the six years Keaton has been at the school, Hewetson has met adequate yearly progress standards four years running and had gains of at least 10 percent in student achievement on standardized tests every year.
If you’re looking for a break from triple-digit temperatures, a refreshing evening under the stars is just for you. If you live in Summerlin, you’re only minutes away from Super Summer Theatre at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park.
There are days when slamming your bedroom door, though it might get you in trouble, is really satisfying. Those are the days when everybody bugs you, nothing goes right, and you just want to scream, stomp, storm and slam.
Sometimes, you just want to be left alone. But what if everybody left you — for good?
Emanuel Zamir grew up in Jerusalem, where he earned a degree in electronics. After a 14-year stint in New York and 16 years in Maryland, he moved to Las Vegas and took up writing.
Traveling up to 30 mph, the only thing more dangerous than the rapidly rising waters of a storm are misconceptions of flash flooding, local officials say. And even though July through September is the flood season, people are advised to be aware of flood safety all the time.
One benefit of living in Southern Nevada is the opportunity to explore little-traveled back roads winding their way to uncrowded outdoor adventures. One of the best is the Mormon Well Road, originally a pioneer wagon trail on what is now the Desert National Wildlife Refuge.
Sounds of squeaky shoes echo throughout the studio as the dozen or so dancers practice their upcoming Asian hip-hop routine. The music stops abruptly. Someone missed a step. Choreographer Ed Downing sternly, but gently, advises where the mistake occurred and how to make sure it doesn’t happen again. After all, the show is one week away.
When a loved one dies, holes are left in the fabric of people’s lives. For youngsters who have suffered the loss of a close family member, Nathan Adelson Hospice’s Camp Mariposa helps them deal with their emotions.
Early harvesting and installing special netting to protect trees are the best ways to beat birds to eating your fruit.
Partnered Content
Three hours before his clients arrived at the Las Vegas Grand Prix last year, Nevada Stupak was already there, walking the route they’d take that evening.
LISTEN TO THE TOP FIVE HERE
For the second time this month, the Metropolitan Police Department says it was able to locate a missing child by deploying a drone.
Shirley Raines, widely known online as “Beauty to the Streetz,” the name of the nonprofit she founded, died Tuesday at 58.
The motorcyclist was traveling westbound at a high rate of speed on Washington Avenue near Rancho Drive just after 8 p.m. when he hit a car, police said.
Zoox’s Las Vegas robotaxi service is back in operations after a multiday pause in passenger rides.
