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March 16, 2008 - 9:00 pm

Their songs range from candy-coated come-ons to naughty nursery rhymes, all ceaselessly buoyant and decidedly unbashful.

But hey, when you title your latest record "Because I'm Awesome," sarcastically or not, you had better bring the goods, and the Dollyrots mostly live up to their own hyperbole. Powered by honeyed coos and hellfire guitars, the band bashes out pulse-quickening power pop that'll save you money on Red Bull.

See the band at 10 p.m. Thursday at the Beauty Bar, 517 Fremont St. Call 598-1965.

-- JASON BRACELIN

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Just how involved with Nevada’s National Guard be in ICE operations?

By Jessica Hill / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 4:20 pm

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo’s office provided more clarity Friday on the role Nevada’s National Guard will play in assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

CCSD Board of Trustees Vice President Brenda Zamora, shown during recent a CCSD board of truste ...

How will CCSD, Clark County handle immigration concerns in schools?

By Megan Howard / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 2:32 pm

Clark County students went back to school this week, and questions of immigration and child welfare lingered in the back of the community’s mind.

Toni Lee holds a photo of her son, Jacob Lee, on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in North Las Vegas. L ...

‘He loved helping people’: Family remembers 22-year old killed in motorcycle crash

By Isaiah Steinberg / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 4:18 pm

Jacob Flavie Lee, 22, had recently gotten engaged but never had the chance to announce it.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in Los An ...

SAUNDERS: Newsom campaigns for president by trying to rig voter maps

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 1:32 pm

Will a run at midterm redistricting — and trying to overturn the will of voters — help Governor Handsome win the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination?

President Donald Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat t ...

No, taxpayers will not receive new stimulus checks this summer

By Melissa Goldin Associated Press

August 15, 2025 - 1:31 pm

Rumors spread online Friday that the U.S. government will soon be issuing stimulus checks to taxpayers in certain income brackets.

Clark County Senior Director of Aviation James Chrisley, an Air Force veteran who served at Nel ...

New Clark County aviation director to be named next week

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 2:29 pm

An Air Force veteran at Nellis and Creech air force bases is expected to be named Clark County aviation director at a meeting next week.

The Lake Mead Marina on Lake Mead is in view from the Hoover Dam Lodge Trailhead on Thursday, A ...

Lake Meads water woes deepen: Nevada’s share slashed once again

By Alan Halaly / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 4:22 pm

A Friday projection affirmed that Lake Mead is likely to fall to its lowest level ever in 2027.

Putin says he and Trump reached an ‘understanding,’ but neither offers details on Ukraine war talks

By Michelle L. Price and Will Weissert Associated Press

August 15, 2025 - 3:35 pm

President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin met for about 2 1/2 hours on Friday, a summit in Alaska that started with a handshake, a smile and a ride in the presidential limousine.

Nevada joins Texas with an ‘F’ rating for gerrymandering

By Jessica Hill / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 11:14 am

The Silver State and the Lone Star State may swing different ways politically, but they have at least one thing in common: an “F” rating for partisan gerrymandering.

Assembly member Jovan A. Jackson, D-North Las Vegas, listens to testimony during a Government A ...

Forged in fire: Nevada law could help former inmate firefighters put skills to practice

By Isaiah Steinberg / RJ

August 15, 2025 - 12:27 pm

The law was first introduced by Jovan Jackson, Nevada’s first formerly incarcerated state lawmaker.