News Columns
In our society, there may be no greater example of government intrusion into the lives of citizens than transportation.
In hindsight, Billie-Marie Morrison realized she should have gone to her cardiologist after she couldn’t catch her breath while dancing at a Fourth of July party last year. But she thought it was her asthma.
This week readers want to know when the traffic signals at Tropicana Avenue and Steptoe Street in the southeast valley are going to start working, what the state law is regarding headlight use, and whether there are plans to build an interchange on U.S. Highway 95 at Sahara Avenue.
Aunt Frances and I were teasing each other when she turned to her 5-year-old daughter and said, “Call Jane a taxi.” Without hesitating my little cousin, mustering all the contempt she could, spat out a one-word epithet: “Taxi!”
Kelly Thomas-Boyers watched a single tear roll down her son’s cheek.
Martha Watson is not a braggart. She certainly has earned bragging rights, but that’s not her style.
This week readers want to know if the widening of the Las Vegas Beltway at south Decatur Boulevard is finished; are there any plans to fix the Beltway’s offramp to Charleston Boulevard, and is Central Christian Church helping pay for the Galleria Drive interchange with U.S. Highway 95?
Can’t help but smile at a news conference lineup where four out of five Democrats all want or wanted the same job — governor of Nevada — making them Nevada’s own team of rivals.
When it comes to our cars and roadways, Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie and the Metropolitan Police Department deserve a lot of credit.
I’m confident whatever plan legislative Democrats come up with to create a more stable tax base for Nevada will earn the support of Sen. Bill Raggio, R-Reno. But what will he extract from Southern Nevada in exchange?
Quick. You’re in your house, you hear a scream for help and look out front to see a woman and her dog under attack by two pit bulls.
This week readers want to know when the construction on Centennial Parkway near Losee Road in North Las Vegas is going to be finished; and is the construction on Spencer Street, near Cactus Avenue, ever going to get done.