The decline in smoking has smoldered out. In the 40 years since cigarette ads were banished from television and radio – and, more recently, billboards — the U.S. smoking rate fell from 37 percent to 21 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
LIGHTS OFF, NOBODY THERE: The economic recession has left local retail in agony. Business advisory firm Applied Analysis showed valley retail vacancy climbed from 4 percent in 2005 to slightly above 10 percent at the end of last year.
If Nevada needed a lesson on the importance of economic diversification, the recession delivered in spades.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Tony Snell hit three big shots down the stretch. Before that, he did a nice defensive number against the nation’s top scorer.
Humble to the end, Austin Brown was quick to say he had made “no hero play” for The Meadows’ boys basketball team.
A bill in the upcoming legislative session would amend the Nevada Constitution to allow the operation of a state lottery. Proceeds would support public education.
With National Football League owners threatening to lock out players next season if a new collective bargaining agreement isn’t reached by a March deadline, sports books in Las Vegas are bracing for a financial hit.
Some moments are better than others, but it’s always a losing fight against the cruel memory-erasing Alzheimer’s disease. For 96-year-old Tony Knap, the days are slowly becoming more difficult.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — Tracy Province, who escaped an Arizona prison last summer and went on a crime spree was taken to New Mexico on Saturday to face capital murder charges .
PHOENIX — The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 83 people during a two-day crime sweep targeting illegal immigrants.
While the Bureau of Land Management has found plenty of arsenic blowing in the wind at Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, there is something else to sneeze about: palygorskite.
Nevada legislators heard dozens of stories of potential hardship Saturday during a town hall hearing arranged by Democratic leaders who oppose the GOP governor’s $5.8 billion budget proposal, which deeply cuts education.