Clark County School District student attendance this year remains relatively healthy despite the spread of the H1N1 flu, officials said Thursday.
Carbon dioxide emissions from Nevada fell 12.5 percent from 2004 to 2007 despite a growing population, an environmental advocacy group reports.
In life, James “Bucky” Buchanan was talented at getting the attention of judges, jurists and attorneys.
The incredible story of Brittney Bergeron Himel, who survived a near-fatal stabbing and has recovered to become an accomplished wheelchair athlete, will be highlighted during the upcoming ARETE Honors for Courage in Sports television special on CBS.
A former Las Vegas resident faces federal charges in connection with what authorities said was a mortgage fraud scheme that involved straw buyers and falsified loan documents.
CNN’s Larry King, in Las Vegas on Thursday to emcee the “Rock for the Cure” fundraiser at The Mirage, said Carrie Prejean, former Miss California USA, “really hurt herself” with her actions on his show Wednesday.
The man accused of striking and fatally injuring a homeless man in August on a Strip walkway bridge was arrested Wednesday, Las Vegas police confirmed.
“Chelsea Lately” star Chelsea Handler jokes she’s destroying her internal organs with alcohol thanks to her “dedication and perseverance” to swill.
CARSON CITY — Jack Schofield, a Nevada regent and former state lawmaker, has announced his intent to run against Republican Rep. Dean Heller for Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District seat.
An automated phone survey that shows voters strongly favor Clark County suing online travel agencies for unpaid room taxes has one glitch.
If you’re at high risk for the H1N1 flu but are putting off getting vaccinated because of long lines at the health district, there’s good news: Your doctor in the next few weeks could receive more doses of the vaccine. … Depending on how many people attend two public H1N1 clinics on Saturday, the Southern Nevada Health District could reallocate some of its supply to private providers, state health officials said Thursday.
A 26-year-old man convicted of helping plan and carry out a 2007 murder was sentenced to life in prison Thursday with the possibility of parole after 42 years.
Las Vegas officials could be voting on building a new city hall as soon as Dec. 2, Mayor Oscar Goodman said Thursday.
CARSON CITY — Because of a gap in state election laws, the Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Family Court Judge Robert Teuton to immediately vacate his position.
A local architecture firm under scrutiny for irregular campaign contributions to Sen. Harry Reid also is sparring on other fronts with the ex-employee who reported it to the Federal Election Commission.
CARSON CITY — The ACLU, Planned Parenthood and several individuals filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging language in the “Personhood” petition whose sponsors want to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing abortion.
Through Dec. 17, Hard Rock Hotel players can either earn a cruise or win a cruise. Players earning 20,000 points ($13,333-$40,000 coin-in based on game played and Rockstar Club tier) from Nov. 1-Dec. 17 will receive a complimentary seven-day cruise for two. On Dec. 17, the casino will draw for five cruises — and players receive one drawing ticket for every 250 points earned Nov. 1-Dec. 17. Players must be present at the drawing to win.
The 2009 harvest Beaujolais Nouveau wine celebration will kick off at 3 p.m. Wednesday with a traditional grape stomping by “Peepshow” star Holly Madison and a Lucille Ball impersonator at Paris Las Vegas, 3655 Las Vegas Blvd. South. The celebration will continue with free samples from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday in the hotel’s reception area, a Thursday dessert-and-wine tasting, a Nov. 21 wine-and-cheese educational session and a Nov. 22 brunch. For tickets and information, visit the Paris Las Vegas box office. Tickets for a Nov. 20 tasting at Risque nightclub can be purchased at www.rocknrollwine.com or 240-3066. …
Everybody knows — or at least knows the basic outline of — the story of Snow White.
When he sings the line, it sounds as if the weather finally has broken on a career once tethered to storm clouds.
Jeanine Mason is 18 years old. She says she “always wanted for my senior year to take a road trip with my friends.”
The upcoming Thanksgiving-to-New Year’s holiday period is, like it or not, a time when long-separated families tend to reconnect.
And now, the real Vegas gambling story of Norm Macdonald, as told to me (although I’ve cut out five uses of the “f” word): “I seem to have gotten compulsive gambling out of my system.”
Every Saturday night, Rain at the Palms transports guests to Perfecto Las Vegas, the world of celebrity DJ Paul Oakenfold.
Superstar rockers Bon Jovi enliven the MGM Grand Garden Arena on March 6.
It had been a few years since I’d been to the original Pin Kaow (there now are three). I remembered the food as pretty good, the atmosphere as regulation strip-center-nothing-special, clean but as basic as it gets. And so it was that when a friend and I entered for lunch recently, I initially thought I was in the wrong place.
Heidi’s Picks is a weekly selection of restaurant suggestions from Review-Journal critic Heidi Knapp Rinella.