• LAKE MEAD — During a recent Striper Club tournament, all but two of the 25 boats weighed in fish that were caught on anchovies, by jigging baits or throwing surface lures. Small boils are being seen along the beaches from the fishing pier north. Anglers have caught small stripers and smallmouth bass in the area. Fish also are being caught from the Hemenway fishing pier.
From the halls of Monte- zuma to the classrooms of Las Vegas.
WASHINGTON — Faced with a White House veto threat, Congress this week is restoring a part of Yucca Mountain funding that had been cut from a major defense bill.
CARSON CITY — A state agency for four years released incorrect background check information to companies on their job applicants, saying some people had been convicted of crimes that should not have disqualified them from employment, according to an audit released Wednesday.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Public Works Board on Wednesday approved a two-year, $928 million capital construction plan that includes a $225 million prison to be built at Indian Springs.
Two Las Vegas auto dealerships abruptly closed Wednesday, and company officials said the businesses were victims of a slumping national economy.
O.J. Simpson wanted help taking back his memorabilia, and he wanted someone to bring the “heat,” one of the men who carried a gun during the holdup of two sports memorabilia dealers testified Wednesday.
Clark County School Board candidate Deanna Wright wants the public to play an “active roll in the future of education” and is looking forward to discussing the issues with her opponent in a “respectful and intelligent manor,” according to her campaign Web site, deannawright4kids.net.
CARSON CITY — The state Division of Emergency Management can’t plan appropriate responses to emergencies and natural disasters because it fails to keep track of basic planning information, according to a legislative audit released Wednesday.
Federal and local law enforcement officers raided nine sites around the valley on Wednesday in a sweeping probe into possible collusion between homeowners associations and businesses benefitting from construction defect lawsuits.
The owner of Silver Lining Construction, a business connected to Wednesday’s FBI raids, also operates a nonprofit autism foundation, according to state records.
For once, Gov. Jim Gibbons and I are in complete agreement. Robert Loux must go.
A story in Saturday’s Review-Journal and an obituary Wednesday incorrectly stated the date of death for Floyd and Diane Williams of Las Vegas. They were killed Sept. 18 in a small-plane crash in Colorado.
Jeff Chilton remembers well his reaction to the moratorium on full-scale nuclear weapons tests at the Nevada Test Site that was launched temporarily in 1992 by President George H.W. Bush and extended indefinitely by President Clinton the following year.
Entrance fees at Red Rock Canyon, Lake Mead and other federal parks across the country will be waived on Saturday in honor of National Public Lands Day.
A new television ad attacking Dina Titus features banjo music, a high-lonesome whistle and the outline of the Lone Star State. A commercial attacking Jon Porter has thumping disco music and Porter’s head on an awkwardly dancing body.
A grand jury issued an indictment Wednesday against Edward Halverson, charging him with attempting to murder his wife, suspended District Court Judge Elizabeth Halverson.
On Wednesday morning, a shopping center in one of Las Vegas’ oldest neighborhoods had something that hadn’t been seen there in years — hordes of paying customers.
Rage-addled metalheads, rap cutups and, uh, Wayne Brady lead the way in this month’s roundup of Vegas releases.
Louis C.K. says he hopes everyone who sees him Saturday, in the Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel, is offended by something he says.
It’s a happy day when you get your NetFlix DVD in the mail and you get to tear into the red and white envelope for your next night of couch-potatoing. But, does that extra flap go from package to recycling quick as a flash with no glory or joy? Well, no more, because there’s netflixorigami.com. Now you can turn those flaps into swans, hearts and other artistic creations.
John Kinde doesn’t know what will happen when the Las Vegas Improvisational Players take to the stage tonight.
In some ways, the title to Cockroach Theatre’s current production at the Onyx is misleading.
Modern math hits the media. The equation: Do newscasts minus more and more newspeople still equal news that’s a plus to a community?
Everybody rolls the dice in Las Vegas. But not always at the craps table.
Aliante Station will give Station Casinos a ring around the valley of entertainment venues, and for the first time the company will test two-night, twin-casino bookings for some of its concert acts.
La Strada dell’Arte and Celebration of the Arts join forces again for the Summerlin Art Festival. The 2008 edition of the event will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Summerlin Centre Community Park on Town Center Drive between West Charleston Boulevard and West Sahara Avenue.
Don’t think of it merely as the Nevada Ballet Theatre’s 2008-2009 season. Think of it as a very entertaining, season-long introductory course in dance.
