Solar panels and a wind turbine generate the electricity for the hydroponics lab at Sandy Miller Elementary Magnet School of International Studies, which grows broccoli, tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables.
RENO — Reno officials say they may have to lay off some city employees after police officers voted overwhelmingly not to give up cost-of-living raises.
Late Friday night, Will Bullins opened the screen door on his two-story apartment and walked onto the balcony to get some air.
Parents may have held their children a little closer last week after three horrific cases ended with two youngsters dead.
IN CASE YOU MISSED THE NEWS LAST WEEK, wildlife officials announced the suspected cause of a recent die-off of carp in Lake Mohave: Koi herpes.
The Springs Preserve posted small gains in attendance and revenue during its second year of operation, but it still required almost $9.3 million in operational help from the Las Vegas Valley Water District.
They saved the saxophone until the end of the traditional Catholic funeral Mass. And the recording was not “When the Saints Go Marching In,” the hand-shaking closer of nearly every lounge show Sam Butera ever played.
Advocates of reopening F Street won a big battle in the waning hours of the 2009 Legislature, but they were wise not to loudly celebrate their victory.
WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill last week that would provide federal vouchers of up to $4,500 to motorists who trade in their cars for new ones that get better mileage.
Flashy jewelry told the world Claudine Williams made it as a successful Las Vegas casino operator.
Here in America, citizens and other legal residents have every right to stage rallies, protests and demonstrations on any topic that tickles their fancy.
The Obama administration’s multi-pronged attack, designed to place private American corporations under federal oversight and control on a model reminiscent of Benito Mussolini’s approach in the Italy of the 1920s and 1930s, raced ahead this week as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the administration will ask Congress to give shareholders a “nonbinding” voice on executive pay and to require corporate compensation committees to stand independent of company management.
UNLV President David Ashley is about to lose his job, and one of the biggest reasons why can be boiled down to this: When the school’s drama queen and its queen of political correctness were burning bridges, destroying good will and embarrassing the entire campus, he did nothing to stop them. In fact, he lent them his full, unconditional support.
One of the measures of a Nevada legislative session is whether lawmakers made government more open or more secretive. In the 2009 session, although they missed some opportunities, legislators generally advanced the cause of open government.
The day after the coroner announced that the death of impressionist/singer Danny Gans was accidental, the Review-Journal received a reply to our public records request for Gans’ toxicology report.
We’ve seen mixing of politics and religion lately, and it has become apparent that some people are confused.
Here are some problems I encountered from visitors to the Springs Preserve:
Tucked into a corner of the casino, the Gold Coast’s poker room might seem easy to overlook — if all you’re doing is looking.
Camera flashes often slice through the near darkness of the Artisan Hotel lounge. Any part of any wall makes a good backdrop, or you can pose behind an empty picture frame hanging from the ceiling at a tilt.
A supermarket at midnight: plenty you’d expect, plenty you wouldn’t.
Jim Lower bends over and takes his spanking with an all too-happy grin. His buddy waits his turn with a crocodile smile of his own.
The bewitching hour in Las Vegas may be unlike that in any other city. After all, Vegas built its reputation as a 24-hour town.
But the Strip isn’t the only place that sees action in the wee hours of the morning.
To get a taste of what goes on elsewhere in a city that never sleeps, we sent eight reporters to a variety of locations to record events at midnight on a recent Friday.
Makes sense outside, lettered across the glass-door gate, buses pullin’ in.