: My toilet does not flush correctly. The bowl will fill with water, then slowly drain down, or the waste just doesn’t go down at all. I have tried chemicals, but they haven’t worked. What else can I do?
Southern Nevadans have followed the national trend of creating outdoor living spaces in their backyards that can be used year-round thanks to the Mojave Desert’s mild winters.
Following manufacturer’s guidelines and taking some common sense safety steps are paramount in the safe use of outdoor fireplaces and fire pits.
A design trend, or more likely, staple, is the animal print. Each season as we gleefully see what the design mavens declare to be the latest and greatest, we’re never disappointed to see animal prints back on the list.
: I read your article in the paper about some of the trees damaged by the snow storm. The tops of our two African sumacs were all bent down with snow for almost a week. We didn’t have any broken limbs. My husband and I finally got out there and propped up and tied up the limbs as best we could so that they were at least facing out or up rather than down. We used brown medium-sized rope.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Virginia Tech made sure there are no unbeaten teams left in Division I.
The key moments in sports don’t always happen with fans and TV cameras around.
PROVO, Utah — In a stunning turnaround that even he thought improbable, Wink Adams shot life into UNLV and resurrected his senior season. Down 13 points at halftime and seemingly on the verge of being counted out Wednesday night, the Rebels rallied behind Adams for a 76-70 upset victory over Brigham Young at the Marriott Center.
Eight Southern Nevadans will be inducted into the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association Hall of Fame on Feb. 26 at the Orleans Arena.
• ARBOR VIEW — Girls soccer player Erica Peeples had three goals against Legacy. Boys bowler Garrett Schweers had a 643 series, including a 243 game, against The Meadows.
In their world, stopwatches are used to clock hang times instead of 40-yard dashes.
The Arizona Cardinals have been on fire in the NFL playoffs — literally, in the case of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb‘s front lawn at his offseason home in Chandler, Ariz.
• LAKE MEAD — Anglers are using cut bait to catch stripers in the Vegas Bay arm. Shad have dispersed in the lower basin, making them more difficult to find.
SAN DIEGO — Kyle Spain scored a career-high 30 points as San Diego State outlasted New Mexico 81-76 Wednesday for its seventh consecutive victory.
Football coach Mike Sanford’s proposed three-year contract extension appears to be a good deal for him and UNLV.
The proposed May 2 showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton is off because of a disagreement over their purse split.
When his team fell behind 17-0 in its Northeast League showdown at Eldorado on Wednesday, Valley girls basketball coach Barney Holmes wasn’t worried.
From the frustration in Ray Granmoe’s voice, there was no mistaking things weren’t going the way he had hoped they would when the evening began. Granmoe, an auctioneer, was about halfway through the live auction at the annual fundraising banquet for the local chapter of the Safari Club International and already had called a pass on five of the first 16 items because the bidding was insufficient or nonexistent.
CARSON CITY — Most top state elected officials said Wednesday they would voluntarily take 6 percent pay cuts to help with the state budget crisis as suggested by the governor if such pay cuts were imposed on state employees.
The Culinary union has gathered enough signatures to put the fate of a proposal for a new Las Vegas city hall in the hands of voters later this year, union officials said Wednesday.
Taking my publisher Sherman Frederick to task publicly is not something I do frequently.
North Carolina fans are pulling for the ultimate dream finish in the Miss America finals on Saturday.
Wednesday broke the record for the warmest Jan. 21 in the Las Vegas Valley by one degree, according to the National Weather Service.
One hundred years just sort of snuck up on Lola Lovell.
Maybe she was too busy juggling duties as a schoolteacher, wife and mother. Perhaps it was her quest to visit every continent, sharpen her shot as a pheasant hunter or publish genealogy literature — all of which she did.