Several baseball managers are boring, and then there is Ozzie Guillen. The leader of the Chicago White Sox is a loose cannon, to say the least.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — Services are being tentatively scheduled early next week for a sailor from northwest Arizona who died Friday in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
Nevada is in a deep economic slump, but business is booming at Nancy Ford’s place.
This week readers want know whether motor scooters legally may travel on roadways, what happens if you enter a school zone but can’t leave it and whether there are plans to make the intersection of Patrick Lane and Grand Canyon Drive a four-way stop. Also a reader shares a personalized license plate that references a Saturday morning cartoon.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s speech in Las Vegas today will tie together energy policy themes he’s been talking about for the last week, McCain’s top economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin said Tuesday.
RENO — A tent city for homeless people near downtown will be dismantled in September to make way for a parking lot at the homeless services complex to open this fall, Reno officials said.
WASHINGTON — George Cole said he did not want his brother-in-law’s death in October from a 59-foot fall at the CityCenter construction site to have been in vain.
George Carlin much preferred the company of his dog over being a celebrity.
Part of a $62 million bill for employee pay raises is set to go before Clark County School District trustees on Thursday, before the state decides whether money to pay that tab will remain available.
RENO — A software engineer at the heart of corruption allegations against Gov. Jim Gibbons was under scrutiny Tuesday by lawyers for a defense contractor who alleges the engineer has withheld evidence in violation of a court order in their civil lawsuit.
Under the bleach-bright Las Vegas summer sun, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday checked out the solar panels that shade cars in the parking lot of the Springs Preserve while powering the facility.
RENO — A judge dismissed a challenge by Democratic Assemblywoman Debbie Smith over the residency of her Republican rival Trent Baldwin.
CARSON CITY — A district judge on Tuesday booted three rural Nevada elected officials off the November ballot because of the state’s term limits.
Two people were arrested Tuesday in the stabbing death of a 27-year-old man who was dropped off at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center the night before.
CARSON CITY — Some lawmakers are suggesting cuts of $100 million or more could be implemented quickly by bipartisan agreement in the upcoming special session, leaving other decisions on Nevada’s massive budget shortfall for another day.
Las Vegas police have arrested one man and were searching for another in last week’s beating and robbery of Oakland Raiders receiver Javon Walker.
With gasoline prices on the rise and the U.S. dollar declining internationally, Strip hotels are slashing prices to lure budget-minded customers.
Challenges to Nevada’s new sex offender law mounted Tuesday as the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed a complaint in federal court on behalf of 12 sex offenders who claim the law is unconstitutional.
RENO — Health officials declared the air quality “unhealthful” for the Reno-Sparks area on Tuesday because of thick smoke in the region from hundreds of wildfires burning in California.
As Sherri Love sat through the second day of her murder trial Tuesday, her 69-year-old mother, Marjorie Bull, waited in the hall with a photo album in her lap.
Speaking of the school district: If a recent study is any indication, supporters of the November school construction bond may want to reconsider the traditional “Support Question 1” campaign in favor of an effort to discourage absentee balloting and early voting.
As Gov. Jim Gibbons and state lawmakers prepare to address a budget deficit approaching $1.2 billion, the country’s fifth-largest public school system is so determined to do the bidding of teacher unions that it’s ignoring the realities of a slumping economy and all principles of good governance and public accountability.
Call it chauvinism, patriotism, elitism — or any of a crop of other -isms — but it’s not unusual for states, cities or regions to affix their names to their produce. Most of the time, the names don’t mean all that much to the average consumer beyond indicating the area of origin. But when it comes to California avocados, you might want to pay attention.
El Rodeo Bar, 1815 E. Charleston Blvd., received 18 demerits June 13. Violations included ice machines and soda nozzles soiled. GRADE: B
Imagine a drug that could whittle your waistline, control your blood pressure, protect your heart, strengthen your bones, cut the risk of stroke and possibly help you sidestep some types of cancer. And what if this drug was also easy to obtain, pleasurable to swallow and inexpensive?
Serious wines are being produced in Washington state these days, challenging the position of California as a leader in the domestic wine market. Perhaps it won’t happen in volume, but in quality there’s a contest, especially when it comes to syrah-based wines. This Stonecap is a good example.
I always knew my readers were wise — they show me all the time — but I didn’t know so many were fans of Wise Potato Chips, being sought by Patt Almaraz, who said she used to find them at Albertsons.