It is nothing new for pawnbroker Rick Harrison to see a customer whose shivering has more to do with too much Jim Beam and just plain bad luck at the casino tables than it does with a cold snap.
Dennis Griffin admits he’s no Shakespeare, just a retired New York health care fraud investigator who had a story to tell and caught the writing bug when he retired in 1994.
KINGMAN, Ariz. — He’s the most notorious inmate at the Mohave County Jail, segregated for the crimes he is accused of and the name he has built for himself. Most of his fellow prisoners know him from the news, though they’ve never seen him in person.
RENO — Skiers and farmers rejoiced after another storm dropped more than 2 feet of snow in portions of the Sierra Nevada, but the range’s snowpack still is below average so far this winter.
RENO — A panel of local officials has approved a $7.2 million river restoration project at the former site of the infamous Mustang Ranch brothel east of Reno.
WASHINGTON — Heeding a call from President Barack Obama, Congress last week sent to the White House a $787 billion bill combining a broad range of tax breaks and fresh federal spending to create jobs and respond to the nation’s economic crisis.
Call it a unique kind of most wanted list or simply an attempt to clamp down on the area’s worst-kept secret.
In our society, there may be no greater example of government intrusion into the lives of citizens than transportation.
Yoshi Cooper said he was 11 when his mom handcuffed him inside a closet for three months, freeing him only to go to the bathroom.
Chef Paul Bartolotta‘s former restaurant is in the news a lot these days.
Customers in Rick Harrison’s Gold and Silver Pawn Shop huddled around the Super Bowl ring that the pawnbroker held in his hand.
LAS VEGAS MAYOR OSCAR GOODMAN and the news media continued to stir the pot Thursday after President Obama slammed bailout-taking bankers for planning a get-together at a Strip resort.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers start their third week of the 2009 session on Monday, Presidents Day, with a full schedule of hearings and a scheduled Senate vote on whether to override a 2007 veto by Gov. Jim Gibbons.
President Barack Obama came under fire from politicians and Las Vegas boosters after taking a shot at corporate excess and Sin City.
Here’s the latest The End Times are Nigh story to make the rounds.
Global warming alarmists cheered wildly Monday when NV Energy, the state’s largest electric utility, announced it would postpone the development of a long-planned, $5 billion coal-fired power plant in Ely.
The mailbag being nearly full, and your loyal correspondent, thanks to a sinus headache, having been shuffling around this past week like the archetypal Vulcan in the old “Spock’s Brain” Star Trek episode (third season, original series), herewith some recent missives of interest:
Former President Bill Clinton rambled so much last Saturday night in a speech to the Virginia State Democratic Convention that just about anyone could cite his remarks as supportive of their position on this stimulus dispute.
It’s been an uphill battle for several years now, but another effort is being made by champions of a free press to pass a federal shield law, which would protect journalists from being forced to reveal their sources.
Dined with two savvy Nevadans recently — one Democrat and one Republican. This husband and wife couple could not be more hooked into the economic, political and social issues facing Las Vegas and the state.
In the high-stakes poker game that is the 2009 Legislature, Republican Bill Raggio has laid down his cards. No raise. No call.
Into the great pity party for poverty-stricken Clark County schools comes this bit of sobering news: the district has been lavishing overtime pay without limitation.