: Just off of my kitchen, I have a built-in desk with some cabinets hanging above it. I thought it would make a nice work area to pay bills, take phone calls, etc. I would like to install some undercabinet lighting. There is an outlet under the cabinets but I don’t want a plug-in light, and I certainly don’t want a cord to show. So, how do I go about installing the light?
When I’m not on the road, I enjoy cooking meals at home. I’m big on using fresh ingredients, yet store-bought “hot house” tomatoes in winter will never compare to the quality and taste of homegrown. Many fruits and vegetables travel about 1,000 miles to get to us. It’s no wonder they’re picked well before maturity and never really develop the taste or nutritional value that only locally grown food can provide.
Friday is Independence Day, a day to celebrate the establishment of a broad spectrum of personal freedoms found in these United States and nowhere else. It’s a day to celebrate the inspiration, the intellect and enlightened vision of our nation’s founding fathers — a day to recognize and give thanks to those who spilled their blood and gave their all to see those freedoms established.
For the first time in the 57-year history of the NHRA, drag races for its two fastest categories will not be contested over a quarter-mile distance.
The days are gone when all that small racetracks needed to the pack the grandstands was close, entertaining racing.
• LAKE MEAD — Fishing action has slowed in the past week, though anglers have been catching striped bass and catfish along the beaches north of Hemenway and in the Vegas Bay arm. Anglers are using cut bait as well as throwing hardware. Boaters also have found success for stripers and catfish while fishing near the tires at Hemenway. One angler reported catching several stripers and a smallmouth bass while casting a jerkbait.
Say you wander down the hall at home this week and one of your little angels somehow has cracked the parental control software on the family computer, where an Internet poker tournament is being staged. Your first instinct might be to hand out a severe punishment, like forcing the child to sit through a taped marathon of UNLV football the past few years.
Almost exactly a year after leaving Las Vegas in the midst of a monster season to play in Japan, slugger Mitch Jones rejoined the 51s in late June. And he hasn’t missed a beat.
Don Chairez‘s campaign for the Nevada Supreme Court is getting some unwanted exposure: Photos of his 21-year-old daughter have surfaced on Playboy.com.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — South Lake Tahoe’s police agency is “a department in crisis” led by a chief who displayed “conduct unbecoming a police officer” during a verbal altercation at a restaurant in 2006, an El Dorado County grand jury said in a report.
Embattled District Judge Elizabeth Halverson will be required to undergo a mental health evaluation if she wants to bring up personal medical conditions during an August hearing before the Nevada Judicial Discipline Commission.
A massage parlor on Paradise Road that was investigated for prostitution lost its license Wednesday, but the stated reason wasn’t the hanky-panky that was reported there.
From T-shirts and wristbands to vibrant Superman floral arrangements, the Man of Steel’s signature logo was a symbol of solidarity for friends and family who gathered at the Davis Funeral Home on Wednesday night to remember Chris Luscombe.
Clark County has written misdemeanor citations against the Meridian Luxury Suites for renting rooms overnight, but year-round dwellers at the near-Strip condo property said it was still welcoming short-term guests on Wednesday.
CARSON CITY — An Aug. 14 hearing will be held to determine whether state Sen. Warren Hardy broke state law by voting on two bills that may have helped his private employer, the state Ethics Commission announced Wednesday.
The concept for a 19-mile toll lane that would weave its way through Las Vegas met little resistance Wednesday from a Legislative Commission subcommittee studying transportation issues.
Travis Koehler and David Snow weren’t thinking about medals and accolades when they jumped into a sewer pit to save a co-worker.
Las Vegas finally has a new ordinance governing wedding chapels following months of legal knots, civil liberties concerns and occasional sniping among chapel owners.
With temperatures soaring in the Las Vegas Valley, animal rights activists remind pet owners to protect their four-legged friends from the heat.
Those seeking the thrills of traditional Fourth of July fireworks could be sadly disappointed this year: Public displays and sales of boxed firecrackers are being canceled or scaled back across the nation, victims of a sluggish economy, wildfire fears and product shortages caused by a warehouse fire in China.
CARSON CITY — Initiative petitions seeking to divert room taxes from the Las Vegas convention authority to state needs, including education, will not be on the November ballot, a Carson City district judge ruled Wednesday
