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Wet ’n’ mild: Your guide to Southern Nevada splash pads
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Southern Nevada is dotted with them — miniature water parks that make playing in the outdoors tolerable for children during the summer months. How do they work? Where are they? And how clean is that water your kid might be drinking? ...
Potential for renewable energy soaring at Nellis Air Force Base
Sunday, July 27, 2014
A second solar plant would give it the ability to produce 42 percent of its energy cleanly ...
Climate change skeptics: Global warming exists, but we didn’t cause it
Thursday, July 10, 2014
To anyone who believes that human-caused global warming is seriously damaging the planet, Mandalay Bay was an alternate universe this week. There, at the ninth International Conference on Climate Change...
Ethiopian man sharing his love of the American flag with others
Local business owner will clean your flag for free
Friday, July 4, 2014
Since Flag Day last month, business owner and Ethiopian immigrant Mahamed Youssouf has distributed a free flag to any customer who will take one. So far, he has given away more than 300. He bought 500 and will keep handing them out until ...
Drivers nabbed talking on phone get chance to avoid tickets
Friday, June 27, 2014
Starting on Monday, Las Vegas motorists pulled over by the Nevada Highway Patrol for using their cellphones while driving could have citations dismissed by participating in...
Despite cries of hoax, local doctor still plans to treat 3-year-old dog-mauling victim
Friday, June 27, 2014
A Las Vegas doctor still plans to provide free plastic surgery to a Mississippi girl whose grandmother may have lied about being ejected from a KFC because of the girl’s facial scars.
Analysis finds most Las Vegas tech workers are women
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Las Vegas is the only major technology city where women are a majority of the industry’s workforce, according to a recent analysis. Philadelphia-based RJMetrics examined publicly available data from...
Help wanted: Local students need money to continue their path of community service
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Local high school students Alexander Ray and Sarah Fly could be two of more than 400 students attending a prestigious leadership conference in Chicago later this summer. After recently completing a requisite state seminar, they’re eligible to secure a spot at the same program’s annual World Leadership Congress. There’s just one problem: They can’t afford to go.