LETTER: Handouts are ruining the nation

If we don’t get back to the idea that one must work for what one has, we are doomed as a country.

US plans emergency action to save sequoias from wildfires

The move to bypass some environmental review could cut years off the normal approval process required to cut smaller trees in national forests and use intentionally lit low-intensity fires to reduce dense brush that has helped fuel raging wildfires that have killed up to 20 percent of all large sequoias over the past two years.

 
5 places helping Las Vegas’ wine scene to branch out

Vegas wine culture has never been as extensive or diverse as Vegas cocktail culture. But these five spots are all worth a visit to swirl, sip and learn more about the grape.

Trump ally Bannon convicted of contempt charges

He faces up to two years in a federal lockup when he’s sentenced. Each count carries a minimum sentence of 30 days in jail.

Las Vegas construction industry facing new normal

With all construction, whether it is residential, multifamily or commercial, we are entering a new normal, and we won’t fully know what that normal is for a few years to come.