Gifted and Talented Education students at Hoggard Elementary School spent the past two years creating a museum in an unused classroom. It is home to nine exhibits featuring rocks, fossils, the Las Vegas Wash, Mark Twain, antiques, Native Americans, Hoover Dam, mining and the Nevada Test Site.
Although the Las Vegas Valley is relatively young, some history already has been lost. Such is the case with Owens Avenue.
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Learn more about book signings, author visits and literary events in Las Vegas.
“Go the F**k to Sleep” certainly looks like a children’s book with lush illustrations. The soft cadence of the poem brings to mind the most beloved of bedtime storybooks. But look again, check your eyes, and you’ll see why you want to keep this book on the highest shelf in your home. Yep, it’s really about as far from a children’s book as any book can be.
There are some unique dishes served at El Chamizal that you don’t find at many Mexican restaurants, including conejo (rabbit), codorniz (quail), barbecue veal and dry deer meat.
A lack of squash development may be due to poor pollination, which is most likely because of cool weather and poor bee activity.
Opened in 1999, the Anthem Country Club offers challenges to every level of player. Played from the championship tees, Anthem achieves a ranking of 72.9 and a slope of 133 and plays to 7,373 yards.
The 2011 Las Vegas Film Festival is planned for July 15-17 at the Las Vegas Hilton, 3000 Paradise Road. It’s the fourth year for the festival and second as one of the only events to screen independent works and honor masters of their craft on a Las Vegas stage.
Abandoned dogs in Las Vegas are finding a second chance at life in Canada. Foreclosed Upon Pets Inc. is shipping small dogs to Vancouver, British Columbia, to help meet a demand there for small dogs.
Drew Mortensen, 18, has achieved Eagle Scout status in the Boy Scouts of America.
The bruising, ugly and underhanded campaign being waged in North Las Vegas Ward 4 by Wade Wagner against his opponent, Councilman Richard Cherchio, has plunged local politics in North Las Vegas to a new low.
I’ve been married almost seven years now to the best father to our children, best provider, hardest worker and nicest guy you will ever meet in your life. We communicate — current events are a big part, nothing any deeper. I love talking to him (actually he does most of the talking). I’ve always been a quiet person, but it works for us; I’m a great listener. We get along great, like best friends. The problem is, we don’t talk about feelings or any of that other mushy stuff, and we hardly ever spend any time together. Never have. Since day one when I met him, I knew he was a closed book in that regard. I didn’t mind. I didn’t really want the intimacy anyway.
