To simply call “Spittin’” Jerry Kaczmarek one of the best to ever play a now-vanished type of pinball game known as a bingo machine is to do him a disservice, he says.
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A brush fire outside of Laughlin was about 75 percent contained Monday evening.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner at Burning Man is served with a side of playa dust that covers cars and clothing and finds its way into places where the sun doesn’t shine.
A Nevada Army National Guard unit is headed to Afghanistan, the first of five Guard units set to deploy in coming months.
The Clark County Fire Department joined the Nevada Division of Forestry and other local agencies to combat a brush fire near the Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area outside of Laughlin.
Landscaped medians, new sidewalks, curbs and gutters, pedestrian crossings and more will be added to a stretch of Boulder City Parkway.
The 37-member Las Vegas Romance Writers group — which celebrated its 25th anniversary last year — helps writers working on a romance novel or other genres of fiction.
Firefighters had the blaze under control within 30 minutes.
Local groups from Moms Demand Action hosted the rally at the East Las Vegas Community Center, to urge U.S. senators to pass gun control legislation in light of recent mass shootings.
A 56-year-old man last seen Thursday near Koval Lane and Flamingo Road has been found safe, the Metropolitan Police Department said Saturday night.
Officers were called about 8 p.m. Saturday after a man in a wheelchair was struck by a truck in the southwest Las Vegas Valley, the Metropolitan Police Department said. He is expected to survive.
For a third year, the Henderson Animal Care and Control Facility is participating in the nationwide Clear the Shelters adoption drive. The Henderson facility will also hold the event Sunday.
Clark County is offering free law classes between September and December at the Law Library on Third Street.
Peter Pellegrino has lived in Las Vegas for five years, and the recent uptick in liter has inspired him to organize Help Clean Up Nelson’s Landing.
Somewhat tender plants like roses and crape myrtle can handle the intense desert heat and sunlight if they are growing in soil amended with organics and the soil is covered with mulch that rots or decomposes. Roses and crape myrtle will struggle after a few years when planted in soils covered by rock
