Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California may be named for a tree you can see closer to home, but it also offers some other attractions worth the 200-mile drive from Las Vegas.
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Question: I have planter boxes that get hours of direct sun. I’ve tried everything from corn to edamame, grapes, peppers, tomatillo and many others. I have even put up shading, but either there is too much sun or maybe I overwater. I’d like to start now and get a jump on summer.
CITY SEEKS PROPOSALS FOR ART EXHIBITIONS
This year, the Summerlin Half Marathon will benefit the Southern Nevada 0ffice of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. To help people train for the 13.1-mile event, Summerlin Half Marathon is hosting the Team In Training program.
Air Force Airman Michael J. Ocampo graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio. Ocampo is the son of Edna Contreras of Las Vegas. He is a 2007 graduate of Sierra Vista High School.
View Neighborhood News readers send photos of their pets and everday lives, and View features photos of pets ready for adoption each week. To submit a photo, email View copy editor Anne King at aking@viewnews.com or mail to Viewpoints, 1111 W. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas, NV 89125. Photos cannot be returned, and due to the high volume, they are often scheduled a month or two in advance.
A federal judge in Louisiana has scheduled a hearing Feb. 19 on motions to dismiss the indictment against a man who was declared dead in Mississippi in 1994, but surfaced in 2010 as a suspect in the deaths of his Las Vegas girlfriend and her daughter.
Thursday’s record-breaking high and gusty winds should give way to cooler temperatures and light breezes today after a cold front settled on the Las Vegas Valley.
Las Vegas police asked the public for help Thursday in finding a man involved in two bank robberies in January.
Wynn Resorts Ltd., the casino company that expects to open its Wynn Palace resort on Macau’s Cotai Strip during the first half of 2016, reported fourth-quarter earnings Thursday that easily beat analyst expectations. And the company’s revenues from its two Macau casinos increased by double-digits.
Five years into the economic recovery, Nevadans’ personal finances have improved slightly but remain among the worst in the country, according to a new report released Thursday.
In pitching a $390 million publicly subsidized arena to the Las Vegas City Council last week, developer David Cordish sold it as a venue mostly for locals as well as a shot-in-the-arm for downtown redevelopment. If Cordish’s description is accurate, his project would be incompatible with the city’s plan to pay for it.
Two former Las Vegas constable officers have settled their lawsuit against Constable John Bonaventura and Clark County for $415,000, settlement records show.
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