Local Las Vegas
Stale beer works great as a slug bait. Put out a bowl of day-old beer in the garden, sinking it slightly so they can gain entry and then die a happy death.
Hackberry Canyon is a hidden gem in the southwestern section of the 1.9 million-acre Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah. It is a bit off the beaten path, but those who make the effort will be rewarded with a colorful narrow canyon complete with a perennial stream, flanked by lush vegetation.
Ingrid I. Holm-Garibay was locked up for seven months in 1999 in the North Las Vegas Detention Center for working without the permission of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. While waiting for her political asylum request to be granted, she met Frank Darwin Alexander, an inmate sentenced to double life without parole for a litany of crimes including sending a bomb to the White House with the intent to kill then-President Bill Clinton.
The Clark County School District’s proposed budget reduction of $407 million will eliminate about 1,800 positions in the Las Vegas Valley, more than a thousand of which are teachers. In every case, it’s the new teachers who are the first to go. Principals districtwide expressed the same concern with the system, saying it’s not in the best interest of the kids.
Red Rock Resort, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., is gearing up for its Friday night Red Rock ‘n’ Roll concerts. The resort is bringing top names to the Las Vegas Valley but with tickets prices that are more in tune with today’s economy: $30.
Whether it’s vagrants leaving trash or robbers out to make a score, crime comes with owning or operating a business, and the Metropolitan Police Department is out to help stamp it out. It offers three-hour seminars outlining ways local businesses can be safer.
Las Vegas police have released three videos involving an early Saturday morning altercation between two groups of people that began at a central valley gas station and resulted in the death of a man.
A transformer exploded near CityCenter early Sunday morning, stalling traffic and causing power outages in the area, according to Clark County officials.