Local Las Vegas
Las Vegas-based bakery Cupkates plans to donate 50 percent of its profits from all specialty cupcake bouquet orders placed by Thursday to the American Red Cross to support the relief effort for Japanese tsunami victims.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ campus radio station, KUNV 91.5 FM, plans to celebrate its 30th anniversary Friday at Greenspun Hall, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway.
The Las Vegas economy had limped along for several years, causing civic leaders to wonder when, or if, better days were ahead.
Residents and business owners who want a say in how Nevada will enact provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have a chance to speak up several times in the coming weeks.
Retired Army Col. Bill Olds knows how Col. Moammar Gadhafi operates. After all, the Libyan tyrant put a $500,000 bounty on his head after Olds led Egyptian forces in the capture of Libyan hijackers in 1985.
Holly Madison is the readers’ pick for Favorite Female Las Vegan in the 30th annual Best of Las Vegas poll, which was conducted by the Review-Journal.
Passengers flying on Alaska Airlines are advised to check the status of their flight before heading to the airport as a system-wide computer outage has caused delays and cancellations on both Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air.
A 7-year-old Henderson girl who went missing from her father’s apartment early Saturday was found safe in Barstow, Calif., shortly after the Henderson Police Department issued an Amber Alert on Saturday afternoon.