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Boats roll on Strip to protest Lake Mead closure

Tourists stared and pointed, phones were fished out of pockets and purses and drivers laid on their horns as several dozen boats rolled along the Strip early Sunday evening.

Federal program for needy Nevada mothers, children continues during shutdown

A federally funded program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, assists low-income pregnant women, mothers and children under age 5. WIC programs across the nation face uncertainty in the wake of the federal government shutdown.

Walking for a Cause

One Drop, established by Cirque du Soleil’s Guy Lalibert, is a global initiative to develop innovative water access and management projects in rural regions of the world. Several hundred participants began their 5.6 mile walk at the South Point hotel-casino and ended at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino.

Hundreds of open container citations dismissed in Las Vegas

More than 1,300 open container violations have been tossed from the Municipal Court system after Las Vegas city officials decided the citations didn’t contain enough information to support prosecution.

In Vegas, clubbing almost as popular as gambling

The cannon at the Flutter Fetti booth near the front of the gambling trade show in Las Vegas last week delivered regular bursts of metallic and crepe paper cutouts, shooting them to the ceiling in big booms and carpeting the floor with shimmering hearts, stars and circles. The glittery mess outshone the slot machines and online poker touchscreens in more ways than one.

New Drop-In Center offers aid to the mentally ill

Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services on Friday afternoon held an open house at its new Drop-In Center near Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas. Gov. Brian Sandoval and Sen. Joe Hardy, R-Boulder City, attended the event.

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