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June almanac: On these days in our city’s history …

Updated: Jun 18, 2013 1:53pm
June 1, 1987: Mortgage due on the $140 million U.S. Treasury loan to build Hoover Dam, at 3 percent...
<p>Beekeeper Jose Torres looks for a queen bee. PHOTO: BILL HUGHES</p>

Bees are dying around the world. Queen by queen, Las Vegan Jose Torres is doing his part to rescue them

Jun 12, 2013 4:37pm
BEES IN HIS BLOODJose Torres is a seventh-generation beekeeper. Now in his 40s, he’s...

The perfect tax system! OK, just kidding. But we get as close as possible.

Jun 12, 2013 4:28pm
Taxes. Nobody likes ’em. Everybody pays ’em. You pay when you buy your groceries or Big...

It only took 121 days for lawmakers to ignore tax reform, be good to gays and fawn over the Ghost Rider

Jun 05, 2013 4:00pm
The Nevada Legislature met in 2013, aware that its solemn duty was to address the...

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Five questions about worker safety and Nevada’s OSHA woes

Updated: May 15, 2013 6:17pm
NEVADA AND LAS VEGAS have had a long and not particularly positive history with worker accidents, including death. Last month a worker on a road project in Northwest Las Vegas was crushed and killed...

Thursday night on Las Vegas Boulevard: Scenes from a walk

May 01, 2013 7:22pm
T’S JUST ANOTHER weeknight in Las Vegas, which still makes it crazier than New Year’s Eve in 99 percent of the rest of America. You can watch it swish past from your car windows or you can get slow...
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The tragedy of PTSD: It afflicts vets and others, but help is available

Updated: May 31, 2013 4:34pm
TRAUMA CAN COME from so many sources. It can be delivered by a physical or sexual assault; from a relative or a stranger; it can arrive with the shriek and crash of a vehicle collision. It can arrive...
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The death penalty isn’t a hot issue, but that doesn’t mean it’s not important

Updated: May 01, 2013 6:56pm
Nancy Hart could give you many reasons why she is against the death penalty. It costs too much. It’s inhumane. It brings up the question of constitutionality. Its use seems arbitrary. As the...
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A good defense: Sequester cuts threaten the federal public defender’s office

Updated: May 01, 2013 6:56pm
Fifty years ago, on March 18, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the right of all people, regardless of their economic status, to a legal defense in a criminal proceeding.The landmark Gideon v....

Luz change: A small church with a big downtown impact gets a makeover

Apr 24, 2013 6:15pm
Those who know me would probably agree that I am not a particularly religious man. While I am not a stranger to religious services of various flavors, I am more likely to cite Carl Sagan than the...
<p>Courtesy: FIFTH ELEMENT PHOTO. Makeup and hair by Raven Rex Franco and Melody Rogers, special effects makeup by Josh Brokaw.</p>

Q&A with Mina Kahn, designer and dominatrix

Updated: Apr 25, 2013 5:58pm
MINA KAHN is a designer and dominatrix who brought Las Vegas’ first-ever flash mob fashion show to the Strip. After finding some success last year, participating in fashion and art shows at The...
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A new report confirms what we should already know: The Colorado River is in deep trouble

Updated: Apr 18, 2013 5:09pm
Longtime Las Vegans collect lists. Terrible, horrible lists of ways in which Las Vegas and Nevada are the worst or nearly the worst in every terrible, horrible, dangerous or sad way. Bottom of every...
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How to eat responsibly — and affordably

Apr 17, 2013 11:20pm
WHETHER FOR HEALTH REASONS, environmental concerns or morality, most of us would like to eat more responsibly. Unfortunately, a lot of people think it’s too expensive. Most of us can’t afford to eat...

Farm aid: Home-based food producers stymied by regulations may be helped by cottage food laws in legislature

Apr 17, 2013 11:13pm
While some chefs and restaurateurs seem frustrated by Southern Nevada Health District regulations, the operators of less traditional mom-and-pop food endeavors face their own frustrations. Last...
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