- New recycling facility doubles region’s ability to divert trash from landfill
- Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015
- Slowly but surely over the years, Southern Nevadans have learned to recycle much of their trash, to the point where the region’s primary waste disposal company, Republic Services, couldn’t handle it all and had to send recyclables to its desert landfill instead. The company has now caught up ...
- Summer camp fund helps kids escape stress
- Sunday, May 24, 2015
- Ask about his first summer camp and Victor Diaz starts talking about food. Lots of food. He was 10 years old, in fifth grade, and was forging an unforgettable memory of spending a week in the mountains. This summer, he is heading back into the mountains — as a 52-year-old — to watch over some 50 Las Vegas children ages 8 to 14 who are about to experience their first camp. They are one of several groups of local adolescents and teenagers who, thanks to the support of Sun readers, have been selected to ...
- Bee competitors leave us spellbound
- Sunday, March 8, 2015
- Nevada’s 36 best middle-school spellers will gather at 10 a.m. March 14 at Bishop Gorman High School to determine who will represent the state at the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., in May ...
- Unlimited vacation? Some companies letting workers come and go as needed
- Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015
- But "a lot of people like having actual allotted vacation time so you don’t have to guess what’s OK to take," said an HR exec with a prominent Las Vegas company ...
- In today’s other big game, Las Vegas player sure to lick opponents
- Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015
- It’s the 11th annual "Puppy Bowl," when 50-some immature canines from shelters and rescue organizations across the country trump the billion-dollar NFL with their own brand of frolicking, frisky cuteness, held in check ...
- Prayers for the new year
- Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014
- Faith leaders offer their hopes for Las Vegas in the new year.
- Trying to pick out that perfect holiday card for clients
- Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014
- Do you order custom cards that show your logo and maybe a photo of key personnel — or the entire office in Santa hats? Do you purchase cards off the shelf or from your stationery supplier? Or — and this alternative can win you praise or ridicule — do you blast out e-cards?
- It’s party time at the office
- Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014
- With holiday season approaching, companies share ideas about how to throw an appropriate celebration ...
- Facing a crunch, new plant will double Southern Nevada’s recycling capacity
- Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014
- One of the challenges in building momentum for recycling in Southern Nevada has been a chokepoint at the receiving end of all those milk cartons, pizza boxes and ...
- Help wanted: Good worker for fun-sounding job
- Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014
- Despite the swagger that a great job title can bring at a high school reunion, a local team manager said recruiters aren’t impressed by titles.
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