Cynthia Stone is a 53-year-old grandmother who is trying to leave everything behind in Las Vegas. She wants to leave behind unemployment, which came to her after 24 years in the health care field, and a 2007 home foreclosure. Staring at dead ends, she says she's ready to move on.
Local experts say Nevada probably won’t be legalizing same-sex marriage any time soon, following recent decisions affirming gay marriage in Iowa and Vermont, but the emerging trend could help turn public sentiment here.
Homeless people who struggle the most with disabilities and addictions are remaining on the streets, while many others are successfully entering transitional housing.
A new cancer drug studied in clinical trials by a Nevada Cancer Institute doctor has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Nevada Cancer Institute was one of the sites that tested this new drug on four Las Vegas patients.
Pastor Dave Krueger-Duncan has performed one legal marriage in the seven years he has been a religious leader in Las Vegas. That was on July 18, 2008, for Julie Liebo and Charlotte Morgan, members of his Northwest Community Church. The Christian congregation is “open and affirming” to gay and lesbian couples. Morgan said that means “our church is way beyond acceptance. Richard Ziser, chairman of the advocacy group Nevada Concerned Citizens, supported Prop 8 in California. He’s also opposed to recent state legislation, introduced by Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, that would give domestic partners the same rights as spouses.
Hundreds of black and orange Painted Lady butterflies released into the sky Saturday afternoon at a northwest Las Vegas Valley park were a symbolic tribute to lost loved ones.
Tea will be on the menu at Sun City Summerlin Art Club's 17th Annual Art Show, with the theme "Teahouse of the April Moon." The show will also feature more than 100 works by local artists Saturday and Sunday.
The Las Vegas Art Museum may be closed, but that hasn't kept local art lovers from organizing a grassroots fundraiser. It all started with the desire to start a charity art show, said interior designer Alice O'Keefe, who is also an amateur painter. She sold several of her acrylic paintings at the Thursday evening show.
If renewable energy is the wave of the future, then the city needs to get on board by changing some of its codes, says Terry Buis, a small business owner. He would like to install a 42-foot wind turbine at his business, Sun Valley Automotive, 4553 N. Rancho Drive. The problem: His city lot is 1 1/2 acres. According to city code, wind turbines are only allowed on residential farms two acres or larger.
