A bill that would preserve Gold Butte has opened up a debate about conservation and community valuesNancy Hall is unfazed by the rattling, the shaking, the jarring, the relentless kabump-kachunk-kabump that is turning her dusty Toyota Tacoma into some demonic carnival ride on this Saturday morning. If you were sitting next to her as she navigates this merciless Gold Butte back road, you’d marvel, too — because look at you: You’re instinctively gripping the seat, the arm rest, the oh-Jesus handle — anything — while also clenching your jaw lest your molars fly out of your mouth.

The discomfort: He loves to show off his (bad) taste in music. The zone: Can he complete a DJ set without being booed off the stage? I’ve always harbored this fantasy of just blowing people away with my music.

I think this old comic book of mine is worth a million dollars! Where can I get it appraised? Before you go rummaging through your attic for X-Men #1, take a deep breath and consider getting your four-color treasures signed and graded to ensure their value. (Grading involves evaluating the condition of and sealing the book in a protective cover.

Q: What the heck is this? A: It's The Answers Issue. Q: The Answers Issue? A: Yes! It's a rich, chunky stew of often-asked questions about life in Southern Nevada - from how to grow your own food in the desert to what's really going on at Area 51.

Please install plug-in Yet another Tony Hsieh downtown initiative: a web hub for stories about — and resources for — reviving the city core There’s a new, soft-launched website covering the downtown Las Vegas business and cultural renaissance. Called the Downtown Project (www.

The giving trees The holidays aren’t officially over until that final ritual: Hauling the desiccated husk of what was formerly your Christmas tree curbside for trash pickup, no doubt leaving behind a splintery trail of pine needles to rival the typical forest floor. Time to switch up the ritual and recycle that bad boy instead.

Destination known Bluegrass, bazaars and the (actual!) London Bridge The crisp, clear weather of the wintertime desert beckons road trippers all season long. Drive this 485-mile loop on the third weekend in January, and you can enjoy bluegrass music and a legendary RV encampment, in addition to all the glorious vistas and natural wonders.

The Brazilian steakhouse piles on the protein without cutting corners I don’t want to like the Brazilian steakhouse restaurant concept. It’s not really a steakhouse at all, because the process at a steakhouse is to sit, drink, choose your favorite cut and pair it with a potato, and then get down to business.

In December’s whirlwind of holiday parties, the weirdest thing kept happening, the kind of thing that trips your neck hairs and makes you think some sort of cosmic convergence is afoot. (Or maybe it was just the champagne cocktails that I was, unwisely, drinking from a goblet the size of a toaster oven.

Nevada's higher ed system sets its sights on non-traditional students who dropped out when they were almost done Giving up college within 30 credit hours of graduation might make some people feel like quitters, but to the Nevada System of Higher Education, the thousands of people in this situation represent a gold mine of potential for upping the education level of the state’s populace. This fall, the Nevada System of Higher Education started a program enthusiastically dubbed “Don’t Wait, Graduate!” It’s designed specifically to lure non-traditional students, who’ve earned a majority of the credits they need to graduate, back to school to finish their associate’s or bachelor’s degrees.