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Energy Adviser: Tips to save money, stay cozy

November 25, 2023, 6:01am Clark County Life

Some households triple or even quadruple their electricity consumption during the home heating season. But there are several ways to save energy and keep your utility costs down without shivering through the winter. Read story

FILE - A man passes in front of the Dubai Frame in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 29, 2023. Dubai hosts the United Nations COP28 climate talks starting Nov. 30.

President Joe Biden plans to skip U.N. climate talks beginning this week in Dubai

FILE - A man passes in front of the Dubai Frame in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 29, 2023. Dubai hosts the United Nations COP28 climate talks starting Nov. 30.

November 27, 2023, 8:41am Politics

President Joe Biden plans to skip the annual climate talks in Dubai this week, an event that is expected to draw heads of state and diplomats from roughly 200 nations and the Vatican. He has attended twice before. Read story

Energy Adviser: Energy upgrades may earn tax credits

November 11, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

For homeowners wanting to reduce their utility expenses and save on their upcoming federal taxes, now is a great time to start making energy efficiency upgrades on their properties. Read story

Biden will convene his new supply chain council and announce 30 steps to strengthen US logistics

November 27, 2023, 8:37am Business

President Joe Biden on Monday will convene the first meeting of his supply chain resilience council, using the event to announce 30 actions to improve access to medicine and needed economic data and other programs tied to the production and shipment of goods. Read story

Vice President Kamala Harris makes a statement on abortion access at the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington.

Harris heads to Dubai to tackle delicate tasks of talking climate and Israel-Hamas war

Vice President Kamala Harris makes a statement on abortion access at the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington.

December 1, 2023, 8:23am Nation & World

Vice President Kamala Harris will tackle two delicate tasks this weekend in Dubai: She’ll try to demonstrate U.S. environmental leadership despite President Joe Biden ‘s notable absence from an annual summit on climate change and she’ll work to nudge forward fragile efforts to shape the next phase of the war… Read story

Anthony Fauci will testify before Congress on COVID origins and the US pandemic response

November 30, 2023, 8:35am Health

Anthony Fauci, former chief White House medical adviser, is expected to testify before Congress early next year as part of Republicans' yearslong investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the U.S. response to the disease. Read story

After a newly bought Bothell house exploded, experts urge caution

December 1, 2023, 7:32am Business

A large explosion in a Bothell neighborhood this week shocked onlookers not just because it sent a house up in flames and blew out neighboring windows, but because the property’s owners had just spent their first night in the house. Read story

Letter: Trump is not fit for office

November 21, 2023, 6:00am Letters to the Editor

Some loud voices want former President Donald Trump reelected. And why not? Absolutely, let us reelect the only former American president who: Read story

GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley takes selfies with supporters after a campaign event on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, in Bluffton, S.C. Haley is among a cluster of Republican candidates competing for second place in a GOP Republican primary thus far largely dominated by former President Donald Trump.

Nikki Haley wins backing from powerful Koch network as she aims to take on Trump

GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley takes selfies with supporters after a campaign event on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, in Bluffton, S.C. Haley is among a cluster of Republican candidates competing for second place in a GOP Republican primary thus far largely dominated by former President Donald Trump.

November 28, 2023, 1:09pm Nation & World

Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of the powerful Koch network, formally endorsed Nikki Haley's presidential campaign on Tuesday, promising to commit its nationwide coalition of activists — and virtually unlimited funds — to helping Haley defeat former President Donald Trump in the GOP primary contest. Read story

AES Indiana Petersburg Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Petersburg, Ind., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

EPA offers $2B to clean up pollution, develop clean energy in poor and minority communities

AES Indiana Petersburg Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Petersburg, Ind., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua A.

November 21, 2023, 12:23pm Politics

The Biden administration is making $2 billion available to community groups, states and tribes to clean up pollution and develop clean energy in disadvantaged communities in what officials called the largest-ever investment in environmental justice. Read story

Children of Peace Corps Director R. Sargent Shriver join President Lyndon Johnson and first lady Lady Bird Johnson in the inaugural reviewing stand at the White House during the Jan. 20, 1965, parade. From left are Maria, Robert and Timothy Shriver.

Projects provide new insight into Lady Bird Johnson

Children of Peace Corps Director R. Sargent Shriver join President Lyndon Johnson and first lady Lady Bird Johnson in the inaugural reviewing stand at the White House during the Jan. 20, 1965, parade. From left are Maria, Robert and Timothy Shriver.

November 23, 2023, 6:04am Nation & World

Texas college student Jade Emerson found herself entranced as she worked on a podcast about Lady Bird Johnson, listening to hour upon hour of the former first lady recounting everything from her childhood memories to advising her husband in the White House. Read story

Why it’s so tough to reduce unnecessary medical care

November 25, 2023, 6:00am Health

The U.S. spends huge amounts of money on health care that does little or nothing to help patients, and may even harm them. In Colorado, a new analysis shows that the number of tests and treatments conducted for which the risks and costs exceed the benefits has barely budged despite… Read story

FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife former first lady Rosalynn Carter sit together during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary Saturday, July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga. Rosalynn Carter, the 96-year-old former first lady, is in hospice care at home, the Carter Center says.

Rosalynn Carter, 96-year-old former first lady, is in hospice care at home, Carter Center says

FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife former first lady Rosalynn Carter sit together during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary Saturday, July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga. Rosalynn Carter, the 96-year-old former first lady, is in hospice care at home, the Carter Center says.

November 17, 2023, 1:21pm Nation & World

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is in hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia, the Carter Center announced Friday. Read story

Energy Adviser: Energy help for businesses

October 28, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

No matter if it’s a mom-and-pop storefront in a strip mall or a local hub of a multinational enterprise, uncontrolled costs will gnaw away at even the healthiest profit margins of any company. Businesses aren’t the only ones who can be affected by runaway expenses. Schools, cities and even nonprofits… Read story

Shoes sit below signs for zero emissions at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Pressure builds to eliminate fossil fuel use as oil executive, under fire, takes over climate talks

Shoes sit below signs for zero emissions at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

November 30, 2023, 8:01am Business Updated 1 day ago

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pressure to phase out fossil fuels mounted Thursday on the oil company chief who took over fragile international climate negotiations that opened in Dubai amid concerns about what some say is contradictory dual roles. Read story

A black mourning drape over the oil canvas portrait of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, painted by American artist George Augusta in 1984, hangs in the White House, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023 in Washington.

Rosalynn Carter tributes highlight her reach as first lady, humanitarian and small-town Baptist

A black mourning drape over the oil canvas portrait of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, painted by American artist George Augusta in 1984, hangs in the White House, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023 in Washington.

November 27, 2023, 8:42am Latest News

Rosalynn Carter embarked on her final journey Monday to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center as her family began three days of memorials for the former first lady and global humanitarian who died Nov. 19 at the age of 96. Read story

Doug Hamilton has been making this recipe for slow cooked barbecue beans for 30 years, and now he&rsquo;s got it just right.

Franks & beans, elevated: Clark County man’s tried-and-true recipe stands the test of time

Doug Hamilton has been making this recipe for slow cooked barbecue beans for 30 years, and now he&rsquo;s got it just right.

November 22, 2023, 6:06am Clark County Life

After all the fuss and complication of a Thanksgiving feast, a crockpot dinner will seem mighty appealing. November, December and January are peak months for the slow cooker, when something easy yet warming is the perfect pick-me-up for cold, dark nights (or interminable football games). Read story

FILE - Bishop Carlton Pearson speaks at a news conference accompanied by several other clergy members, April 4, 2013, in Chicago. Bishop Carlton Pearson died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023 in hospice care in Tulsa due to cancer according to his agent. He was 70. (AP Photo/M.

Carlton Pearson, founder of Oklahoma megachurch who supported gay rights, dies at age 70

FILE - Bishop Carlton Pearson speaks at a news conference accompanied by several other clergy members, April 4, 2013, in Chicago. Bishop Carlton Pearson died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023 in hospice care in Tulsa due to cancer according to his agent. He was 70. (AP Photo/M.

November 20, 2023, 8:15am Churches & Religion

The founder of a former megachurch in Oklahoma who fell from favor and was branded a heretic after he embraced the idea that there is no hell and supported gay rights has died, his agent said Monday. Read story

Mourners pause at the casket before the funeral service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Plains, Ga. The former first lady died on Nov. 19. She was 96.

Rosalynn Carter’s intimate funeral is held in the town where she and her husband were born

Mourners pause at the casket before the funeral service for former first lady Rosalynn Carter at Maranatha Baptist Church, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Plains, Ga. The former first lady died on Nov. 19. She was 96.

November 29, 2023, 8:22am Latest News Updated 2 days ago

With her frail husband as a silent witness, Rosalynn Carter was celebrated by her family and closest friends Wednesday at her funeral in the same tiny town where she and Jimmy Carter were born, forever their home base as they climbed to the White House and traveled the world for humanitarian causes. Read story

FILE - The warehouse at the Maricopa County Elections Department keeps all the equipment and signage for all the voting precincts in Phoenix, Sept. 8, 2022. Officials at Meta say they have found and disabled a network of thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that were used to spread partisan content in the U.S. The accounts disclosed on Nov. 30, 2023, were designed to look like they were run by everyday Americans. (AP Photo/Ross D.

Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024

FILE - The warehouse at the Maricopa County Elections Department keeps all the equipment and signage for all the voting precincts in Phoenix, Sept. 8, 2022. Officials at Meta say they have found and disabled a network of thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that were used to spread partisan content in the U.S. The accounts disclosed on Nov. 30, 2023, were designed to look like they were run by everyday Americans. (AP Photo/Ross D.

November 30, 2023, 8:02am Politics

Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarizing political content in an apparent effort to divide the U.S. ahead of next year’s elections, Meta said Thursday. Read story