he spotted it in the distance, capped in snow, and it called to mind his trip to Masada. He thought about the barrenness of the arid mountain, and how several years earlier he had stood at its foot and inspected the parched landscape, the most desolate landscape in the world, the desert that resembled the face of the moon, and felt in his bones and all his veins the anguish of those beseiged on Masada, who for nine months watched the Romans build, bit by bit, the embankments that signaled their deaths to come. Their eyes perceived the inevitable, but they could no longer flee, so they committed suicide-in the biting brilliance spraying from the Dead Sea at the foot of the mountain.central valley post office was not a threat.

Suspicious package found at central Las Vegas post office

Police evacuated the area around the Garside Station post office early Monday morning near Oakey and Decatur boulevards.

With husband's passing, family in limbo for workers' comp claim

Meredith Tracy's husand, Russell Tracy, died more than a year ago on his first day working for a new company when he fell 22 feet into a manhole that was not properly safeguarded. His employer was fined $82,000 in penalties for unsafe practices, but the company has denied her workers' compensation claim, leaving her with no compensation since the death. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae

With husband's passing, family in limbo for workers' comp claim

Meredith Tracy's husand, Russell Tracy, died more than a year ago on his