Bankrupt Lake Las Vegas is struggling to stay afloat financially, but the development’s owners are worried a break in a pipeline underneath the lake could drain it and sink the community’s financial future.
More than a dozen bills aimed at giving health authorities more power during disease investigations will be considered for submission to the Legislature, a direct result of the hepatitis C outbreak that sent tens of thousands of patients flocking to labs to get tested for blood-borne diseases.
This week readers want to know when the work on Eastern Avenue, from Viking Road to Rochelle Avenue, will be finished, what is going on at Decatur Boulevard at Pebble Road and whether there will be lighting on the Las Vegas Beltway from Flamingo Road to Cheyenne Avenue. And the Road Warrior answers a bonus fourth because that’s how the Road Warrior rolls.
A 29-year-old man accused of killing two men in an alleged rap war between West Coast and Midwest crews was found guilty Tuesday in District Court of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
The primary purpose of Nevada’s sex offender registry is not the ostracization of felons, although the list certainly does that. First and foremost, law enforcement agencies maintain a Web site of convicted, released predators to alert citizens to the identities and whereabouts of those considered most likely to re-offend.
If Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, had been around back in the 1930s, Ovaltine would have been in considerable hot water over its dastardly “Little Orphan Annie shake-up mug.” Chances are earlier generations would have heard little or nothing about Tom Mix eating Hot Ralston in the morning, let alone some cartoon cuckoo bird going “Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.”
Maybe it’s a sign of the tough economic times, but thin little sliders — those miniature sandwiches that evoke memories of White Castle and Krystal and other tiny-burger chains of yore — are threatening to pave Las Vegas with their Lilliputian buns.
For Susie Block, who’s looking for Andersen’s Pea Soup, readers are united in their answer — and it coincidentally fits with my Taste story last week. David Drucker, Penny Reese, Silvia Brunn and Joan Jones all recommended various 99 Cents Only Stores. …
Aliante Golf Clubhouse Restaurant, 3100 W. Elkhorn Road, North Las Vegas, received 18 demerits. July 17. Violations included many unlabeled containers in the walk-in refrigerator. GRADE: B
One of my favorite wines to drink when the temperature is at its hottest is the refreshing Moscato style of wines from Piedmonte, Italy, such as Luccio Rose.
Happy Birthday, Lean Plate Club members! This column marks its seventh year today. Since we can’t blow out the candles together, I’m sending you a gift: a brief roundup of some nutrition tenets and a look ahead at what’s likely to be on your plate in the future.
MGM Mirage Inc. and partner Dubai World have run into delays in securing more than $3 billion in financing for a $9.2 billion Strip casino project, but expect a deal to be done in the coming weeks, an MGM Mirage executive said Tuesday.
CARSON CITY — Nevada’s economy continued to sputter in May as business sales of taxable goods dropped 1.5 percent from May 2007, according to a report released Tuesday by the state Department of Taxation.
The country’s economic downturn hampered efforts to diversify Southern Nevada’s economy in the last year.
Southern Nevada’s economy continued to show signs of decline as nearly every indicator fell from a year ago, the Center for Business and Economic Research reported.
