Zions Bancorporation, the Salt Lake City-based holding company for Nevada State Bank, on Thursday reported third-quarter profits shrank by 75 percent as it battened down the hatches for the continuing credit storm.
The housing outlook continues to be bleak for Las Vegas, with lagging new-home sales and falling prices, but existing-home sales topped 3,000 for the third straight month, Home Builders Research reported Thursday.
By LAWRENCE MOWER
/ RJ
Authorities have named the grandfather of 6-year-old Cole Puffinburger as a “person of interest” in their investigation into the boy’s kidnapping and are asking the public to help find him, Las Vegas police said today.

