RENO — A group of American Indians and environmental supporters has asked a federal court to block a big gold mining project they say will desecrate sacred Western Shoshone religious sites in Northern Nevada.
A 48-year-old construction worker was killed Monday while working on the Hoover Dam bypass project site, Federal Highway Administration officials said.
The Internet continues to buzz with reports that Britney Spears will be making a Las Vegas appearance in late December.
As President-elect Barack Obama and his mostly Democratic Congress roll up their sleeves and prepare to employ heavy-handed government mandates to force U.S. consumers to switch to automobiles less dependent on imported oil, it sure would be handy if there had been a large-scale experiment conducted to check and see if such requirements at least work when it comes to their main goal — reducing gasoline use.
Of all the indefensible waste that pours from the halls of Congress, the billions of dollars in annual agricultural handouts emit the foulest stench. Earlier this year, President Bush tried to scale back the giveaways by cutting off wealthy farmers from taxpayer subsidies. Congressional piggies ran roughshod over his insistence on a $200,000 income cap, overriding the president’s veto of a $290 billion pork fest.
Visions of sugarplums may dance in the heads of the children in Clement Clarke Moore’s " ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas," but something tells us Review-Journal readers can do better than sugar-coated prunes.
Bighorn Casino bar, 3016 E. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas, received 14 demerits Nov. 14. Violations included whipped cream held at room temperature. GRADE: B
If the idea of holiday baking has you about as stressed as a General Motors middle manager, take heart: It’s as easy as pie.
Payard Patisserie & Bistro at Caesars Palace isn’t even remotely among the largest restaurants you’ll find on the Strip. And that’s just the point.
State officials should keep $1 million from a discontinued energy program and use the money to give energy-saving assistance to low-income residents, a former Nevada utility regulator argued Tuesday.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday urged Gov. Jim Gibbons to reconsider plans for three coal-fired power plants in the wake of a recent federal regulatory decision.
ATLANTIC CITY — The former owners of the Tropicana Casino and Resort “lacked financial integrity and responsibility, as well as business ability,” and deserved to be stripped of their casino license, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Tuesday.
Station Casinos’ owners are contemplating putting more of their own money into the company to weather the current economic storm.
Nevada’s exports increased 10 percent in the year’s first nine months, as manufacturing, agricultural and mining sold more goods to foreign countries, the Nevada Commission on Economic Development reported Tuesday.
Bankruptcy judge Bruce Markell approved all motions Tuesday to finance completion of the Mira Villa luxury condo project in Summerlin, which left buyers in the lurch when construction was halted in February.
A New York-based hedge fund bought an interest in up to 20 percent of mall giant General Growth Properties Inc. — a company that had a market capitalization of nearly $9 billion as recently as February — for just $9.3 million in cash.
