Even if you didn’t know this eatery’s name, it wouldn’t take long to guess. The walls and chairs at The Grape are deep purple, the centerpiece is a wine bar serving 100 wines by the glass, and grapes come with many of the dishes.
This year was a roller-coaster ride for wine. In the spring, many new records were set for the world’s finest and rarest, but as we came through the summer and into fall, it all came tumbling down. Although prices have dropped, they are still higher than they were a few years ago.
A company with relationships with OneCap Mortgage, a troubled hard-money lender, has filed for bankruptcy protection, leaving investors mystified.
The possible passage of a new federal law next year has opponents scrambling to tighten state constitutions, including Nevada’s.
The electric utility serving Las Vegas is preparing to consider its first investment in a geothermal power project in Northern Nevada, using a method just approved by state regulators.
An investment group that had once envisioned building an Elvis-themed resort on 18 acres across from CityCenter may be on the verge of losing the land.
When mobile phone users of Sprint Nextel call friends and family from the Strip on New Year’s Eve, they can thank a couple of COWs if their calls go through.
They gathered to say goodbye and good riddance to 2008, to consign a gloomy year to drunken oblivion and stumble into 2009 with hope for better times ahead.
“Get rid of it!” said Afton Burdick, a 23-year-old visitor to downtown’s Fremont Street Experience in a leopard-print dress. “It was a long, sucky year.”
Burdick and her husband, Jacob, both stationed at Washington state’s Whidbey Island with the Navy, were celebrating his 21st birthday — and the end of a grueling 2008.
An estimated 291,000 tourists rang in the new year in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, up from last year but down from the visitor count in 2006 thanks to the ever-worsening economy.
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LARAMIE, Wyo. — Brandon Ewing hit five 3-pointers and scored 29 points as Wyoming took a big early lead and held on for a 77-68 victory over UNLV Wednesday night at the Arena-Auditorium.
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Sophomore guard Tre’Von Willis scored 21 points as UNLV ran away from
Colorado State for an 89-70 victory tonight at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Six players scored in double figures for the Rebels (19-6, 7-4 Mountain West Conference). Rene Rougeau finished with 14 points, Oscar Bellfield and
Joe Darger each had 13 and Wink Adams had 10.
