One in 10 locals were looking for work in January as Nevada’s jobless rate surged to a 25-year high, and even major resort openings at the end of 2008 couldn’t reverse a yearlong slide in hospitality employment.
CARSON CITY — Proponents of a renters’ rights measure said Friday that landlords in Nevada can move too quickly against slow-paying tenants, and lawmakers should change that by allowing more time for renters to catch up on what they owe.
In Wednesday’s Las Vegas Review-Journal, a correction that concerned the status of Dr. Paul Cutarelli’s medical license should have referred to a Review-Journal article that ran Dec. 17 instead of a Feb. 22 article. A district judge ordered reinstatement of Cutarelli’s license on Dec. 16.
The Culinary union will challenge the decision to keep two ballot measures off of the June 2 Las Vegas municipal election ballot, a spokesman said.
After his murder conviction was overturned last year, Geovanny Torres hoped a second jury would find him innocent in the 1996 shooting death of a man outside a Las Vegas restaurant.
Church music director Danny Gokey, a man on a mission since his wife died in July after heart surgery, is a narrow favorite to win the eighth season of “American Idol” over pixie-sized Alexis Grace, according to a Las Vegas oddsmaker.
We thought the 2009 Legislature might be too busy figuring how to cut and pay for state operations to meddle in local government affairs. But state Sen. Mike Schneider, D-Las Vegas, apparently has enough time on his hands to visit Clark County’s graveyard of deceased policy ideas and dig up a fresh corpse.
The Kindle 2 is closer to becoming the iPod of reading, but there’s still plenty of room for improvement. The latest rendition of Amazon.com’s electronic reader is faster and easier to use than the original, but I’ll wait a while before buying one.
Regional casino operator Pinnacle Entertainment reported a fourth-quarter net loss Friday, but the figure had nothing to do with the company’s casino operations.
CARSON CITY — The chairman of a key Senate panel said Friday that a network of power transmission lines is a key factor in development of renewable energy in Nevada — a step that will help the state emerge as a leader in alternative energy production.
Construction has stopped on a portion of the Cosmopolitan’s west tower while some floors go through a redesign, sources familiar with the project said.
San Diego State pulled away in the second half to defeat visiting UNLV 57-46 tonight in the regular-season finale for both teams. UNLV led at the half, 25-24.
The Rebels (21-9, 9-7 Mountain West Conference) and Aztecs (21-8, 11-5) will meet again at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the MWC tournament quarterfinals at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Aztecs are the No. 4 seed and the Rebels are No. 5.
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