When Nevada learned it would get $37 million in federal stimulus to help low-income households cut energy costs, state officials zeroed in on expanding existing and largely successful weatherization programs. But things haven’t gone exactly to plan.
Fighting over allocation of the money has delayed distribution of the funds that would be used to lower residential utility bills and create hundreds of weatherization jobs for contractors.
On Friday, Clark County officials dedicated a 112-acre addition to the 2,900-acre Wetlands Park, which is located at the east end of Tropicana Avenue.
The project’s $2.5 million in building and design costs were paid by government agencies and private developers who disrupted or destroyed wetlands in their construction efforts, said Elsie Sellars, Wetlands Park coordinator.
“If they disturbed an acre of wetland, they had to purchase an acre in the park,” she said, adding that each damaged acre amounted to $141,000.
Bruce Mahavong’s left arm was still in a sling a month after being shot.
BUENA PARK, Calif. — Hours before she died, former model Jasmine Fiore was chatting on her cell phone with an ex-boyfriend, a conversation that police say threw her reality contestant husband into a jealous rage.
A town hall meeting without tea bag tossing and rifle-toting protesters makes for a sedate event, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., proved Friday.
Amid another round of deep cutbacks at KVBC-TV, Channel 3, there’s growing speculation that new boss Bob Stoldal might be pursuing investigative reporter George Knapp of rival KLAS-TV, Channel 8.
When you’re running for governor, you don’t want controversial photos from the past suddenly emerging to haunt you.
Tucked within the Clark County firefighters’ labor contract is a lesser-known perk that underscores the union’s hard bargaining in prosperous times: tuition reimbursement.
LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s death was a homicide caused primarily by the powerful anesthetic propofol and another sedative, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office announced Friday.
A Henderson teen charged with killing her newborn son this week faced an investigation in 2006 after dumping her stillborn infant in a trash bin at The Mirage, Las Vegas police said.
A jury late Friday found a California man guilty of murder for beating to death a 91-year-old cancer survivor and her grandson with a claw hammer.
An article in Wednesday’s Review-Journal mischaracterized the votes needed to approve a road-widening contract. Under state law, at least four Clark County commissioners must vote in favor of an action to ratify it, even if two commissioners on the seven-member board don’t participate.
The Clark County district attorney’s office will seek the death penalty against two men accused of first-degree murder in separate cases.
UNLV’s Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, whose controversial hate crimes policy angered many faculty, is no longer serving in the post.
Fears of a possible terrorist attack in Las Vegas had spread quickly after a bomb exploded on the rooftop of the Luxor parking garage in May 2007.
NEW YORK — DJ AM, the sought-after disc jockey who became a celebrity in his own right and was a regular at Las Vegas clubs, was found dead Friday in his apartment. He had a history of drug problems.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s poll numbers are in the tank, which imperils not only his political career, but the ultra-progressive agenda the Democratic Party is trying to ram down Americans’ throats.
Casino industry stockholders who collectively lost millions of dollars in investments when Wall Street tanked over the last 18 months are asking the courts to remedy their losses.
After missing Monday’s trade-in deadline, Las Vegas hotel worker Stuart Michaels is wondering if the government might reinstate the “Cash for Clunkers” incentive package that stimulated nearly 700,000 new-car sales in the last five weeks.
If you use the World Wide Web you know Google, Yahoo and most likely Bing. You may also be familiar with AOL, Ask, AltaVista, Dogpile and any of a handful of other search engines. Most users typically find what works for them and stick with it.
‘Tis the season for quirky economic data, from unprecedented drops in state taxable sales to an unusual national pairing of flat incomes and rising consumer spending.
In the shadow of the casino he started his career in Las Vegas decades ago, Station Casinos founder Frank Fertitta Jr. was remembered today as a humble family man driven by faith and dedication to community.
Hundreds of family members and friends came out today to remember him at a Roman Catholic funeral Mass celebrated at the Shrine of the Most Holy Redeemer on Reno Avenue, near Tropicana Avenue and the Strip. The gaming executive, 70, died Aug. 21.
