Amtrak pulled out of Las Vegas back in 2001 due to budget constraints. But the government-run rail line obviously has no qualms about losing money elsewhere.
Some parents of students at Green Valley High School in Henderson are seeking a preliminary injunction in District Court that would cancel scheduled performances of the plays “Rent” and “The Laramie Project” — two plays with homosexual characters and the theme of tolerance.
Large-curd cottage cheese: Seems like such a simple thing. But after a request from Chuck Neverovich appeared in this column, Lois Kupec e-mailed that she searched for it for a few years before finding the house Great Value brand at Wal-Mart Supercenters and Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets.
Jean and Bill Downs, recent retirees from Boston, dreamed of opening a seafood restaurant so they could eat and serve the East Coast food they missed: lobster rolls, whole-belly fried clams, scallops and more.
The dry-ice-in-the-punch idea may have been around for more than a few years, but for kids, it apparently never gets old. In fact, there’s one thing to keep in mind for slaking the thirsts of young trick-or-treaters: the spookier and creepier, the better.
I had a sense of dread during the opening moments of Signature Productions’ “The King and I.”
Aloha Kitchen, 2605 S. Decatur Blvd., received 20 demerits Oct. 14. Violations included no sanitizer in dish machine. GRADE: B
The sour economy and a massive impairment charge caused casino giant Harrah’s Entertainment to report a net loss of more than $1 billion in the third quarter, the company said Tuesday.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. said its net income declined 33 percent in the third quarter, causing the company’s stock price to fall 11 percent Tuesday.
NEW YORK — Home prices rose in August for the third straight month, a rapid pace of recovery that surprised economists and raised questions about how long the trend can last.
Boyd Gaming Corp. has put the brakes on its $4.8 billion Echelon project for at least three to five years. But the casino operator has an idea of how to spend the money it raised for the Strip development: acquire a large chunk of Station Casinos out of bankruptcy.
Some of the homebuyers at the Cosmopolitan are getting their money back.
The top executive at Citigroup met with 1,700 workers at its bank credit card processing center in Las Vegas on Tuesday morning to show the company’s commitment to its local operations, outline the company’s progress and hear from workers.
