With all the cones and road work signs throughout the valley, it’s tough to believe there are still streets out there that are in awful shape. This week, quite a few residents share concerns about those roads and ask why they aren’t being repaired. Apparently, stimulus funds will save the day.
Bobby Hauck, who went a remarkable 80-17 in seven seasons at Montana and led the Grizzles to three Football Championship Subdivision national title appearances, was hired Tuesday to be UNLV’s next coach.
An elderly man died in an early morning apartment fire Tuesday, Clark County Fire Department officials said.
If it could be proved that the chief executive officer of a major American corporation — a pharmaceutical firm, say, or an insurance outfit — had delivered hundreds of millions of dollars to the governors of two of the 50 states in exchange for two U.S. senators from those states changing their votes and defeating the proposed federal takeover of America’s medical industry, it’s not too hard to imagine the results: the perpetrator led out of his office in handcuffs by the FBI, front-page indictments and trials, commentators reviling the worst case of public corruption to be seen at such a high level in generations.
Wine: Champagne Heidsieck & Co. Monopole Blue Top Brut
Joan Adams is looking for large and small — but not Minute — tapioca, and readers have several recommendations.
We think it’s safe to say that everyone on your Christmas list has enough gimcracks and geegaws. What they probably long for is a truly usable gift — one they won’t have to dust, but whose taste will linger as a reminder of your good taste (and theirs).
When hotelier Phil Ruffin bought Treasure Island in March, he was impressed enough with Social House to take over the reins from Pure Management Group, opening his own Pan-Asian restaurant in the same space. (Social House plans to reopen at Crystals at CityCenter.)
Abyssinia Restaurant and Market, restaurant, 4780 W. Tropicana Ave., received 28 demerits Dec. 9. Violations included food not cooled by approved methods. GRADE: C
Spurred by low prices and extension of the federal tax credit, existing-home sales in Las Vegas increased 50.8 percent to 3,952 in November, Las Vegas-based Sales- Traq reported Tuesday.
Substandard construction inside Harrah’s Las Vegas, including areas frequented by guests, has been repaired at several sites but still awaits the final inspection that will close the saga of covert remodeling by Harrah’s Entertainment, uncovered two years ago when a terminated hotel electrician took his suspicions to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gary Loveman wants to bring the Caesars Palace brand to Macau as the world’s biggest casino company seeks new markets for growth.
The impact the recession had on the casino industry in 2009 has not been completely accounted for, but by all measures the year will go down as the worst on record.
Follow the link for results and schedules for all of the boys and girls basketball tournaments being held prior to Christmas in Southern Nevada. Results will be updated frequently.
New UNLV football coach Bobby Hauck, unlike predessor Mike Sanford five years ago, did not unveil a list of grand promises at today’s introductory news conference at the Thomas & Mack Center. … Hauck, instead, promised the Rebels would play tough, physical football with an emphasis on detail and doing “things right” as well as generating enthusiasm with his players and in the community, where Hauck said he would be visible.
Follow the link for a list of the Class 4A All-Nevada honorees in football.
