With the latest class of four inductees to the Nevada Business Hall of Fame, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Business is taking the opportunity to honor one of its own.
Nevada’s top gaming regulator Wednesday called Harrah’s Entertainment’s pending acquisition of Planet Hollywood Resort “beneficial for the state” because it will keep another hotel property from having to possibly file for bankruptcy.
Ameristar Casinos recorded a $63.3 million loss in the fourth quarter after customers had trouble reaching its Indiana casino because of a closed bridge.
: I recently moved into a new house with huge pine trees in front and back. I would like to remove the grass in the yard that surrounds the trees and replace it with rock. Will the pine trees be adversely affected by the rock cover?
For my regular readers, you may remember that I have a list of decorating tips and that around the first of each year I share some of them again. They are basic and never really change that much. Instead of doing a full blown list for you this month, I want to start the new year with some basic steps, or Decorating 101.
Sylvia is a sophisticated young woman who juggles two big jobs: one as a busy lawyer and the other as a single mom to a 2-year-old named Chloe. She and her daughter recently moved from a small condo in the city to a great house in an older, well-established neighborhood. But with most of her time spent working or taking care of Chloe, Sylvia had little time to enjoy her new house, let alone any kind of social life.
The old iron your great-grandmother used to iron her clothes with would not seem to be of much use or value today, but there are many collectors who want irons and other laundry-related collectibles. Prices are determined by age, condition, maker, rarity and appeal.
When it comes to creating the kitchen or bathroom of your dreams, traditional styling continues to gain favor over contemporary looks.
: I have an electric water heater that is not working properly. Quite simply, I’m not getting enough hot water. This started happening recently, so I’ve had to learn to take quick showers. What can I do to fix it?
At an age when most professional athletes have long been retired, 45-year-old Mark Coleman is just learning how to train properly.
Fishing continues to be slow for anglers at Lake Mead, and that has the number of anglers down.
• AGASSI PREP — Girls basketball player Kayla Johnson had a total of 34 points and 24 rebounds in victories over The Meadows and Calvary Chapel. Boys basketball player Quincy Brown had a total of 55 points, 25 rebounds and seven blocked shots in two games.
The economic downturn in America has spared few people. Even team mascots are having their furry noses rubbed in it.
UNLV’s Bobby Hauck called Wednesday’s signing day a football coach’s New Year’s Eve, and he was ready to celebrate.
After attending the annual Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show a couple of weeks back, I can now, with full confidence, predict the future of firearms in America is black.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. finalized a deal Wednesday to fight Sugar Shane Mosley on May 1 in a welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden.
LARAMIE, Wyo. — After a month in which every game was suspenseful for UNLV, junior forward Matt Shaw enjoyed a night that was in no way stressful.
At an NCAA Tournament party inside a South Point ballroom in March, hundreds of college basketball fans gathered for the opening day of games.
They ate (some), drank (a lot) and wagered (even more). They cheered and booed. They shot baskets for prizes. They laughed when Brigham Young lost another first-round game.
Geoffrey Gibson and Alex Turner shared a laugh as Gibson playfully knocked the Stanford cap off Turner’s head Wednesday as the two Bishop Gorman football stars posed for a photo.
The Wranglers entered their 21-day, 10-game trip in mid-January with a head of steam — a 10-game point streak (7-0-3) — and their first over-.500 record of the season.
What a difference a day makes. President Barack Obama went from a hero deserving Nevada’s gratitude to a bum trying to kill Las Vegas’ economy.
Clark County’s trailblazing program to inspect existing casinos for building code compliance has yielded surprising results: thousands of violations found, and yet, not much public resistance from resort owners, who must foot the bill to bring their properties up to code.
MGM Mirage saved a bundle when the county inspected the Monte Carlo hotel because its parent company had already reported, during a 2008 “amnesty,” past remodeling done without permits.
The Las Vegas City Council endorsed a local company’s push for a .vegas Internet domain suffix Wednesday despite protestations from the Greenspun Corp., which has been preparing a similar application.
Debra Porter was in the hotel’s lobby speaking with a friend Wednesday morning when the chaos began. A speeding Pontiac Vibe crashed through the Edgewater Hotel & Casino’s front doors, mowing down patrons and slot machines before finally coming to rest near the cashier’s cage. Las Vegas police said that for unknown reasons, a 70-year-old man crashed the 2007 Vibe through the casino’s entryway about 9:25 a.m., killing two women and injuring seven other people.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in wild lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2 on 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people
Mystery deepens: Monolith outside Vegas may have been in desert for years