State and local leaders have spent a quarter century fighting the plan to make Nevada the dumping ground for the nation’s highest-level nuclear waste. But even as the Yucca Mountain repository site turns into a virtual ghost town, proponents of the project vow not to let thousands of job opportunities slip away.
WASHINGTON — The House passed a pair of bills last week containing tax breaks for small-business owners and a new fund to encourage banks to lend them money.
Holly Stoberski, an animal welfare advocate, was speaking to Clark County commissioners about refining local codes on pet ownership.
Grand jury transcripts released last week paint Dr. Dipak Desai as a man who came to Las Vegas with nothing but ended up building a lucrative medical empire thanks to an obsession with money.
Aside from local television commercials that end with, say, a small child squealing “Daddy’s baby girwell,” perhaps the most annoying advertisements are aired by ticket-fixing businesses that seem to inundate this community.
YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. — Bill Warner is hardly naive. He ran his own engineering firm for three decades, and sold the assets just before the economy tanked. He built his dream home on a hill abutting a national park, back when the housing market was steady.
The story of how Frank Sinatra’s only Academy Award ended up in a Las Vegas restaurant speaks to the persuasive powers of Steve Wynn.
Brett Wallace had a home run and three RBIs on Saturday night to lead the 51s to a 7-2 Pacific Coast League win over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in Colorado Springs, Colo.
IRENE, South Africa — The U.S. is moving on, with no way to appeal the disallowed goal that would have given the Americans a lead in their 2-2 World Cup tie against Slovenia.
