Though U.S. Highway 93 no longer runs across the top of Hoover Dam, visitation has held steady since the O’Callaghan-Tillman Bridge opened Oct. 19. Officials at the dam are reporting a dip in tour attendance but a jump in parking garage revenue, suggesting Hoover Dam continues to be a draw, if mostly as a stunning vantage point to check out the bypass bridge.
The closing stretch looks a lot like the opening turn in the race for Nevada governor, with Republican Brian Sandoval holding a big lead over Democrat Rory Reid.
Top Fuel dragsters and Nitro Funny Cars make the most noise at drag races with their 8,000-horsepower, supercharged engines. They capture the most attention at NHRA national tour events such as this weekend’s NHRA Las Vegas Nationals.
First-year College of Southern Nevada baseball coach Chris Sheff is the subject of an in-house investigation regarding allegations that include whether players were inappropriately charged for a mandatory conditioning program.
Local commercial real estate professionals from Commercial Alliance Las Vegas joined volunteers from nearby Sunrise Baptist Church to clean up trash and remove graffiti at Winterwood Park on the east side of Las Vegas Oct. 23.
John Ritter (center), CEO and chairman of the board for Focus Property Group, developer of the Mountain’s Edge master plan, was joined by U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, Clark County Commissioners Susan Brager and Steve Sisolak (all flanking Reid), and students from the community’s Carolyn S. Reedom and William V. Wright elementary schools to plant the cornerstone tree Wednesday at the new Nathaniel Jones Park, which will be completed in fall 2011. The event also celebrated the first-phase funding of the Mountain’s Edge Regional Park, which Reid, Titus, Brager and Sisolak helped secure.
