Technicoat owners Bob Coffman and Glen Williams are popular fixtures behind the starting line of NHRA drag races across the country when Kalitta Motorsports race cars are on the track. The Las Vegas businessmen are noted for wearing western hats and known at the races as the “cowboys.”
For the second time, the Nevada Supreme Court has concluded an appeal designed to remove Tea Party candidate Scott Ashjian’s name from the ballot is moot.
The Las Vegas Locomotives intercepted four passes and recovered a Nighthawks fumble to set up a 24-10 victory in Omaha that strengthened their hold on first place in the United Football League. Omaha held Las Vegas to 145 yards of offense, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Locos from improving to a league-best 5-1.
Service1st Bank became the third state-chartered Nevada bank owned by a publicly traded holding company, when Western Liberty Bancorp closed on its $20 million acquisition of the $232 million-asset bank Thursday. All three bank holding companies can raise money on Wall Street to bolster their financial staying power if the recession continues to cause loan defaults and losses at Nevada banks.
A judge issued a decision late Thursday allowing former cocktail waitress Chrissy Mazzeo to go to trial on her battery claim against Gov. Jim Gibbons. The ruling also paved the way for Mazzeo to proceed with her claim that Gibbons, former Sheriff Bill Young and campaign strategist Sig Rogich conspired to unlawfully discredit her after she filed a criminal complaint against the governor.