Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval spoke confidently Tuesday about balancing the 2011-13 state budget on existing taxes, though figures from the state budget director indicate it might require spending cuts of at least
16 percent.
For three sisters, a family bond formed when they were kids was fortified recently by an unimaginable twist of fate. Each sister has now lost their eldest child to homicide in Las Vegas.
Federal prosecutors are giving former medical consultant Howard Awand another chance to testify before a grand jury investigating fraud by Las Vegas doctors and lawyers. If he again fails to answer questions, prosecutors plan to ask a judge to hold him in contempt.
The U.S. Department of Justice has given Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto’s office a $1.7 million grant to expand services addressing mortgage fraud and vacant-property crimes. Masto’s office will add four investigators and two prosecutors to a mortgage-fraud unit that already has three investigators and three prosecutors.
Facebook Deals has signed Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. and the Palms as initial participants in a new application that lets people find the best deals at local businesses. Tao and Lavo nightclubs in Las Vegas also will add users who check into a participating hotel to a future guest list. Facebook Deals also has piqued the interest of Station Casinos.
Kathy Hickman, corporate director of lifestyles events for Harrah’s Entertainment, travels to the company’s properties across the country quite a lot — which means she eats at the company’s properties quite a lot. But she didn’t think most people were aware of how many good restaurants Harrah’s has nationwide.
Nearly 300 aspiring fighters showed up at the Red Rock Resort on Thursday for an open casting call for Season 13 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” the mixed martial arts reality TV show. Some already had found success in the sport, but saw the open call as their best opportunity to earn the guaranteed UFC contract that comes with winning the season title.
