Katherine Knott interviewed students at Faith Lutheran High School.
WHATEVER MOVES YOU: With new technologies for smart phones, sports bettors in Nevada can skip the trip to the casino sports book and wager from their couches.
THEY’VE GOT PULL: Las Vegas-based Quality Towing has gone beyond helping stranded local drivers. The company also helped pull cars from danger in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and in Boston and Chicago after severe snowstorms this year.
EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT: CB Richard Ellis Las Vegas managing director John Guedry describes the thrill of bicycling and the satisfaction of coaching youth football.
THIS WEEK’S BUSINESS PRESS POLL QUESTION
New Jersey’s governor vetoed a bill to make his state the first to legalize online gambling. Nevada gamblers can bet remotely only by setting up an account at a casino and downloading software to a home computer or phone app or by using a pager.
Should online gambling be legal?
Answer at www.lvbusinesspress.com/poll
Polling closes at noon March 16.
Dennis Kessler walked into a supermarket wearing his old firefighter T-shirt from St. Paul, Minn., and drew a scornful glare from a woman. She asked him if he was one of the sick leave abusers.
More than 800 people vied for the chance to be among the winners at the Gold Coast’s $60,000 Bingo Extravaganza recently. Such events have become major draws for locals casinos.
As traditional tourists become scarcer in Las Vegas, a growing number of local hotels and motel chains are seeking salvation in a most unlikely business model: hostels.
Bree Farley had the crowning moment with a turnaround with less than a second left, lifting Fresno State to a 78-76 win over the Lady Techsters in the Western Athletic Conference title game.
Success stories such as Meg Crandy’s are the reason why Gov. Brian Sandoval’s proposed cutbacks to state programs to help autistic children are being met with dismay by parents of children with special needs.