Democrat Steven Horsford and Republican Danny Tarkanian, vying for Nevada’s newest congressional seat, mirrored the tone of their sharp-edged campaigns with a debate Thursday that included near constant bickering. It is one of three scheduled for Congressional District 4.
Nevada’s Latinos approve of President Barack Obama’s job performance, disapprove of Republican challenger Mitt Romney’s stance on immigration, and said fixing the country’s lousy economy tops immigration reform as a concern, according to a survey released Thursday. It found that 69 percent of those surveyed favored Obama, while only 15 percent back Romney.
Federal officials confiscated from Clark County five vials of the steroid linked to a national meningitis outbreak, a health official said Thursday.
Federal regulators are slowing the flow of the Colorado River below Hoover Dam after a break in the canal that feeds river water to Arizona’s largest cities.
Downtown Las Vegas looks a lot different today than it did five years ago, and five years from now it will have another 1,000 residential units and an increased employment base of 3,500 to 4,000 people, business executives predicted Thursday at the Golden Nugget.
Rep. Shelley Berkley on Thursday accused her Senate opponent, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, of having an “election year epiphany” in presenting himself as a moderate, including by reaching out to Hispanic voters despite what she calls an anti-immigrant record.
The evolution of tribal gaming since passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act is obvious. Multimillion-dollar resorts dot the landscape in many states, replacing the original bingo halls housed in run-down trailers. The act will turn 25 in October 2013.
The Wet ‘n’ Wild water park brand is returning to Las Vegas, officials said Thursday. The planned park, which had been known as Splash Canyon, is set to open in May. Construction of the $50 million park in southwest Las Vegas is already under way with offsite utilities, roadwork, infrastructure and excavation of the wave pool and other areas.
