With convention center expansions and new marketing efforts in tourism destinations nationwide, the Nevada Tourism Commission is making sure the state stands out.
When Sen. Dean Heller was elected to a full term last fall, he and Sen. Harry Reid re-established a practice of co-hosting weekly morning get-togethers for Nevadans visiting Washington.
Allow us to provide an abbreviated history of recent efforts to diversify and expand Nevada’s economy beyond tourism, conventions and construction:
It’s only been a year since Joseph Ferreira migrated from south Florida to take the reins of the Nevada Donor Network and recent figures produced by the nonprofit procurement organization already reflect his success.
As the economy inches along in recovery, dreams of greater impact and/or equity may lure you into considering startups for possible employment.
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Southern Nevada’s land market is bouncing back from the downturn, with sales and prices on the rise.
If the nation’s technology workforce was forced to issue a statement about Nevada it might go something like this: “Nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to work there.”
The last day of June didn’t break the record for hottest day in Las Vegas, but it was pretty close — 117 degrees — which tied the record for the official weather site at McCarran International Airport, according to the National Weather Service.
It’s a topic that’s become a part of the national conversation, almost as much as unemployment and same-sex marriage.
One person is dead and three are injured after a two-vehicle accident early Sunday on East Sahara Avenue.
An auto repair shop suffered $250,000 in damages in a fire early Sunday morning, according to Las Vegas Fire Department officials.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Matt Fox (3-2); Rainiers, Brandon Maurer (2-2)
Argentina is nearly 12,000 miles away from China and culturally, the two are several worlds apart. By plane, it takes about 21 hours to travel from Buenos Aires to Beijing.
Gusty, hot winds blew an Arizona blaze out of control Sunday in a forest northwest of Phoenix, overtaking and killing 19 members of an elite fire crew in the deadliest wildfire involving firefighters in the U.S. for at least 30 years.
Nearly 1,300 NV Energy customers are without power Sunday night in east Las Vegas.
Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy brought “The Heat” against Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx at the box office. The Fox action-comedy starring the funny ladies as mismatched detectives earned $40 million in second place in its opening weekend, topping the $25.7 million debut haul of Sony’s “White House Down,” according to studio estimates Sunday.
In the fall of 2009, at the height of the recession, the therapists at a counseling center on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus were seeing the deteriorating economy take its toll. Worries related to financial stresses were so pervasive among their clients that the staff launched a pilot study to pinpoint exactly what was going on and how to help.
At a sold-out MGM Grand Garden on Saturday, Beyoncé’s movements were as fluid as the sweat she worked up.
At times, the show’s choreography was so awesomely out there, with limbs flying every which way, that she looked like a marionette being worked by an over-caffeinated puppeteer.
With Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal long gone, and Maria Sharapova out, too, after a havoc-filled Week 1 at the All England Club, Week 2 begins Monday with a schedule that includes participants such as Kenny de Schepper and Adrian Mannarino, Ivan Dodig and Jerzy Janowicz, Karin Knapp and Monica Puig.
What are the most expensive colleges? That depends what you mean by “most expensive.”
Las Vegas police need help locating a 67-year-old man who was last seen June 30 at 12:30 a.m. on West Charleston Boulevard and Shadow Lane.
Challenging African youth to seize a “moment of great promise,” President Barack Obama declared Sunday that the future of the young and growing continent still rests in ailing South African leader Nelson Mandela’s vision for equality and opportunity.
The chief federal judge in Kansas refused Sunday to temporarily block parts of a new state abortion law, including a requirement that providers’ websites link to a state site with information they dispute.
Whether it’s a Last Lei, the World’s Largest Bachelorette Party or a private soiree inside the Barbie Suite, Las Vegas venues are working to make themselves stand out in a sea of bachelorette options.
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in mysterious lawsuit
Fiery wrong-way crash kills 2, shuts down 215 in northwest Las Vegas
Woman arrested after police say she climbed on Reno craps table, threw chips at people
Asian grocery store looks to add new location near Summerlin
Las Vegas family suing to get son an extra year of high school