North Las Vegas’ new mayor and former city manager have different stories when it comes to dissecting last week’s big shake-up in City Hall.
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, John Church (3-0); Bees, Jason Urquidez (1-1)
Tajh Hasson has shown the ability to make plays, starting eight games last season, breaking up five passes and intercepting one.
If you’re waiting for the small-business economy to recover fully from the recession, you’ll have to wait some more.
Cedric Crear was working as chief marketing officer for a financial services company about eight years ago when he came to a life-changing conclusion.
Let’s set the record straight.
Consumers, often very demanding customers, have their own pocketbooks at stake and lack product knowledge. Three immigrant business owners from as many continents draw on their culture to enhance their customer service.
All it took was a little rebranding and an uptick in the economy.
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Exploring new ways to generate revenue for Nevada’s roads is fine, but such a review should not be used to avoid raising fuel taxes to move forward with critical construction projects, a lawmaker said this week.
Two producers with track records in reality TV plan to bring their cameras to “The Horse,” a strip joint on Industrial Road, then air the shows on Discovery Network’s TLC channel in the coming months.
A medical marijuana dispensary opened its doors just a mile from the U.S. Capitol in recent weeks, operating at a fast clip and dishing out different strains of the weed to cancer and AIDS patients.
Most of the time in Southern Nevada we focus on what’s happening in gaming, real estate or construction when talking about the economic recovery. We’ve even brought a fledgling technology sector into the conversation. But, often overlooked are women-owned businesses and their role when it comes to the region’s economic development. The Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy said women-owned businesses account for 28.8 percent of all businesses nationwide.
Dozens of people recently participated in a workshop led by Tate Snyder Kimsey architects to brainstorm ideas for redeveloping the downtown area, specifically the Water Street District.
Restaurant operators fear that the Affordable Care Act — ObamaCare — will be a difficult pill to swallow, and with good reason. It suffers from numerous defects that will adversely affect the millions of people that restaurants employ across the nation — including the 192,000 such employees in Nevada.
The cliche goes, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” But what do you do after you’ve already made lemonade, and then come the lemons?
Thunderstorms swept across the Las Vegas Valley on Sunday, prompting multiple hazardous weather warnings from the National Weather Service.
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“Hello, Dolly!” is one of those Broadway musicals that everyone thinks they’ve seen, but the Broadway Bound production directed by Michael Vojvodich (with musical direction by Alex Cheney) at the Summerlin Library theater surprises by reminding us just why this Jerry Herman hit was one of Broadway’s longest running and most awarded musicals.
Starring Forest Whitaker as a longtime White House butler and Oprah Winfrey as his boozy wife, the Weinstein Co. biopic debuted in the top spot with $25 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. But the weekend’s three other major new releases, including the action romp “Kick-Ass 2,” failed to find traction with fans.
Betty Sue Bailey, 77, has lost a few inches since her diagnosis about 10 years ago with osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease. But she’s standing up to the disease with help from the Arthritis Foundation exercise program at the Southwest Medical Associates Lifestyle Centers.
Members of Congress are split over whether the U.S. should cut off military aid to Egypt, highlighting the difficult choices facing the Obama administration amid spiraling violence on the streets of an important Middle East ally.
Staci Linklater and James Reza were downtown pioneers before it was cool. First the duo opened up shop on Charleston and Decatur boulevards, then they moved to 900 Las Vegas Blvd. South at the Soho Lofts to be a part of the Downtown Arts District.
The arrival of Fremont East as a top Las Vegas nightlife destination wasn’t marked by a fancy new restaurant or major concert event. Mainstream validation for the entertainment district came in the form of crowds of boozing, downtown newcomers who surged into the area on recent weekend nights.
After years of gutting its fine arts programs because of budget cuts, Eldorado is making the arts a priority again, thanks to new principal John Anzalone
Sunrise Mountain High School was named one of three new turnaround schools for the 2013-14 school year and replaced their principal along with half its staff.
What if half your performance evaluation was based on your co-workers’ output, not your own?
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Family owners of beloved Vegas restaurant involved in mysterious lawsuit
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