Back in the 1990s, when sweetheart stadium deals allowed palatial venues to be built mostly with public dollars, stadium consultant Mark Rosentraub was among a cadre of college professors who called out teams and cities for fleecing the public.
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She wasn’t there to hear it, but outgoing Southern Nevada Water Authority chief Pat Mulroy got a warm send-off Friday from Interior Secretary Sally Jewell at the annual meeting of the Colorado River Water Users Association at Caesars Palace.
Nevada’s primary hospital for mentally ill people has bused hundreds of patients out of Las Vegas in recent years, with crime and tragedy often resulting in cities across the country, The Sacramento Bee reported Sunday.
Hundreds of people lined up down the street at Catholic Charities on Sunday. They snaked around the corner of the building, waiting patiently for a holiday meal.
UNLV freshman Chanhee Shin doesn’t use the school’s Academic Success Center and isn’t happy about having to pay more next year so it can expand its services.
Alabama kicker Cade Foster received a supportive note from former President George W. Bush.
The city of Henderson recently partnered with EnergyFit Nevada to promote energy efficiency in targeted communities.
Instagram has added a new feature that lets users share photos and videos with up to 15 people rather than everyone who follows them on the popular Facebook-owned photo-sharing app.
British Prime Minister David Cameron says he hopes to kick-start an international effort to find a cure or effective treatment for dementia by 2025.
Space station astronaut Rick Mastracchio may get his Christmas wish for a spacewalk or two because of a broken cooling system.
Synthetic marijuana is believed to have sickened 221 people in Colorado during a monthlong outbreak this year, according to a federal report released Thursday.
Known on the one hand for his starring role in “Lawrence of Arabia,” leading tribesmen in daring attacks across the desert wastes, and on the other for his headlong charges into drunken debauchery, Peter O’Toole was one of the most magnetic, charismatic and fun figures in British acting.
After a speeding Metro-North Railroad commuter train barreled into a curve and derailed in New York City on Dec. 1, safety advocates said similar deadly accidents might soon be avoided.
Swedish police say around 28 people have been detained after a group of neo-Nazis attacked an anti-Nazism demonstration in a Stockholm suburb by hurling bottles, torches and firecrackers.
The mountain of refrigerators, cellphones, TV sets and other electrical waste disposed of annually worldwide is forecast to grow by a third by 2017, according to a U.N. study released Sunday.
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The Sphere’s Jim Dolan says of the famous Las Vegas venue’s audiovisual technology: “We’ve only scratched the surface.”
The three Lower Basin states collectively used the least amount of water since 1983, according to a Bureau of Reclamation report.
According to her account, as she rinsed the spinach she had just bought from her local Walmart, she discovered, to her horror, a dead mouse among the greens.
The deal — which aims to preserve access to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area — will allow Gypsum Resources to go forward with its housing development.