A couple of weeks ago, North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee said his financially strapped municipality wouldn’t surrender to state control, despite having just $9 million in reserves and a total annual budget of $481.5 million. “We don’t have to find dollars,” the new mayor told the Review-Journal’s Laura Myers and James DeHaven. “We just have to find a lot of dimes.”
Producers softened many of the drama’s rougher edges. But there are still plenty of ways to tell Keegan Deane is someone you wouldn’t want to have anything to do with in the real world.
BOSTON (AP) — The state gambling commission has heard a pitch from MGM Resorts International, the only applicant for the western Massachusetts resort casino license.
The Smith’s Food and Drug store on Flamingo Road will close permanently Jan. 30. No other local closures are planned.
The world premiere of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” — co-adapted and directed by Las Vegas’ own Teller — will sail on a week longer than planned at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts. It will play April 6-20 in a 500-seat, climate-controlled tent in the center’s Symphony Park.
The Clark County Credit Union in Las Vegas on Thursday reported $9.2 million in net income in 2013, an increase of 26 percent, compared with net income of $7.3 million the previous year.
The man who prosecutors say fired the shot that killed Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor during a botched 2007 burglary was sentenced Thursday to more than 57 years in state prison.
A new report shows the number of Nevada schoolchildren receiving free or reduced-price meals increased to more than 54 percent statewide.
A weekly log of business bankruptcies, commercial and industrial lease transactions, and new business licenses in Clark County.
Slot machine maker International Game Technology grew profits and revenue in the first quarter despite what company officials described as “market challenges.”
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Older workers striking out in new directions may need a new network, because the old one can’t cross over. Current colleagues often don’t have information about the new area. This problem can become acute when isolation sets in.
A man remains in “extremely critical” condition, Las Vegas police said Thursday, after they found him beaten and unconscious in an alley more than two weeks ago.
Venture capital activity in America increased modestly in 2013, but investor interest mostly skipped Las Vegas and Nevada. It’s the second straight year of lackluster venture capital activity in a state struggling to expand its technology sector.
The number of Americans paying to participate in fantasy sports has grown at a 7.8 percent rate annually over five years. That growth has transformed what was once a small group of devoted players into a multibillion-dollar business.
A 14-year-old girl was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the death of an 11-year-old girl who was stabbed more than 30 times at the suburban Chicago home where they both lived.
Big homebuilders have been busy in early 2014 snapping up land.
As the principal engineer of a company specializing in environmental services, Lonnie Roy knows the importance of taking his job seriously.
With Las Vegas already soaked in health clubs, it might not cause much of a ripple that Edge Fitness &Tanning opened two locations in January.
A snowmobiler, probably against his better judgment, chases a massive herd of rabbits creating quite the scene and stirring debate.
Since acquiring the only Infiniti dealership in Las Vegas last year, Park Place Dealerships of Dallas has begun work on a multimillion-dollar renovation project that will soon revamp the buildings and grounds of the 6-acre property on West Sahara Avenue.
You know the feeling. At least if you’re planning to catch “Flashdance: The Musical,” which checks into The Smith Center on Tuesday for an eight-performance run.
The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday accepted slot machine maker Bally Technologies Inc.’s $125,000 fine that settled a 28-count complaint with state gaming regulators, but at least one member of the panel thought the penalty wasn’t high enough.
“Raiding the Rock Vault,” a merrily over-the-top history of classic rock, opens for a second year at the Las Vegas Hotel on Friday, with a few changes in the lineup and content, and more support from its host property.
An 88-year-old Northern Nevada man facing a murder charge for shooting his wife in a hospital will not face a potential death penalty.
When Greg Maddux is inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame on July 27, his plaque will reveal a cap without a logo. The former Valley High star said he didn’t want to slight the fans in Atlanta, where he played 11 seasons, or Chicago, where he played 10 years for the Cubs.
A Philadelphia woman is going to have quite a story to tell her daughter about the day she was born.
West Oakey Boulevard is shut down near Arville Street while Las Vegas police investigate a man who has barricaded himself inside a building.
Virtually every player who was asked to commit to the USA Basketball men’s national team said ‘Yes” when asked to participate in the upcoming Olympic cycle, which begins this summer with the FIBA World Cup in Spain.
