Amid the oil embargo, President Richard Nixon asked for stringent energy conservation measures, and Nevada Gov. Mike O’Callaghan asked the resort industry to cut back on power usage.
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The mid-Strip resort closes its hotel on July 14. The whole property closes three days later.
North Las Vegas was once known as a bootlegging settlement and Reno as a “cow county,” so how have both cities changed their image and economic reputation over time?
The Southern Nevada Health District is asking to be able to enforce requiring fitness centers to have lifeguards after a woman drowned in a Las Vegas Athletic Club pool.
The latest class-action lawsuit claims the company, which operates over a dozen auto dealerships in Southern Nevada, didn’t properly protect customer data.
U.S. gun maker Remington Outdoor Company has filed for bankruptcy protection, after years of falling sales and lawsuits tied to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
A passenger who was bumped off a full flight has scored the maximum prize — a $10,000 travel voucher.
Starbucks is making a $10 million commitment to develop a greener coffee cup that is fully recyclable and compostable.
Nevada’s most populous county grew by 47,355 residents in 2017. Only Maricopa County, Arizona, home to most of the Phoenix metro area, added more new residents with 73,650.
The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday in a vote of confidence in the U.S. economy’s durability while signaling that it plans to continue a gradual approach to rate hikes for 2018 under its new chairman, Jerome Powell.
A British parliamentary committee on Tuesday summoned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to answer questions as authorities stepped up efforts to determine if the personal data of social-media users has been used improperly to influence elections.
Orbitz says a legacy travel booking platform may have been hacked, potentially exposing the personal information of people that made purchases between Jan. 1, 2016 and Dec. 22, 2017.
United Airlines is pausing its pet-shipping business after mistakes that included a dog winding up in Japan instead of Kansas.
A self-driving Uber SUV struck and killed a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix in the first death involving a fully autonomous test vehicle, prompting the ride-hailing company Monday to suspend all road-testing of such autos in the U.S. and Canada.
Toys R Us’s management has told its employees that it will sell or close all of its U.S. stores.
It was just a few years ago when the global economy was rocked, the domestic stock market was cratering, and concerns about local home prices emerged. More recently, economic conditions have been strong, stock values reached all-time highs, and the price of a typical home approached its previous high-water mark. Economies tend to work in […]
The woman was a guest at Paris hotel-casino when her Range Rover was stolen. She claims gross negligence against the company.
Now that special events and live broadcasts are in the mix, it’s a whole new ballgame for Sphere.
A new study shows that visitation is increasing and those who arrive have higher median incomes than in past years. Many of those affluent visitors are staying.
Jerry Lewis bought the Scotch 80s home in 1982 as his primary residence until his death in August 2017.