In Nevada, both the number of heat-related deaths and heat-related worker complaints more than doubled from 2022 to 2023, signaling a scorching future.
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Kevin Schenk was playing Face Up Pai Gow when he was dealt five aces, winning a $219,578 jackpot with a $5 side bet.
A senior member of the House Aviation subcommittee, Rep. Dina Titus backed the FAA Reauthorization Act, which will provide funding for general aviation airports.
The wins were among several recently across the Las Vegas Valley.
Nevada’s 13,000 home care workers could see big increases to minimum wage and reimbursement rates under legislative proposals presented.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Monday applied pressure on Nevada’s chief electricity provider to get behind a $5 billion solar project that a Chinese company wants to build on the outskirts of Laughlin.
The new chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission distanced herself Tuesday from earlier criticism of Yucca Mountain, telling lawmakers she will have an “open mind” on the project still lingering at the agency.
The Obama administration streamlined the development of 17 vast tracts across the West, including five in Nevada, for large-scale solar projects.
Solar panel manufacturer Amonix might have been in financial trouble before the company’s chief executive officer was killed in a December plane crash and 70 percent of the work force at its North Las Vegas plant was laid off a month later.
The Amonix solar manufacturing plant in North Las Vegas, subsidized by federal tax credits and grants, has closed its facility about a year after it opened.
NV Energy was sick. The company owned 39 percent of its generation and relied on volatile wholesale markets to cover the rest. By spending $4.3 billion to build eight power plants, the company achieved firmer financial footing, cutting business costs and boosting its ability to raise cash.
Las Vegas is largely defined by its ability to defy expectations, and recent forecasts predicting a decline in its appeal to younger travelers are no exception. Contrary to these gloomy predictions, which suggest that an aging core visitor base might render the city’s 150,000 hotel rooms less appealing to new generations, the reality is strikingly […]
A new report from Colliers says a new community has emerged as the top income earning spot in the Las Vegas Valley.
The surge in international traffic at Harry Reid International Airport continues with a 17.1 percent increase in April and a 23.6 percent jump for 2024 so far.
Workers in Nevada will see a bump in the state’s minimum wage this summer.
Simple laws of supply and demand might make observers think that losing two resorts within three months would have a significant effect on the Strip market.