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Nevada pushes ahead with marijuana clubs

As marijuana states back off of social marijuana use for fear of inciting a federal crackdown, Nevada is bucking the trend and pushing ahead with pot clubs.

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Expressways could shorten drive to McCarran airport, studies show

Elevated expressways would cost more than $100 million to build but could shave several minutes off a drive to McCarran International Airport, Clark County commissioners were told this week.

Vogue Robinson named Clark County’s new poet laureate

Las Vegas woman will become just the second person to hold the honorary position, designed to promote poetry as an art form and as “a medium for inspirational public commentary.”

Clark County may have to repay $5M to federal government

Clark County could owe the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development nearly $5 million after an inspector general audit questioned how federal grant money was spent.

Online recruitment drive for firefighters starts Tuesday

An online recruitment drive for firefighter positions with the Clark County, North Las Vegas and Pahrump fire departments and the Mount Charleston Fire Protection District will begin at 8 a.m. Tuesday.

North Las Vegas constable sometimes armed on duty

Constable Robert Eliason responded to the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s repeated requests for comment in an email stating he works in the field and sometimes carries a weapon despite not obtaining required certification as a peace officer.

 
Follow a gallon of water from Lake Mead to a Las Vegas tap

It takes a great deal of infrastructure, energy and engineering to get drinking and bathing water through 6,500 miles of pipelines and dozens of reservoirs to the farthest reaches of the Las Vegas Valley’s water system.

McCarran making more off ride-hailing companies than taxis

Ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft generated more non-airline revenue for McCarran International Airport than taxis in each of the last six months, airport data show.