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Las Vegas officials hope making city ‘smarter’ means getting safer

As the city works towards a courtyard setup where homeless people can access a range of services, officials also are testing cameras that will show whether the new facilities are putting a dent in the high number of Las Vegans who live on the streets.

New veterans facility in downtown Las Vegas was built in a week

Every day is Veterans Day at the new Veterans Village, but Saturday will be particularly meaningful when more than a dozen political leaders gather to salute the opening of a new 3,500-square-foot Crisis Intervention Center that was built in a week.

Las Vegas Strip shooting was not valley’s first mass killing

When a gunman killed 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip on Oct. 1 , it was the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. But it wasn’t the first mass killing in town.

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Las Vegas short-term rental hotline has busy first month

A hotline for Las Vegans to air grievances about short-term rentals fielded an average of seven calls a day in its first month, but most of the complaints came from outside the city’s jurisdiction.

Cashman Center closing a blow to smaller Las Vegas trade shows

The news this year that Cashman’s convention areas will close left the trade and consumer show organizers surprised and scrambling to find space for the events they often book over a year in advance.

Big Bus tour operator moves closer to sharing Las Vegas Strip and Downtown stops

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada’s board of directors agreed to negotiate a six-month trial contract that would allow the Big Bus private tour company to share four stops with the popular Deuce and Strip & Downtown Express routes.

Driverless electric shuttle being tested in downtown Las Vegas

There’s a new thrill on the streets of downtown Las Vegas, where high- and low-rollers alike are climbing aboard what officials call the first driverless electric shuttle operating on a public U.S. street.