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Nevada State Railroad Museum full steam ahead to expand visitors center

Lawmakers approved the transfer of $469,000 from the Department of Tourism to the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Boulder City to fund the development of construction documents for a proposed 6,000-square-foot visitors center.

Reid declares support for stadium, Raiders’ move to Las Vegas

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid voiced support Tuesday for a proposed domed football stadium that could bring the NFL’s Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas, but he deferred to local and state officials when asked about the project’s financing.

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Last of Riviera reduced to rubble on Las Vegas Strip — VIDEO

Hundreds of Riviera fans, insomniacs or people who just enjoy the sight and sound of a big building being brought down gathered around the Riviera Tuesday morning to give it a send-off into history.

Teachers to shadow engineers operating robotics system

Two teachers from Southeast Career and Technical Academy began a two-week internship Tuesday shadowing production engineers who operate the Fanuc robotics system at Clearwater Paper in North Las Vegas. It’s the same robotics system that future Faraday Future engineers will operate.

Sandoval wants to know who pays for roads leading to proposed stadium

Gov. Brian Sandoval on Monday asked who would pay for the necessary upgrades to freeways and streets leading to a 65,000-seat domed football stadium proposed by Las Vegas Sands Corp., Majestic Realty and the Oakland Raiders.

Tight supply crimps Las Vegas housing market

While Las Vegas is running ahead of 2015 in terms of home and condo sales, the limited supply has finally caught up with the market.