The Durango resort-casino is the first locals-focused resort since the M Resort opened in 2009.
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Jonathan Fine opened PKWY Tavern in 2004. Nearly 20 years later, he’s a partner with Station Casinos.
Follow the excitement of the resort’s opening day in the southwest valley.
The $780 million Station Casinos property in the southwest valley debuts with six bars and restaurants and a food hall with 11 purveyors.
Station Casinos’ newest hotel-casino uses natural light and golden accents, fresh florals and a major emphasis on food and beverage outlets to set itself apart from competition.
“They’re dealing with the same thing in L.A. that we’re dealing with in Las Vegas,” a Culinary union official said of striking hotel workers.
No one was injured Friday during a domestic disturbance that prompted a barricade situation at the Avondale Apartments, 9225 W. Charleston Blvd., police said.
Eshaan Vakil recalled riding a bus to a quiz bowl-related event with students from other states. “They said, ‘Oh, we didn’t know people studied in Las Vegas,’” Vakil said.
Green Our Planet, the southwest Las Vegas-based crowdfunding platform that began in 2013 and became the largest school garden program in the U.S., started as a small side project for Ciara Byrne and Kim MacQuarrie.
Shane Gibson’s Music Business and Technology class began as an after-school club at Sierra Vista last school year. Gibson, a math teacher and former DJ and producer, wanted to teach students not just how to become musicians, but how to succeed in the music business.
Pacifica Senior Living San Martin, 8374 W. Capovilla Ave., hosted a birthday party Aug. 31 for Stan Conley, 101, and Louise Greco, 100, as well as 12 other residents with August birthdays.
Las Vegas police are investigating Tuesday morning after a sedan crashed into a tree in the southwest valley.
Sin City Salseros, a 17-year-old event-production and dance-instruction company, is building a one-story, 8,000-square-foot building at 4545 W. Sahara Ave. called Rhythms. The Salseros received a $50,000 grant from the city’s Visual Improvement Program to use on the exterior.
Five Las Vegas Valley communities cracked the top 50 nationally for new-home sales last year, a new report shows.
Professor Jennifer Mitchell gave the college newspaper new life when she arrived 5½ years ago and helped retool the journalism program. That included developing new courses and moving the college’s print newspaper online at coyotestudentnews.com.
