Rust never sleeps and, beneath the streets of Las Vegas, neither do the efforts of the Las Vegas Valley Water District to protect the community’s buried water pipelines from corrosion. The results of these efforts are measured in gallons and dollars. Within the Las Vegas Valley Water District’s (LVVWD) 6,500-mile labyrinth of water delivery pipelines […]
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More than 60 years ago, the resorts along the dusty two-lane Las Vegas Strip had a problem. Business was booming during the warm summer weekends, but during mid-week and off-season periods, the number of hotel rooms far outnumbered the guests. Seeking to boost visitor counts during these slow times, a group of civic and business leaders developed a plan to publicly finance […]
Home prices have been climbing in Las Vegas thanks to low supply and high demand. The result is a seller’s market with bidding wars and intense bidding competition. According to the most recent statistics available from the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors (GLVAR) the median price for existing single-family homes sold in Southern Nevada […]
The modern classroom is the future—a future where young learners prepare to make a difference as leaders, innovators, difference makers and overall contributing members of society. These learners are ethnically, culturally, linguistically, religiously and intellectually diverse. They are differentiated by exceptionalities, special needs and socioeconomic status. All students, whether they’re a part of a minority group or come from […]
It’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and there’s some good news in the fight against this deadly disease: From 1989 to 2015, according to the American Cancer Society, early detection efforts contributed to a 39 percent decline in breast cancer deaths in the U.S. And, while most publicity around breast cancer awareness centers on the […]