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Nevadan at Work: Mediator works for labor-management harmony

Locked in contract negotiations more than three decades ago, Lavonne C. Ritter found her career inspiration in someone both labor and management had tagged with a seemingly unflattering sobriquet: “Big Foot.”

Cowboy out, Silver Sevens on the way

The signs at Terrible’s Hotel & Casino are changing as the property shifts directions to go with a new identity.

Muay Thai throw down: Promoter wants share of fighting limelight

It’s not easy launching a new combat sport organization in a town that’s already home to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the king of all mixed martial arts promotion companies.

Audit raises questions about taxicab medallion regulation

In October 2009, a Las Vegas taxi company reported one of its medallions missing and picked up a replacement. Fifteen months later, same company, same problem, same outcome.

The Business Press honors 10 women who mean business

Keeping your business afloat in a tough economy is one thing. Keeping your business afloat in a tough economy while finding time to volunteer at an animal shelter, compete in triathlons, help a child through a kidney transplant or battle cancer? That’s another level of achievement altogether.

Six students get college scholarships from Silver State Schools Credit Union

Silver State Schools Credit Union has handed out its 2013 college scholarships to six seniors in the Clark County School District. Each scholarship awards $2,000 annually, renewable for up to four years, and is awarded to seniors who are credit unions members and who excel in academics, athletics and community service.

BLM terminates controversial land deal in Henderson

The Bureau of Land Management has terminated a deal for the purchase of 480 acres of federal land in Henderson once earmarked for an ambitious professional sports complex.

VIDEO: A place of honor for El Cortez

Local dignitaries revealed a plaque designating the El Cortez Hotel and Casino on the National Register of Historic Places on Thursday downtown. The hotel becomes one of nearly 80,000 properties listed on the NRS. The business opened in 1941 making it the oldest continuously operated casino in Las Vegas.