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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

February 19, 2012 - 2:05 am

COVER STORY: A collection of gourmet food truck businesses have come to thrive in the valley. Some of them are having so much success that they're branching into brick-and-mortar restaurants.

BUSINESS LIFE: Rocket Fizz, an old-fashioned candy and soda shop, is enjoying success since moving into new space in the Village Square shopping center. The shop's specialties hark back to the days of root beer floats and wax lips.

EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT: Children's Heart Center director Dr. William Evans discusses advances in treatments for heart defects and the fight against childhood obesity.

The rundown former Paradise Spa condo complex, in the foreground, is set to be redeveloped into ...

Blighted condo complex south of Strip has new owner, slated for new housing

By Eli Segall / RJ

October 23, 2025 - 6:30 am

After years of fires and squatters, a rundown 1960s era Las Vegas condo complex is now under new ownership and slated to be torn down for new housing.

Collector Jeff Young poses for a photo with sculptures he believes survived the infamous MGM Gr ...

Are these statues survivors of the tragic MGM Grand fire of 1980?

By Richard N. Velotta / RJ

October 23, 2025 - 9:46 am

The statues Jeff Young acquired in an estate sale seem to match up with photos from the disastrous MGM Grand fire of 1980 that killed 85 people.

Walmart at 2310 E. Serene Ave. in Las Vegas Tuesday, March 14, 2019. K.M. Cannon Las Vegas Revi ...

Walmart makes a controversial move affecting job seekers

Fernanda Tronco AMG - TheStreet

October 22, 2025 - 4:48 pm

Now, job seekers face another setback after Walmart, one of the nation’s largest employers, has made a controversial decision that could affect thousands of potential workers.

Renderings for the new NHBC Academic Laboratory. (Nevada Health & Bioscience Corporation)

New $44M building planned for Las Vegas Medical District

By Emerson Drewes / RJ

October 22, 2025 - 12:38 pm

The yet-to-be constructed building will support University Medical Center and Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV.

Former "Sister Wives' residence at 4023 Wild Eagle Circle in Las Vegas is on the market. (Angel ...

Former ‘Sister Wives’ house for sale for $1.15M — PHOTOS

By Patrick Blennerhassett / RJ

October 22, 2025 - 12:06 pm

The house, which was formerly owned by one of the characters on the hit TV reality show “Sister Wives” is up for sale again.

Soybeans are harvested on the Warpup Farm in Warren, Ind., Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo ...

USDA is reopening some 2,100 offices to help farmers access $3B in aid

By Josh Funk The Associated Press

October 22, 2025 - 1:41 pm

The USDA said each Farm Service Agency office will have two workers who will be paid even though the government remains shutdown.

Veterinarian Patrick Smith, left, discusses raw milk with dairyman and producer Mark McAfee at ...

Who benefits from the MAHA anti-science push?

By Michelle R. Smith and Laura Ungar Associated Press

October 22, 2025 - 9:30 am

Powerful anti-vaccine advocates and people selling potentially harmful goods such as raw milk are profiting from the push to write anti-science policies into law across the U.S.