The win was one of several across the Las Vegas Valley.
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A homebuilding giant spent more than $46 million for the site and plans to put up nearly 300 homes.
Homebuilders’ sales tumbled in Southern Nevada last year, but two master-planned communities still ranked high.
Chinese electric car manufacturer Great Wall Motors is proud of its line of SUVs, but getting them on sale in the United States will be a big challenge due to tariffs.
Multiple new stores have recently opened or are planning to open at Fashion Show Las Vegas and Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian Resort.
The company said the store marks its first in Nevada.
The goal Friday was to install a machine that harnesses the wind, but there were worries that it might be too windy.
CARSON CITY — Last spring state legislators were certain the foreclosure crisis in Nevada was so severe that thousands of residents each month would apply for assistance under a new law to help them keep their homes.
An all-day Monday powwow featuring some of the country’s best-known policymakers yielded an array of suggestions for boosting the nation’s green-energy economy.
The suggestions from more than 25 panelists and speakers at the National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 could substantially help shape proposed federal legislation in the next year. If Monday’s discussions offer any indication, Americans can expect a coming congressional emphasis on home and office weatherization, a focus on finding dollars for alternative-energy power plants, carbon cap-and-trade regulations and creation of a national renewable energy portfolio mandate for electric utilities.
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Quit piddling around! That was the earnest exhortation from former President Bill Clinton, who spoke to a sold-out crowd of 900 attendees at today’s National Clean Energy Summit 2.0 at UNLV.
In a wide-ranging speech, Clinton referred repeatedly to the 7 million jobs the nation has lost since the recession’s 2007 beginning. He talked of restoring some of those jobs by unlocking private capital locked down in an ongoing credit freeze, and he urged the nation to take what Nevada is doing and put it on steroids to develop a green economy.
About 100 people turned out this morning to protest at the National Clean Energy Summit.
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The share of unemployed workers ticked lower last year but remains higher than most states.
A supermarket chain with a heavy presence in Southern Nevada plans to open another store.
Sitting on almost an acre in Southern Highlands, the custom, single-story home is 5,534 square feet, with three bedrooms and four bathrooms.
