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Accessing McCarran International Airport shouldn’t be a problem this week as the majority of the road work either has been wrapped up or put off until after the holiday.
Howard Moore’s family watches Bart Simpson and Snoopy float above the streets of New York City each year on Thanksgiving. This year, scores of families will watch Moore and members of his Green Valley High School band march in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The city of Las Vegas had been expecting large budget shortfalls for the foreseeable future, such as a $47 million gap in the 2012 budget. That shortfall is now expected to be $12.7 million, and Las Vegas expects to end this budget year with reserves of $68.2 million.
Entertainer Wayne Newton won approval Wednesday to run shuttle tours through his 52-acre ranch, despite staunch resistance from neighbors.
Amid all the gloom in the local economy, Greg Twedt offers a ray of hope: free help for struggling companies. Now, if only more of them would take his offer.
For several years as the economy soared Las Vegas-style, obtaining financing for a business often involved little more than signing a home equity line of credit.
Any list of the most important people in Las Vegas history should include Bill Bennett. He built a huge name for himself in the 1970s and 1980s by transforming Circus Circus from a struggling casino into the then-most profitable property on the Strip.
Check out slideshows and a video from the annual Aviation Nation festivities at Nellis Air Force Base this weekend. Go to lvrj.com/multimedia.
Worshippers will be required to follow procedures at church’s live Easter service.
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Harrah’s Las Vegas would like to congratulate famed Las Vegas headliner and legendary U.S. entertainer Donny Osmond for again taking home the gold. For five years running, he has won the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Best of Las Vegas readers poll for entertainment awards.
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The mountains are expected to get between six and 10 inches for areas above 7,500 feet, said the National Weather Service, with wind gusts up to 40 mph.
A lawyer for Carrie Cox asked a judge to dismiss a felony charge against the Henderson councilwoman for allegedly recording another councilwoman’s private conversation due to insufficient evidence.
A California real estate firm plans to develop a new building for a Southern Nevada university.
A 32-year-old man was killed after being pinned between a tractor-trailer and a loading dock on Tuesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said.
