Unemployment increased to 6.8 percent in Las Vegas in July, up from 6.5 percent in June and 5.1 percent a year ago, the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported today. Statewide, the unemployment rate rose 0.2 percent to 6.6 percent for the month, the department said.
The cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson and Clark County are working to roll out a multi-jurisdictional business license that will help streamline the process for food truck operators.
Gilbert Arenas was arrested Wednesday along with five other people, including a suspected member of an Israeli organized crime group, on suspicion of hosting illegal high-stakes poker games, federal prosecutors said.
The Federal Reserve left its key short-term interest rate unchanged for the fifth time this year, brushing off repeated calls from President Donald Trump for a cut.
Few comments were received at Tuesday’s virtual scoping meeting, but environmentalists could make their voices heard at Wednesday’s Las Vegas meeting.
The dire warnings following the massive quake off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula evoked memories of catastrophic damage caused by tsunamis over the last quarter-century.
Details about Shane Tamura’s life have emerged after the Las Vegas man fatally shot four people in a New York City skyscraper before turning his gun on himself.
One of the world’s strongest earthquakes struck Russia’s Far East, an 8.8-magnitude temblor that caused tsunami waves in Japan and Alaska and prompted a warning for Hawaii.
The Southern Nevada Health District said it has ollected its first sample of West Nile virus-positive mosquitoes this year.
Manhattan high-rise killer says he had an important message. These days, even mass murder has become politicized.
Attorney General Aaron Ford and others filed a lawsuit challenging the Big Beautiful Bill’s provisions defunding Planned Parenthood for one year.
