87°F
weather icon Clear
H.M. ‘Hank’ Greenspun

A seasoned newspaperman with a strong sense of community, Hank Greenspun gave the good old boy system a run for its money.

John C. Mowbray

A man who loved to sing and was born to lead spent 25 years on the Nevada Supreme Court in an effort to make sure the state kept its promises to the people.

Donn Arden

Splashy production numbers were nothing to the don of destruction who pitted beauty against special-effects beasts to become Las Vegas’ premier producer.

Irwin Molasky

From high-rise bank buildings and hospitals to horse racing and motion picture making, the projects of this construction king continue to flourish in Las Vegas and the West.

Ralph Lamb

Clark County’s longest-serving sheriff was the top man when the city and county law enforcement agencies merged into the Metropolitan Police Department.

THE LATEST News
 
Al Bramlet

Nevada’s most powerful labor leader in the 1970s was found dead in the desert near Mount Potosi after refusing to pay for two car bombs he ordered that never blew.

Otto Ravenholt

Clark County’s unassuming chief health officer focused only on the public’s needs, not the political infighting, in his quest to improve the quality of life on all levels.

Reed Whipple

A public servant who was on the City Commission for two decades found his true reward was serving both mankind and the Mormon Church.

 
Howard Hughes

Some of Nevada’s politicians saw the obsessive recluse as a cure for Las Vegas’ woes in the gaming industry but his unusual behavior was almost as tainting as the shadow cast by the mob.

Fred W. Smith

As a young newspaper advertising executive, he took a gamble on a place called Las Vegas and a man named Don Reynolds, and helped that man build a media empire.

Bob Martin

A young bookmaker who decided to come to Nevada where his profession was legal is credited with making sports betting what it is today.

Jay Sarno

The man who brought fantasy and families to the Strip with Caesars Palace and Circus Circus was never able to fulfill his one huge dream — building the Grandissimo.

William G. Bennett

Despite a shaky beginning in the financial world, a former Del Webb Corp. employee became one of the more successful gambling executives in Nevada.

R.G. ‘Zack’ Taylor

A fighter pilot-turned wing commander, whose tenure at Nellis Air Force Base was somewhat brief, had a huge impact on the base’s future as an elite training facility.

Robert Broadbent

The man who brought McCarran International Airport into the modern age began his political career as a Boulder City council member and went on from there to the county and then the federal levels.

MOST READ
LISTEN TO THE TOP FIVE HERE