A Minnesota man who saw a desert way station as the land of opportunity first established a bank but found his niche in newspapers, where he brought his vision for the valley to the masses.
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When he discovered he didn’t have a big enough bankroll to invest in booming Goldfield, the first mayor of Las Vegas decided the way to fame and fortune was via the valley’s artesian wells.
Although it is named for another man, this entrepreneur was instrumental in establishing Clark County, its financial institutions and its utilities.
An American Indian who chose to live his life by his own rules found himself at odds with the white residents of early Clark County.
For $10 he won from a foot race a young physician bought a practice in Las Vegas and stayed another 38 years, bringing his kindness and knowledge to the growing boomtown.
A Japanese immigrant is credited with finding and popularizing many of the trees and plants found today in Las Vegas Valley yards.
An engineer by trade and a politician by chance, Nevada’s first state engineer brought prosperity to the place he was proud to call home.
An archaeologist who found paradise amid the ruins of the Lost City along the banks of the Muddy River proved Nevada was inhabited long before modern times.
A Frenchman’s dream of not one but two lakes in the desert with recreational facilities for all became a magnet for heat-stricken Las Vegans and tourists alike.
The aviation age took flight in Las Vegas largely through the efforts of one man who put the growing town on aviators’ maps by making Anderson Field planeworthy.
While he had dreams of helping build a city brick by brick, a civil engineer soon became a civil servant whose eye on the sky brought air service to Southern Nevada.
A woman who was unimpressed with what others thought she should and should not do made a life of teaching Southern Nevada’s children to think for themselves.
As district attorney for a county just coming into its own, a self-taught lawyer set a high standard for law enforcement amid an influx of lawlessness.
The valley’s political and civic future was shaped in part by two brothers, one of whom built the Review-Journal into the state’s largest newspaper.
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As 2025 comes to an end, Santa won’t be the only thing coming to town as the Las Vegas Valley readies to host holiday and New Year’s Eve celebrations over the next two weeks.
A Las Vegas gun range provided a man a Soviet-era submachine gun that exploded after a malfunction, which left him with “severe and debilitating injuries,” according to a lawsuit.
The Powerball jackpot has jumped to an eye-popping $1.7 billion, after the 46th drawing passed without a big winner.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo called for “heightened law enforcement vigilance” in response to worldwide antisemitism after a fatal terror attack in Australia.
