Can the Hooters Hotel on Tropicana Avenue be considered a failure? If you ask the resort’s main creditor, the answer is yes. Canpartners Realty Holding Co. IV filed a complaint late Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Las Vegas opposing plans by Hooters casino to spend more money looking for new investors, a sale, or a merger.
State Sen. Ruben Kihuen on Thursday launched a campaign for Congress, hoping his Hispanic community ties carry him to victory as the state’s first Latino representative. The 31-year-old senator was long expected to run for one of three districts in Southern Nevada, home to most of the state’s Hispanics, who make up 26 percent of Nevada’s population.
Culinary Local 226 wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship, claiming the world’s largest promoter of mixed martial arts events is violating U.S. antitrust laws.
Zuffa LLC, which operates the UFC, is majority-owned by Frank Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta, the principals in Fertitta Gaming and operators of Station Casinos. The Culinary is trying to organize many of the company’s 13,000 employees.
Marching bands and politicians celebrated the completion of two express bus routes Thursday that will link downtown Henderson to the core of Las Vegas starting Sept. 18. The Regional Transportation Commission spent $40 million on the Boulder Highway and Henderson express lines, $22 million of which came from federal stimulus funding.
LANCASTER, Ohio — Authorities in central Ohio are trying to solve a panties puzzle: why hundreds of pairs of mostly women’s underwear were dumped along the side of a road.
FAIRBAULT, Minn. — A Minnesota boy who made an incredible hockey shot during a charity event won’t collect the $50,000 prize because his twin brother should have taken the shot.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose, Calif., police are looking for pedestrians and motorists who grabbed bags of marijuana that spilled onto the road from a truck that crashed.
