WASHINGTON — The government has endangered the public’s health and safety by failing to clean up abandoned mines on federal land in the West, according to a scathing audit released Friday.
Las Vegas police are warning residents of a phone scam that allows prison inmates to use the victim’s phone number for unlimited long-distance calling.
First, she put on the outfit: tight shorts, a body-hugging tank top and a pair of running shoes.
It looked like business as usual when a woman with a child walked up to the front door of the First National Bank branch at 4950 W. Flamingo Road about 5 p.m. Friday.
It’s been 13 years, but one man’s battle against the city’s effort to seize his Las Vegas property for the benefit of a local casino may finally be coming to a close.
Developers of Vantage Lofts, the stalled 110-unit condo project in Henderson, are seeking U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval for $15 million in funding to complete construction of the first 40-unit building, clubhouse and swimming pool.
Passenger counts at McCarran International Airport fell 7 percent in June, another indication that the nation’s shaky economy is undermining the leisure travel industry.
Sierra Pacific Resources, the parent of Nevada Power Co., on Friday reported second-quarter net income increased 40 percent, despite the slump in the economy and cooler temperatures than last summer.
The sleek surfaces and bright natural lighting in the foyer of the World Market Center’s newest building in downtown Las Vegas would meet the grandiosity standard of any resort on the Strip.
Tropicana Entertainment executives will go before state gaming regulators next month to discuss issues related to the company’s pending bankruptcy settlement and restructuring, the company said Friday.
NEW YORK — Nevada was near the top as the number of households facing foreclosure more than doubled in the second quarter compared with a year ago, according to data released Friday.
WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes fell in June for the seventh time in the past eight months, but the decline was less than had been expected, raising faint hopes that the nation’s severe housing recession could be approaching a bottom.
So that’s why every welterweight in the world was so scared of Antonio Margarito.
