CARSON CITY — A Southern Nevada lawyer told the state Supreme Court on Monday that pharmacists, at the least, had a duty to call physicians to voice their concerns before dispensing a narcotic painkiller to a woman who killed a man in a 2004 vehicle crash in Las Vegas.
Gov. Jim Gibbons on Monday announced the creation of a working group of executive branch agencies to look at how to use the funds provided by the federal stimulus bill, formally known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
After sitting through a week of testimony that included watching a videotape showing the sexual molestation of a 2-year-old girl, jurors in the trial of assault suspect Chester Stiles will start deliberations this morning.
The woman who died Saturday in a domestic dispute was identified by the Clark County coroner’s office as Las Vegan Sulyda Pheng, 22.
A story in Sunday’s Business section contained an error. Beatty casino owner Ed Ringle has not been fined for grading the El Sueno casino site without a dust permit. A notice of an alleged violation has been filed by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Air Polution Control, but final action has not been determined.
Carl Coe stands outside his small tent and explains how he and his dog, Champ, keep each other warm at night.
CARSON CITY — The state’s projected $2 billion budget hole has gotten $100 million deeper, but Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley refused to say Monday whether her party will support any tax increases.
There’s little love for Las Vegas in Washington, D.C., lately with politicians beating up Sin City’s kind of fun to score pious points with the people.
ATLANTIC CITY — The latest casualty of the economic meltdown: casino comps, the freebies handed out to gamblers to keep them happy and coming back for more at Atlantic City’s 11 casinos.
Security Savings, the Henderson-based bank in which Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens once had an investment stake is gone, and $3 billion-asset Bank of Nevada took over its operations Monday.