Clark County commissioners and Republic Services on Tuesday failed to make progress as they analyzed why $36 million isn’t enough to fix the troubled Sunrise landfill, and why some ratepayers might have to pitch in an additional $29 million for the work.
The Clark County Commission decided Tuesday to open the nearly completed, $12.4 million Lake Mead Boulevard interchange at the Las Vegas Beltway, rather than leave it closed for two years to appease a few vocal residents who’d rather see the bridge torn down.
Cops in Prince George’s County, Md., have a proud tradition to maintain. In May, a former county officer was sentenced to 45 years in prison for shooting two furniture delivery men at his home last year, one of them fatally. (He claims they attacked him.)
Asia Buffet, 3049 Las Vegas Blvd. South, received 34 demerits Aug. 5. Violations included open bags of bulk food in dry storage area. GRADE: C
Food and gasoline prices are up, the dollar and the stock market are down, and most of us are trying to save money anywhere we can. When it comes to kids’ lunches, the best way to do that may be to have your child buy his or her lunch at school.
The Olympics have many of us feeling pretty patriotic these days, so it’s only appropriate that we offer reader suggestions for David Simms, who’s looking for apple pie — specifically, apple pie “that you don’t need a hammer and chisel to cut through.”
Home sales are making a comeback in Las Vegas and inventory has been reduced to about an eight-month supply, but prices continue their free fall from a year ago, a strong signal that the housing market has yet to enter recovery.
In a nod to the shabby economics of the airline industry, officials at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas will trim about $360 million from a $3.7 billion capital improvement plan.
Tropicana Entertainment’s top executive promised there will be “a very material change in direction” when negotiators sit down with Culinary union officials today.
Two more union workers have been fired from CityCenter after being identified in photographs as drinking alcohol and entering the construction site, the project’s general contractor said Tuesday.
Kirk Saarloos pitched seven strong innings Saturday night to lead the Sacramento River Cats to a 10-1 Pacific Coast League victory over the 51s in West Sacramento, Calif.
