Danny Vredenburg was fun, outgoing and enjoyed a lust for life until he slipped on a flight of stairs at work and injured his back in March 2001. He worked as a bartender for the Flamingo Hilton in Laughlin, so his medical treatments were covered by workers’ compensation.
Family members and Nevada National Guard officials will hold a ceremony today for about 15 soldiers who are expected to deploy this weekend for an eight-week training stint in Kansas before heading to Afghanistan.
Opponents of the Clark County shooting park will get what they’ve been asking for all year: a study to gauge how disruptive the noise will be to neighbors in the desert area near the Sheep Range.
Ah, 2009.
The year of the city’s rebirth, when tens upon thousands of new residents march toward Las Vegas to fill new resort jobs, thereby lifting the housing market out of its doldrums.
CARSON CITY — The latest report card on Nevada’s 654 public elementary and secondary schools and programs shows an increase over last year’s total of schools that received low marks, the state Department of Education said Friday.
The Clark County Building Division has partially closed a complaint against the Flamingo Hotel for remodeling rooms in a manner more extensive than that described in its building permits for the project.
RENO — A scenic 750-acre enclave in the Lake Tahoe Basin, once a Nevada version of California’s Bohemian Club for the rich and powerful, is now in the public’s hands.
A Las Vegas police officer was justified in the June fatal shooting of a man who had fired at the officer following a police chase, a coroner’s inquest jury ruled Friday.
CARSON CITY — Democratic congressional candidate Jill Derby figures her chances of defeating Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., improved Friday when her race was placed in her party’s Red-to-Blue program.
The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners postponed a disciplinary hearing for the majority owner of two Las Vegas endoscopy centers linked to a hepatitis C outbreak until Feb. 24 because he suffered a “severe” stroke, officials said Friday.
Wall Street may like Boyd Gaming’s decision to delay the Echelon resort, but it wasn’t so highly regarded on Industrial Road, where about 800 Las Vegas workers were left in the lurch.
As was his style throughout life, from his days as a decorated World War II torpedo-bomber pilot to when he played guard on Ohio State’s football team to his 30 combat missions in the Korean War, Michael H. Krouse fought a tenacious battle with cancer that ended with his death Thursday, his son said.
Turnout is low after the first six days of early voting in the primary election, according to the Clark County Election Department.
Sparks flew when actor Alan Thicke showed up to promote BMW’s new electric car on Friday at the Las Vegas Ice Center.
FALLON — The falling water level at a popular Northern Nevada reservoir has prompted a recommendation to boaters not to use it.
The owners of the bankrupt Lake Las Vegas development have expressed worry in court that a break in a pipeline underneath the lake could drain it, sinking the community’s financial future.
Silver State Bancorp, the $2 billion-asset holding company for the similarly named Henderson bank, lost $62.7 million in the second quarter and replaced its CEO as the number of bad loans grew huge.
The announcement by Boyd Gaming Corp. on Friday morning that the casino operator will delay construction of its $4.8 billion Echelon project on the Strip for up to a year was met with applause on Wall Street.