A mobile and search-term friendly website was created by Clark County for nuptial information in the now-trademarked Wedding Capital of the World.
McKenna Ross
Politics and Government Reporter
Email: mross@reviewjournal.com
McKenna Ross joined the Review-Journal in June 2021 and previously covered gaming and tourism and Southern Nevada's nonprofit sector for the newspaper. Before moving to Nevada, she reported for MLive, a Michigan news site, and interned at publications in Michigan, Oregon and Florida. McKenna is a graduate of Michigan State University and a 2021-2024 Report for America corps member. When she's not working, she's either reading or hiking Southern Nevada trails with her dog.
Cement masons, engineers and artisans at World of Concrete encouraged more women to consider the trades for their unique work and good wages.
New multimedia experiences on the massive displays of Resorts World Las Vegas promise to bring viewers into unique worlds, including a “feline-led psychedelic trip into space.”
Nevada’s unemployment rate fell in December but remained higher than pre-pandemic levels, state employment officials announced Friday.
“Businesses of the buyers are just off the charts good and they need inventory. They need new merchandise,” Bob Maricich, CEO of International Market Centers, said of the home furnishings show.
“I wanted to lay a perfect wall,” said Cole Stamper, the newly minted champion of the Spec Mix Bricklayer 500 at the World of Concrete. “Straight, plumb level, straight and perfect — and that’s what it was.”
Organizers expect more people to attend this year’s show, which opened Tuesday, than were at last year’s event and that numbers of attendees will be closer to those seen at pre-pandemic events.
The Andre Agassi Foundation for Education and the Engelstad Foundation will give winners of a three-phased contest up to $500,000 to solve one question: “Who has an idea for improving Nevada’s educational landscape?”
World of Concrete, the construction trade show that kicked off pandemic-era conventions in Las Vegas last summer, returns to the city next week.
Shelves at grocery stores in the Las Vegas Valley and across the country are looking emptier than usual as the latest wave of COVID-19 creates problems for major retailers.
Nearly 1,000 unopened boxed meals from Consumer Electronics Show were given to nonprofits with community meal services on last Friday.
The emergency blood supply is several days short of the multiday reserve needed in Southern Nevada, mirroring a national shortage, officials said.
Soon-to-be brides and grooms with a few (million) extra dollars in their budget can now opt for an ultra-lavish wedding weekend with the new $5 million package from the Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas.
More than 330 nonprofits in the Silver State applied for a grant program funded by the state’s American Rescue Plan allocation.
Las Vegas nonprofits, law enforcement and some resorts will take part in #WearBlueDay to raise awareness about human trafficking.