Nearly a decade after Yohan Lowie bought the golf course to build an expansive housing project, the legal battle with the city of Las Vegas appears to be nearing a resolution.
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
Local Government Reporter
Email: rtorres@reviewjournal.com
Ricardo Torres-Cortez covers the city of Las Vegas and Clark County. He returned to the Review-Journal, where he’d interned, after a five-year stint at the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. A Mexican-born graduate of UNLV, he’s passionate about soccer, video games, books and coffee.
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The city of Henderson reported it had completed fixes to an underground water system that had earlier threatened residents’ ability to remain at their homes.
Councilwoman Ruth Garcia-Anderson pulled ahead of entrepreneur and community organizer Robert “Twixx” Taylor in the race for a North Las Vegas City Council seat.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cleared another hurdle with its plans to build a temple near lone Mountain in northwest Las Vegas.
Just under 10,000 Nevada mail-in ballots still required signature verifications, a day before the deadline to do so in order for those voters’ choices to count.
The Planning Commission will consider relinquishing the city’s access for road, drainage and sewer for a portion of the development’s perimeter.
The Nevada attorney general’s office said anonymous racist messages that targeted Black Americans across the U.S. reached residents of the Silver State.
Las Vegas mayoral candidate Victoria Seaman officially conceded the race to her opponent, former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley.
The City Council voted to strengthen a camping ban that affects homeless people who sleep and gather in public spaces.
The Las Vegas City Council delayed a vote whether to approve $250 million to $286 million as part of a possible settlement with the would-be developer of the defunct Badlands golf course.
Nevada Assemblywoman Shondra Summers-Armstrong was leading Tuesday night in the race to replace Las Vegas Councilman Cedric Crear.
Republican attorney April Becker was ahead in her race to fill an open seat on the Clark County Commission.
Former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley and Las Vegas Councilwoman Victoria Seaman are vying to replace Mayor Carolyn Goodman.
The Clark County Commission voted to approve a camping ban that will impact those in the homeless community who loiter and sleep on public spaces.