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Summerlin developer Howard Hughes Corp. sold more land for new housing last year than it did in 2017. It sold 244.8 acres of residential land in Summerlin – Las Vegas’ largest master-planned community – for $144.7 million last year. That’s up from 206.6 acres for $120.7 million in 2017. Summerlin spans 22,500 acres along the valley’s western rim and has roughly 110,000 residents.

Southern Nevada is about 800 mechanics short, according the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. As the technology in cars continues to advance, it’s becoming more difficult to find auto mechanics and technicians who know how to work on the vehicles. Usually, a labor shortage translates to higher wages. But the median wage for auto service workers in Clark County is $17.50 an hour, according to Emsi, a labor market analytics firm The average hourly wage in the Las Vegas Valley is $21.37, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Eastern and Ione 9925 S Eastern Ave , Las Vegas, NV 89183 Rainbow & Lake Mead 1991 N Rainbow Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89108 Sahara at I-15 192480 S Rancho Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89102 Stephanie at Warm Springs 460 N Stephanie St, Henderson, NV 89014 South McCarran and 580 6365 S McCarran Blvd, Reno, NV 89509 Sparks Blvd & I-80 1390 Big Fish Dr, Sparks, NV 89434 More are on the way

Las Vegas Councilman Bob Coffin said Wednesday he will not seek re-election. Coffin, 76, decided he will not run for a third, final term. The long-time former state legislator cited a troublesome back injury. I really hope that people running for this office have some experience dealing with pressure … because it is intense. The primary election is April 2. The general election is June 11.

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It’s been one year since people were diverted from UMC on Oct. 1, but county policy remains unchanged. UMC issued an “internal disaster” alert that night, telling ambulance drivers to avoid the hospital. It apparently contributed to the erroneous dispatch that UMC was “completely out of beds.” The alert wasn’t intended for mass casualty incidents, but neither hospital nor local health officials plan to erect policy changes to preclude its use during them. Instead, the health district is relying on a technical change to the computer system on which the alert runs. And UMC instituted an extra sign-off on capacity notifications. “(‘Internal disaster’) must be available for hospitals to use at all times,” a UMC spokeswoman said in an email. “The codes provide important notifications to both EMS and area hospitals regarding hospital status.”

After a long-winded battle with waste-management company Republic Services, Simple Environmental Services Group has declared bankruptcy. The recycling and waste management company filed for bankruptcy with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in July. According to Simple ESG’s filing, the company had more than 1,186,000 creditors, more than $1.05 million in reported assets and about $2.8 million in reported liabilities. The company used Republic Services — which has an exclusive franchise agreement with all municipalities in Southern Nevada — to collect clients’ trash. It also worked with other vendors to collect and haul recycling and provided additional services like graffiti removal. In a March 5 letter and obtained by the Review-Journal from Simple ESG to its clients, the company acknowledged that its clients had been receiving delinquent notices, service interruption notices, emails and phone calls regarding Republic Service accounts. Tim Oudman, area president at Republic Services