May 10 Officials prep for gruesome surprises as Las Vegas lake slowly dries up By Ken Ritter, Associated Press Stories about long-departed Las Vegas organized crime figures are surfacing after a second set of unidentified human remains were revealed as the water level falls on drought-stricken Lake Mead. The reservoir on the Colorado River is about a 30-minute drive… Continue reading
Jan 21 Adele postpones Las Vegas residency, citing pandemic impact By Associated Press Adele has postponed a 24-date Las Vegas residency hours before it was to start, citing delivery delays and coronavirus illness in her crew. The chart-topping British singer said she was “gutted” and promised to reschedule the shows. Continue reading
Jun 07 Drought-stricken Nevada enacts ban on ‘non-functional’ grass By Sam Metz, Associated Press The measure signed Friday will ban water users in southern Nevada from planting decorative grass so they conserve water. The grass ban starting in 2027 applies to office parks, entrances to housing developments and street medians. Continue reading
Mar 05 Teacher vaccinations go untracked amid school reopening push By Casey Smith, Associated Press As the U.S. prioritizes teachers nationwide for coronavirus vaccines, states and many districts are not keeping track of how many school employees have received the shots. Continue reading
Apr 26 Muted and vacant, Las Vegas struggles to survive shutdown By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Slot machines are powered down, casinos boarded up and barricaded. On the always busy, always noisy, never sleeping Las Vegas strip, you can now hear birds chirping. Continue reading
Mar 31 Las Vegas marking parking places for homeless encampment By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press It's a move that is stirring outrage by some on social media. Former Obama administration housing chief Julian Castro suggested in a post on Twitter that the city's homeless should be temporarily places in empty hotel rooms. Continue reading
Feb 21 WATCH: Trump rallies Nevada GOP ahead of state’s Dem caucuses By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Speaking to thousands of fans Friday at the Las Vegas Convention Center, President Donald Trump also rejected a fresh intelligence community assessment that Russia was seeking to interfere in the 2020 race just as it did in 2016 on Trump's… Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 6:34 Why Nevada’s Culinary Union isn’t buying Medicare for All By John Yang In Nevada, a majority-Latino, majority-female union reflects the changing face of U.S. organized labor and the state's increasingly diverse population. Last year, the union was also the most effective Latino voter turnout operation in the state, where Democrats won up… Continue watching
Oct 03 MGM agrees to pay victims of Las Vegas shooting up to $800 million By Associated Press Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against the owner of the Mandalay Bay resort where the gunman opened fire into an outdoor concert on Oct. 1, 2017. Continue reading
Oct 01 Las Vegas mass shooting anniversary sparks debate on gun control By Ken Ritter, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press The U.S. government this year banned a device that helped the Las Vegas gunman shoot more rapidly. Continue reading