Mike Trask

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Boulder City Hospital says tax money needed: Voters are told denial could mean closure; Sunday, July 27, 2008; For a time, the private hospital in Boulder City needed public financial assistance to expand. Now it needs tax revenue just to keep the doors open.
Blow to a struggling downtown: Efforts to redevelop downtown Henderson have slowed to a crawl; Friday, July 25, 2008; Across the street from Henderson City Hall, behind a bench where pedestrians can relax and enjoy the downtown scene — perhaps with a cup of coffee — a coffee shop has gone out of business.
NLV: Give us your poor, unloved, teeming industries: City embraces neglected Apex park and the jobs it could bring; Thursday, July 24, 2008; To glimpse a slice of Southern Nevada’s future, we head out of town on northbound Interstate 15, well beyond the big NASCAR track, to the point where Las Vegas fades from your rearview mirror.
In valley, fuel prices spur car pooling, making friends out of strangers: Tuesday, July 22, 2008; Maria Bittner and her car-pooling partner, Gloria Vargason, were total strangers five weeks ago. Expensive gas brought them together. It’s a social shift an increasing number of us are willing to make.
Guard drops fight against NLV casino after compromises: Monday, July 21, 2008; It seemed for a moment that the creation of a new gaming district next to the National Guard training grounds in North Las Vegas could be contentious.
Trask: UFC edges Affliction in Saturday night duel: Sunday, July 20, 2008; Main Event: Both headliners fought as advertised on Saturday night.
Snag in swap meet’s revamp: Bringing sprawling market up to code would displace hundreds of vendors; Thursday, July 17, 2008; The owners of the Broadacres Swap Meet want to add an amphitheater and restrooms to the 31-year-old facilities. But to make those improvements, they would have to bring the property up to code. That would mean creating a 30-foot setback on the front and back, displacing 350 vendors.
OK sought for balloon flights over Boulder Highway: Tuesday, July 15, 2008; AeroBalloon of Las Vegas has plans to put a tethered balloon ride at the parking lot of the vacant Roadhouse Casino at Boulder Highway and Sunset Road in Henderson. All it needs is Henderson’s approval.
Signs of slump all over homey family-run casino: Smaller paychecks, bigger overhead hurt bottom line; Monday, July 14, 2008; Mike Woodrum, the man behind the bar at the Klondike Sunset, the locals joint just off the beaten path that is the Boulder Strip, knows a thing or two about the state of the economy.
Clinic won’t let vandals destroy its mission of care: Donated building in NLV needs $300,000 in repairs; Thursday, July 10, 2008; This was going to be a feel-good story until someone stole the air conditioners. Now, the building with a bright future sits useless, and nobody has the cash to fix it.
Kelley gets win as boxing returns to Hilton: Tuesday, July 8, 2008; It wasn’t anywhere close to a night of legends at the Las Vegas Hilton on Tuesday -- although Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather Sr. were both in the audience.
TNF: Kelley wins; Tyson didn't see it: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
TNF: The UFC guy loses; Tyson is not impressed: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
TNF: My goodness Kaspars is big: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
TNF: Mike Tyson is in the house: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Tuesday Night Fights at the Hilton: Elvis has left the building but Kaspars (Kambala) isn't a ghost: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Target to kick off new center in Henderson: Monday, July 7, 2008; Henderson is getting some good news about downtown redevelopment.
UFC 86: Presser: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC: The Gov was here: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC 86: Forrest Wins, Forrest wins, Forrest wins: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC: Cote wins; it's time: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC: Near the end: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC 86: Stevenson wins: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC 86: Stevenson-Tibau: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC: Koscheck wins; Pete Wentz sighting: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC: Griffin wins: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC: Griffin entrance: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC: PPV begins; Tito is here: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC: Gonzaga wins: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC: Miller wins; Presley is in the building: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC: Guillard wins: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC: Buchholz wins: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC 86: Crowd: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC: Tidbit: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC 86: Corey Hill: Saturday, July 5, 2008
UFC 86: The start: Saturday, July 5, 2008
Live from the media room: Saturday, July 5, 2008
Only four hours until UFC 86: Saturday, July 5, 2008
Boulder City bookshop no bellwether: Business is more about quality of life than making money; Friday, July 4, 2008; Everett Chase doesn’t measure the economy in million-dollar increments like those big businesses on the Strip. In his little bookshop in Boulder City, $100 means a great day.
The Iceman at Wildfire: Thursday, July 3, 2008
NLV delays Boyd casino decision: Thursday, July 3, 2008; It will be another month before the North Las Vegas City Council decides whether to allow Boyd Gaming to build a casino near Interstate 215 and Losee Road.
Activist stirs the pot before tonight’s NLV council meeting: Wednesday, July 2, 2008; The fate of a pair of casinos projects in North Las Vegas will likely be decided tonight
MMA Notes: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Boulder City recall still dead: Monday, June 30, 2008
Boyd’s bid for new casino site could open door to competitor: Monday, June 30, 2008; North of Interstate 215 in North Las Vegas, Losee Road turns to gravel and then ends altogether at a chain-link fence. Beyond, in the empty desert, is where Boyd Gaming wants to build a casino.
It’s 3 1/2 miles east of another casino, Aliante Station, which will open this year.
Unexpected housing slump effect: Church left half-built: Developer abandons work at Black Mountain Fellowship amid bankruptcy filing; Friday, June 27, 2008; Pastor Roy Miller Sr. thought God had answered his prayers when three years ago a developer offered to build him a beautiful church in exchange for five humble acres in Henderson.
Cleanup gives NLV neighborhood hope for renewal: Daylong event is part of the city’s sweeping investment; Tuesday, June 24, 2008; Elizabeth Driver has lived in the same small home for 40 years. Her life has remained mostly unchanged. Not so her neighborhood, what with the guns and the drugs. But there are signs of improvement.
Litigation over Boulder City recall looks likely: Proponents are talking to a lawyer, determined to fight secretary of state’s ruling; Saturday, June 21, 2008; The effort to recall a pair of Boulder City politicians started on the streets, and now it’s likely moving to the courts.
Smoking ban not doing all the banning its sponsors hoped: Many taverns thumb their noses at the law, which has little teeth; Saturday, June 21, 2008; Two years ago — when the economy was humming along fine and nobody was getting hepatitis C from a colonoscopy — Nevada’s proposed indoor smoking ban was front-page news.
Boulder City recall drama not over yet: Thursday, June 19, 2008