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Southern Nevada home rental prices continue to rise: Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016; Home rental prices continue to trend upward in Southern Nevada, even as home purchase prices experience a seasonal lull. Average apartment rents have shown ...
Did Foley get the name right? Depends on a lot more than local appeal, experts say: Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016; The Vegas Golden Knights will play their first game in the National Hockey League next season without the full moniker of the city in which they reside. The bold decision of Golden Knights owner Bill Foley to drop “Las” from the team’s name generated both rebuke from ...
Las Vegas airport has its busiest October ever: Monday, Nov. 28, 2016; Boosted by strong gains in international travel, the Las Vegas airport continues a stellar 2016 in terms of passenger growth. More than 4.2 million people traveled through McCarran International Airport last month ...
Health care limbo: Postelection, Teamsters’ take on insurance is a window on greater issue: Monday, Nov. 28, 2016; As America waits to see if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on promises to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, policy wonks are musing on what’s likely to unfold. For local unions, there may be less to worry about, as they could negotiate better terms for health benefits than is available in Trump’s “new normal.”
Eastbound 215 at airport closed tonight: Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016; The next closure of the 215 Beltway will not cause the heartburn of last weekend’s full shutdown, but drivers should prepare for another partial blockage Monday night. ...
Retail experts: Best holiday deals closer to Christmas, not necessarily Black Friday: Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016; Setting up a tent and camping for days outside your favorite big-box retailer for those screaming Black Friday deals sounds like either an adventure or a nightmare ...
Bump in Thanksgiving weekend travel to be evident at McCarran, on L.V. roadways: Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016; A rising economic tide will lift all Thanksgiving travelers this year, as local and national reports expect more people to venture from home for the holiday. Local officials ...
215 Beltway at Airport Connector closed in both directions this weekend: Friday, Nov. 18, 2016; Continuing work on the Airport Connector project will cause its most severe traffic impact to date, forcing the full closure of the 215 Beltway in both directions at ...
$14 million Enclave takes shape: Venue designed for smaller conventions, meetings; Friday, Nov. 18, 2016; When Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett and their 21-piece orchestra need a place to rehearse, the place must be just right. ...
Confronting signs, motorists chant ‘Take them down!’: Deadline looms to remove political signage; Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016; They scream at you every day for months from street corners and chain-link fences, rarely drawing their desired attention and often merely creating a morass of colors and shapes. ...
Going digital has helped food pantry cut waste and better serve clients: Monday, Nov. 14, 2016; Instead of receiving a mystery box of food, clients receive a fixed amount of credit each month to shop at one of Lutheran Social Services of Nevada’s in-house, touch-screen computer terminals.
Event to connect entrepreneurs with government agencies: Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016; Small-business owners looking to make connections to grow their enterprise are encouraged to attend an event Thursday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. ...
Las Vegas home prices continue modest dip: Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016; Las Vegas home listings last month reached their lowest level since December 2015, while the median sale price continued a modest four-month slide, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors (GLVAR.) ...
Attorney: Use ‘common sense’ when asking for time off to vote: Employers must provide time if Tuesday’s your only chance to vote; Friday, Nov. 4, 2016; Nevada law requires your employer to give you time to vote on Election Day, but be prepared to prove that the hours you work present your only chance to exercise the right. ...
‘Deep breath’ is the best advice for investors after this election: The clarity elections typically bring to markets not so certain this cycle; Friday, Nov. 4, 2016; Markets love certainty, the axiom holds, and this presidential election offers little of it. The best most experts can make of it is that a Hillary Clinton victory would do very little to ...
Zillow: Loan-approval rates still show disparity among races: Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016; Black and Hispanic mortgage applicants are significantly more likely to be denied for a loan than white and Asian borrowers, according to recently released federal data. ...
Construction wraps up on $46.4 million Flamingo Road project: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016; As orange cones continue their assault on freeways throughout the valley, a main local surface artery returns to normal this week. Seventeen months of construction on the 14-mile Flamingo Road corridor ...
Falling gas prices drive truck resurgence at SEMA: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016; They preen along the road adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center on this fall Tuesday afternoon like beauty pageant contestants posing on a stage. ...
SEMA’s emphasis on SUVs sign of improving economy: Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016; Christmas comes about two months early for car enthusiasts when the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) arrives today at the Las Vegas Convention Center. ...
Rampart Casino conducting job fair for more than 70 openings: Monday, Oct. 31, 2016; A local hotel and casino plans to hire for more than 70 open positions during a job fair Friday, but prospective candidates need not wait to apply. JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa and ...
The resurrection of North Las Vegas: How a recession-ravaged city is clawing its way back, one idea at a time; Monday, Oct. 31, 2016; In 2012, North Las Vegas declared a state of fiscal emergency and trashed its bond rating. The state considered taking over, but the city was given a chance to pull itself out of the depths of the recession. Driven by Mayor John Lee’s vision, Las Vegas’ satellite city is making bold business moves and betting on itself. “I realized this was going to be like a Peace Corps assignment,” Lee said. “We could take this third-world government called North Las Vegas and rise it up to the second or first tier” ...
Tips and traps when showing a home: Real estate agents advised to take precautions; Friday, Oct. 28, 2016; Through the front door of the empty house walked one of Scott Beaudry’s real estate agents, followed closely by a man whom she believed was a prospective home buyer.
Record number of travelers at McCarran in September: Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016; McCarran Airport continued a resurgent year of passenger growth with the strongest September count in the facility’s history ...
Mixing and matching local charities and Henderson businesses: Henderson Chamber event fosters philanthropic connections; Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016; Henderson business owners looking to get in the game joined charitable organizations from throughout the valley at a networking event Tuesday night at the Eastside Cannery. ...
Major Spaghetti Bowl ramp closures take effect on freeways, MLK exit: Interstate 15, U.S. 95 ramp closures to last until late February 2017; Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016; "Car-Nado" kicked off late Wednesday, beginning a four-month set of major detours around the Spaghetti Bowl interchange ...
‘Soft skills’ always in demand: Communication, teamwork emphasized at workforce conference; Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016; Graduating millennials and retraining baby boomers share little in common, but both could stand to focus on their ability to communicate. ...
Second chances: DW Bistro’s opening symbolic of the Gramercy’s newfound momentum: Monday, Oct. 24, 2016; While the Gramercy stands out as one of few attempts at combined residential/office/retail development in Southern Nevada, a broader preference for similar projects appears to be emerging, according to Ed Coulson, an economics professor and director of UNLV’s Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies at Lee Business School.
Ways you, small businesses can guard against online attacks: Cyber, wire fraud subjects of bank forum; Friday, Oct. 21, 2016; Your smart refrigerator can stop you from accessing your bank account in the age of the “Internet of Things.” The evolving threat of such cyber and wire fraud drew a crowd of dozens wanting more information on how to protect themselves and their businesses to an event sponsored by City National Bank at the Innevation Center on Thursday. ...
Ramped-up Spaghetti Bowl work to resemble ‘Car-Nado’: New ramp closures for interchange improvements begin next week; Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016; Hurtling Corvettes attacking C-list actresses and causing mass destruction from above? Not quite, but upcoming Spaghetti Bowl closures being dubbed “Car-Nado” by NDOT will begin a massive three-year snarl in daily commutes throughout the valley. The major impact of Project Neon hits next week and the first four-month phase will restrict access from ...
Nation's second-tallest tower dedicated at McCarran: Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016; What stands out atop McCarran International Airport’s new control tower, beside dozens of brightly colored computer screens and a relatively new microwave oven, is focused quiet. As air traffic controllers guided midday traffic across the airport’s four runways in hushed tones Tuesday afternoon, FAA officials and members of Nevada’s congressional delegation spoke ...
Cyber, wire fraud to be topics of City National Bank forum: Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016; Preparation for the threat posed by cyber and wire fraud will be the topic of a forum hosted by City National Bank next week.