Adam Candee

Story Archive

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.