If the marijuana industry doesn’t soon have easier access to protected banking, legal pot companies will continue to face safety hazards while hauling around large amounts of cash, argued three prominent Nevada Democrats, condemned Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt for ...
With almost 35,000 attendees from 35 countries and over 800 industry stars set to participate, the annual AVN Adult Entertainment Expo arrives this week at the Hard Rock Hotel for the ...
Tax proceeds from Nevada’s marijuana sales exceeded expectations in November, adding to already better-than-average figures from the four previous months of legal recreational pot sales. The industry brought in more than $5.5 million in November ...
A possible federal crackdown presents a risk to Nevada buyers in the safety of both the buying experience and the quality product. Instead of shopping for highly regulated and tested marijuana products …
Just over six months after sales of recreational marijuana began in Nevada, the state’s Tax Commission today approved permanent regulations to govern the industry. The eight-member commission voted ...
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions wasn’t joking when he said he believed marijuana use in the U.S. “should be minimized.” On Jan. 4, the Department of Justice head rescinded Obama-era guidelines — most notably the Cole and Wilkinson memorandums — that provided marijuana-legal states an opportunity to operate their ...
Las Vegas’ plan to be the first major U.S. city to develop and open lounges for marijuana consumption is now in limbo in the wake of recent action by federal authorities. Officials representing the city of Las Vegas and Clark County said Monday that neither entity is immediately proceeding with previously discussed ideas to implement the lounges after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued ...
A memo today that said federal authorities would be rescinding a Department of Justice document that protected states’ rights to establish legal marijuana operations was ...
Las Vegas will welcome an estimated 330,000 visitors from across the globe for its New Year’s Eve celebration. For those on the Strip, that means big parties, large crowds, and — without the proper preparation — potentially dangerous circumstances. Officials have put together tips for ...
After gunfire erupted at a southeast valley house Friday afternoon, the suspect in a triple slaying told the homeowner to take care of her dog “because she was ...
The Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee nearly tripled the security budget to keep locals and tourists safe on the biggest party night of the year in Las Vegas.
Tax proceeds on Nevada’s marijuana sales is continuing an upward trajectory, establishing a new monthly high in October during the fourth month of the ...
Rob Ruckus, a worker at Inyo Fine Cannabis dispensary in Las Vegas, grabbed a tub of more than 50 canned food items Thursday morning to load into his pickup truck. Over the last couple weeks, donated food — items such as ...
An event Friday in the southeast valley will offer locals a final chance to connect with licensed professionals and enroll in a 2018 health care plan ...
After being cornered by Metro Police officers last week, an attempted robbery suspect with a baseball bat shattered the front door and got into a central valley convenience store, prompting a sergeant to ...
With more than 1.2 million students nationwide waiting to get into public charter schools, it is important to expand such opportunities, charter advocates said today at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new school in the east valley ...
News that recreational marijuana sales could begin in Los Angeles as early as next month was greeted warmly by leaders in Nevada’s weed industry on Wednesday. Legal recreational sales in L.A. would more likely benefit the pot industry here than hurt it, advocates said. “It’s mostly positive. We’ve heard from ...
By some estimates, up to 8 million dogs and cats in the U.S. use medical marijuana. They aren’t smoking it and they aren’t getting high, but many pet owners are using it to ...
Angelica Cervantes fought back tears as she embraced Jay Purves, Nevada vice president for Contemporary Services Corp., in a small parking lot just off the Las Vegas Strip. In sight, less than 1,000 feet away, were the grounds where ...
More than 2,300 combined members in the Las Vegas Urban, Asian and Latin chambers of commerce — including MGM Resorts International, Boyd Gaming and Wynn Las Vegas — bring billions of dollars each year for the Las Vegas economy. The three chambers are among the largest local organizations that focus on helping minorities with business networking, outreach and political representation.
Farah Sedky moved her hands expressively, beaming as she described her first trip to the United States this week for Sunday’s Miss Universe pageant at Planet Hollywood. Miss Egypt said she isn’t just a beauty queen but a citizen using ...
American shoppers will take to malls, warehouses and brick-and-mortar outlets Friday for what has long been one of the most lucrative days for retail companies across the country. In Nevada, for the first time, Black Friday will include legal recreational marijuana. And just like big-box retailers, pot stores are rolling out the deals in hopes that ...
Marijuana shoppers in the Las Vegas Valley will now be able to order their weed like they do fast food, thanks to Nevada's first pot drive-thru set to open today. Nuwu Cannabis Marketplace, located on tribal land on ...
Nevada's first inmate execution in 11 years was postponed Thursday after a state court judge ordered a paralytic drug removed from a never-before-used lethal ...
Public schools in Henderson will get financial boosts totaling about $300,000 next year from money raised by city business license fees for recreational marijuana, thanks to ...
A dispute over whether federal agents recorded video of embattled Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s home before an April 2014 standoff has delayed a federal court trial for ...
Documents show rancher Cliven Bundy tried to pay his accrued grazing-fee debt — at least once. He just sent the check to the wrong government agency ...
As one of Las Vegas’ fastest growing minority demographics, the Asian and Pacific Islander population has stronger potential than ever in affecting positive change in government, speakers from a national organization said Saturday. ...
A 28-year-old Las Vegas mother, a real estate salesman and a dog-walking small-business owner will be among the 12 jurors who will decide the fate of embattled ...
The Bundys believe they’re presenting a legitimate legal case and they’ve thrived on jury sympathy and the ability to speak rationally about their make extremist ideals to win over such juries. While such arguments ...
Rule of law in Russia under President Vladimir Putin is an in-doubt as it has been since the dissolution of the Soviet Union over 25 years ago, said the son of one of the Soviet Union's most powerful and influential former leaders Saturday in Las Vegas. ...
Clark County School Board member Kevin Child has been banned from School District property, Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky said today. Skorkowsky, citing student and ...
Nevada tax officials say the second month of legal sales of recreational marijuana brought in just under $5 million in tax revenue, up from $3.7 million in its first month. A Nevada Tax Department spokeswoman said the numbers are on pace to meet the state’s expectation of $120 million in state taxes over ...
On Twitter, he goes by “Casino Nemesis.” But Bob Nersesian insists he’s just a normal lawyer, looking out for people who feel they’ve been cheated by the house. Known in professional circles as a go-to attorney for gamblers, Nersesian has operated a family law firm for nearly 25 years in downtown Las Vegas. Representing mostly car dealerships and auto salespeople, he and his wife, Thea, initially saw Las Vegas as ...
Months after recreational marijuana sales began across Nevada, Henderson officials approved applications for its five dispensaries to join the flourishing industry ...
The Clark County School District is graduating high school students at a record rate, according to data released today. A total of 82.7 percent of seniors — 20,030 across the district’s four dozen-plus high schools — earned diplomas in ...
About 200 tribal leaders and families celebrated the announcement with industry members and elected officials in a private gathering Saturday inside the new 15,500 square-foot Nuwu Cannabis Marketplace. ...
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo today again adjusted the timeline of events surrounding the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, now saying a Mandalay Bay security guard was shot close to the same time the gunman opened fire on a festival crowd, not ...
A national gun control advocacy group is partnering with a Las Vegas law firm in a class-action lawsuit against a leading bump stock producer over what they called negligent production and marketing of the products that ...
One week after the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history occurred along the Las Vegas Strip, some of those who left their personal belongings behind as they fled the scene can begin collecting them. Officials announced today that ...
When Natalia Cruz first saw Stephen Paddock’s picture on television last week, she thought it was Paddock that had been shot — not the other way around. Upon later finding out Paddock was responsible ...
A small lot in downtown Las Vegas’ Arts District was nothing more than a barren patch of dirt just five days ago. By Friday, the half-acre plot on 1015 S. Casino Center Blvd. was a flourishing floral masterpiece ...
Six local Spanish-speaking organizations will raise money this weekend for Puerto Rico after two hurricanes devastated the island last month. The Las Vegas 4 Puerto Rico coalition, a group led by ...
While Las Vegas emergency crews and law enforcement agencies have been praised across the world for their heroic and life-saving efforts during Sunday’s horrific mass shooting, one group of ...