Chris Kudialis

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Medical pot dealers cleared for recreational sales in Clark County, Las Vegas
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Officials in Clark County and Las Vegas approved a combined 37 dual-use permits Wednesday for medical marijuana dispensaries to begin selling recreational marijuana ...
After court ruling, what’s next for recreational marijuana in Nevada?
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
With Tuesday’s ruling temporarily eliminating 88 marijuana distributors from Nevada’s new recreational marijuana program, industry leaders say they are scrambling to make ...
After judge's ruling, July 1 early start date for recreational marijuana in jeopardy
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
A Nevada judge granted a preliminary injunction today to liquor distributors for the state’s new recreational marijuana program to put a ...
Judge mulling Nevada bid for recreational pot sales July 1
Monday, June 19, 2017
The fate of the Nevada marijuana industry’s July 1 start date for recreational sales will wait at least one more day, as a judge in Carson City did not rule Monday on whether to ...
Man dies at Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas
Monday, June 19, 2017
Morse is the first reported death at the music festival in 2017. His cause and manner of death are still pending ...
EDC Night 2: Another 135,000 attendees, arrests down from last year
Sunday, June 18, 2017
More than 135,000 people attended Night 2 of the Electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and the number of felony arrests made by Metro Police dipped slightly from last year’s record totals ...
Police: EDC begins with 'normal' number of arrests, large number of medical calls
Saturday, June 17, 2017
An estimated 136,000 festivalgoers attended the first day of the 2017 Electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Friday, and a minimal percentage of them found themselves in trouble with the law.
Electric Daisy Carnival opens in Las Vegas with nearly 140,000 attendees
Saturday, June 17, 2017
Locals and tourists alike danced the night away, sporting a wide range of costumes from surfers in board shorts to showgirls in pasties and even full body paint. Many exchanged “kandi” rave beads and were dressed in as little as legally allowed to ...
New hospitals aimed at 'unserved and underserved communities'
Friday, June 16, 2017
Four new Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican hospitals are slated to open this year in the valley, with an innovative model and a goal of enriching the local landscape of health care.
Marijuana is legal in Nevada, but not at Electric Daisy Carnival
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Pack your patience and leave your weed behind for this weekend’s Electric Daisy Carnival. Illegal drugs and blistering temperatures mix poorly, local authorities warned in advance of the festival. Representatives from Metro Police, Nevada Highway Patrol and organizing group Insomniac Events urged ...
How a tourist destination can maintain its appeal in an era of crisis events
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Security experts from across the world discussed the components of a robust tourism industry, including safety, health and enjoyment Tuesday at ...
Sandoval signs 3 marijuana bills into law, vetoes one
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Medical marijuana cards will now cost as low as $50 for Nevada patients, edible products will come in opaque, child-proof packages and a 10 percent excise tax on sales of ...
Nevada pot industry still hoping for July 1 recreational sales kickoff despite restraining order
Friday, June 9, 2017
An order issued by a Nevada court in Carson City to prevent the state’s new marijuana regulating body from moving forward with a July 1 start date for recreational weed sales has the industry holding its breath but ...
Recreational pot advocates pleased with Nevada Legislature’s strides
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Legislators in favor of propelling Nevada’s marijuana industry will have most of their wishes fulfilled if Gov. Brian Sandoval keeps a commitment to sign at least one of ...
 
ESAs' loss of earmarked money from pot tax is rainy day fund's gain
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
A 10 percent tax on recreational marijuana sales initially proposed to help pay for Education Savings Accounts will instead bolster Nevada’s rainy day fund after legislators chose not to move forward with the school voucher program ...
Las Vegas’ latest marijuana trend: enhanced yoga
Monday, June 5, 2017
Retired Army Ranger Tim Ray sat on a yoga mat with his long legs crossed, inhaling from a double-barrel wooden mouthpiece with two marijuana joints sticking out. Ray, whose 12 years in the military included stints in Afghanistan and Iraq, exhaled smoke from his mouth and nose — a combination of Stardawg indica and Jack Herer sativa strains — to help relax his mind for an ...
What to know about Clark County's new academic calendar
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Students in the Clark County School District will come back from summer two weeks earlier this year, starting classes Aug. 14.
Vetoed pot bills are dead as Senate moves not to vote again on them
Saturday, June 3, 2017
Two marijuana bills passed through the Nevada State Legislature but vetoed by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval earlier this week were officially thrown out during a Senate Floor session on Saturday. ...
Nevada tribes a step closer to legally growing, selling marijuana
Friday, June 2, 2017
Native American tribal governments in Nevada will now be able to negotiate directly with the governor’s office on marijuana, thanks to legislation passed Friday. Senate Bill 375, which opens the door for legal negotiations on ...
Squashing of pot tax, ESA funding leaves political leaders fuming
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Republicans walked out of the Senate chambers after disagreements over Education Savings Accounts led a proposed tax on recreational pot to fail twice ...
Nevada governor vetoes 2 marijuana bills, others awaiting action
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Gov. Brian Sandoval has vetoed bills to create apprenticeships in the legal marijuana business and to add opioid addiction to the list of qualifying medical conditions for ...
8 marijuana bills awaiting fate in final days of Legislature
Thursday, June 1, 2017
With only five days left in Nevada's legislative session, much of marijuana’s future in the state is still in limbo. Four marijuana regulation bills are still making ...
With recreational weed sales coming, what will happen to medical marijuana in Nevada?
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
The Denver dispensary is called Medicine Man and was founded on serving medical marijuana patients. Yet, since Colorado legalized recreational marijuana sales three years ago, few of ...
UNLV student has passion for science, wins national scholarship for efforts
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Payne’s passion for science and work in Dr. Brian Hedlund’s microbiology lab at UNLV paved the way for his recent selection as a 2017 Goldwater Scholar, which is given to 240 university students each year. Payne, a 20-year-old junior, is the first ...
Las Vegas rally for minimum wage hike part of nationwide protest
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour would allow working families to afford rent and basic amenities and stimulate the economy, demonstrators outside ...
'Remember their names': Fallen officers honored at annual police ceremony
Friday, May 19, 2017
Bagpipes sounded, officers saluted and guns fired in salute as about 50 fallen Southern Nevada law enforcement officers dating back as far as 1866 were honored Thursday night in the northeast valley ...
Funding to regulate recreational marijuana passes subcommittee
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
A subcommittee of 10 Nevada legislators unanimously voted today in favor of nearly $14 million in funding for 16 new state positions to help regulate the ...
Committee OKs bill to crack down on short-term rentals in Las Vegas
Monday, May 15, 2017
A three-member committee today approved a bill to tighten restrictions on short-term home rentals in Las Vegas made popular by websites such as Airbnb. The bill would place restrictions on hundreds of ...
What to know about working in marijuana
Monday, May 15, 2017
Nevada’s recreational marijuana industry is expected to bring $1.1 billion in revenue and up to 40,000 jobs over the next eight years, per a 2016 study from Las Vegas-based RCG Economics. While regulations are still being hashed out by the Legislature and Department of Taxation, marijuana businesses foresee potential employees flocking. Four local marijuana business owners were surveyed, saying that while the new recreational industry will bring more jobs, demand for those openings at dispensaries, production facilities and ...
Weed consultants offer cost-saving tips for pot growers
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Marijuana cultivators across Las Vegas and the 28 states where pot is legal could save money and reduce their carbon footprint by investing in more energy-efficient, eco-friendly growing systems and ...
'Early start' program for recreational marijuana sales OK'd
Monday, May 8, 2017
The proposal for temporary “early start” recreational licenses was approved early Monday afternoon by the Nevada Tax Commission with all but one commissioner voting in favor of the program.
CCSD bus driver involved in deadly crash 'cared for students like her own'
Friday, May 5, 2017
School officials praised local authorities, the students and bus driver for their “phenomenal” actions during the incident, and thanked local business Lowe’s for their support of those gathered at the corner of Nellis and Carey after the crash. Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky also expressed condolences to ...
15 students injured when school bus overturns; driver of car killed in crash
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Students described a terrifying scene of children and backpacks being tossed about as a school bus overturned Thursday morning in a crash that authorities said left the driver of a car dead and a passenger critically injured. At least 15 students on the bus ...
Medical pot operations well-positioned for July 1 recreational weed launch
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Licensed Nevada medical marijuana facilities in good standing with state agencies will be allowed to start selling recreational marijuana on July 1 if the industry’s new state regulating body has its way ...
Police: Man shoots woman, kills himself at northwest valley apartment
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
A man shot and killed a woman this morning at a northwest valley apartment, reported it to authorities and then turned the weapon on himself, according to Metro Police.
The man shot the woman shortly before ...
Metro Police officer injured in crash
Wednesday, May 3, 2017
A Metro Police officer was hospitalized this morning after being T-boned while driving through an intersection in the northeast valley, police said.
The police car had its lights and ...
Commissioners mixed over recommendations on recreational marijuana
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Clark County commissioners had mixed reactions to an advisory panel’s recommendations today for overseeing recreational marijuana businesses. The recommendations from the Clark County Green Ribbon Marijuana Advisory Panel are ...
Immigrants, union members take to the Strip for May Day rally
Monday, May 1, 2017
Nearly 2,000 Las Vegan union workers and local residents, many of them first-generation migrants to the United States, took to the Strip Monday afternoon to promote a variety of political causes, including immigrant rights, minimum wage laws and ...
'Refusing to back down': Power of Love gala raises money, honors Agassi
Friday, April 28, 2017
With nearly one in four U.S. adults suffering from some form of brain damage or neurological disorder, funding for research to cure such illnesses is needed more than ever ...
Sanders speaks to packed crowd at Cox Pavilion Saturday
Saturday, April 22, 2017
On Saturday, the Vermont senator returned to Las Vegas, urging his supporters to fight back against the policies of President Donald Trump through grassroots campaigning, phone calls and knocking on doors of potential voters in the 2018 election. ...
'A beacon in politics': Harry Reid introduced as UNLV law school fellow
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Harry Reid spent his adult life impacting Nevadans through national politics. The former Senate majority leader will now spend part of his post-retirement time ...
Cortez Masto talks Trump budget, immigration reform and labor unions at L.V. town hall
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto fielded questions from dozens of Nevada residents Tuesday night at Las Vegas City Hall, touching on topics of immigration, organized labor and ...
Student PSA urges people to call 911 for emergencies only
Monday, April 17, 2017
In the wake of a record number of emergency calls last year, the Clark County Fire Department announced the winners of its annual public service announcement contest today at Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy. The winning 30-second video implores ...
Friday's Golden Nugget fire was second casino blaze in 24 hours
Saturday, April 15, 2017
A small fire at a downtown casino on Friday night represented the second fire on the property of a Las Vegas casino in less than 24 hours. ...
Men caught on camera breaking into central valley home
Friday, April 14, 2017
Metro Police are seeking the public’s help identifying and locating two suspects in a central valley home burglary. Security cameras captured clear video of two men and ...
Las Vegas police searching for missing teen sisters
Friday, April 14, 2017
Metro Police are asking for the public’s help locating two missing Las Vegas teen sisters. Hennessey Love, 12 and Zamia Wilson, 10, were last seen about ...
Group wants emissions settlement to pay for clean-energy school buses
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
A Nevada trust fund whose money was born from an automaker’s cheating on emissions tests should be used to buy clean-energy school buses, a local ...
Former Raider welcomes team to his hometown after fighting stadium deal
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Before Las Vegas native Frank Hawkins served on the Las Vegas City Council, founded a nonprofit affordable house-building company, became the president of the city’s NAACP chapter and opened a medical marijuana dispensary, he was punishing defenders ...
Pollo Campero fanatics flock to first Las Vegas location
Thursday, April 6, 2017
The line at this new chicken restaurant in North Las Vegas wrapped out the front door and around the side of the building. The wait in the drive-thru was more than ...
Marijuana panel talks advertising, airport and weed transportation in latest meeting
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Educational materials on how to purchase and use the plant responsibly should be readily available for tourists when they arrive at McCarran International Airport ...