Thomas Albert Turner’s death and the injury of another worker in a 2012 accident halted progress on the third intake straw at Lake Mead and added a stark human cost to the hundreds of millions of dollars the Southern Nevada Water Authority is spending on a project it says is crucial to ensuring long-term access to potable water in the valley, even as the reservoir levels drop in the face of a prolonged drought.
One race each in Henderson, North Las Vegas and Mesquite will be decided by voters during today’s general election. Polls in the three cities will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Vendor contracts and changes at the Clark County Shooting Complex are among the issues commissioners will consider when they gather for their regularly scheduled meeting at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday at the Clark County Government Center. Commissioners will meet again at 9 a.m. Wednesday to deal with zoning issues.
Despite expected low turnout and only three races on the ballot, hundreds of workers will roll out the voting machines and staff the polls for Tuesday’s municipal general election. High-profile races for mayor in Henderson and North Las Vegas were settled during the April primaries, while in Las Vegas three city council members swept their way to re-election, leaving little buzz for the upcoming general election.
An encounter between a Las Vegas Township Constable deputy and Metro Police at a Strip nightclub early Saturday led to the deputy’s arrest on forgery charges and her subsequent resignation.
Tensions flared and accusations of disrespect were traded among county commissioners Wednesday when they met to discuss forming an independent board to oversee operations at University Medical Center.
Homeowners have only a few days left to self-report and avoid paying penalties for any home modifications done without a permit under a countywide amnesty program that runs through May.
After 18 years working elections in Clark County, Joseph Gloria was announced as the new registrar of voters Tuesday, replacing Larry Lomax, who was appointed last week to serve on a national elections committee.
Candidates for public office will face stricter scrutiny when reporting gifts they receive after the Assembly passed a campaign finance reform bill Friday, although some critics say the bill doesn’t go far enough to improve transparency.
A controversial bill that would have updated and standardized sex education curriculum across the state won’t advance any farther after it died in the Senate Friday.
Early voting is underway for three municipal election races not settled during the April primaries. There is one race each in Henderson, North Las Vegas and Mesquite and voters in these cities have the next week to cast an early ballot before the June 4 general election.
An outside review of Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital, which has been scrutinized in past months for its practice of busing mentally ill patients out of state, found room for improvement and flaws in the facility’s discharge procedures, but didn’t uncover any wrongdoing or negligence by hospital staff.
Leaders from some of the valley’s biggest medical institutions struck a positive tone as they laid out a vision for the future of health care in Las Vegas centered on a premier medical district downtown during a forum Tuesday night.
An overflow parking lot across from the Luxor will be converted into a fairgrounds for music festivals and other special events, after the plan was approved by the Clark County Commission today.
The Henderson City Council approved a $479 million budget Tuesday evening for fiscal year 2014, which starts July 1, that is roughly the same size as the previous year and won’t require any cuts to staff or services.
A business owner who said he was improperly denied a business license to open a swingers club in a Las Vegas shopping center will get a second chance to make his case after a federal court ordered Monday that his lawsuit against Clark County be reheard.
City must tap $10 million in reserves to avoid any staff cuts
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
With the deadline for submitting a final budget approaching, the Las Vegas City Council approved a $481 million general fund budget for the next fiscal year during a special meeting Tuesday morning.
Complaints about misleading advertising and hidden charges at reflexology clinics around the valley have drawn the attention of Clark County commissioners, who decided Tuesday to consider tighter regulations on the health establishments.
Most of the services provided by Clark County are paid for using revenues from property tax collections. But several county functions — ranging from airports to the Las Vegas Township Constable’s Office — are expected to pay for their operations using fees and other charges they collect from customers, much like a private business. While some of these “self-funded” operations make enough money each year to cover their expenses, many find their budgets in the red. When that happens, the department has several options, including cutting staff, keeping vacant positions open, raising prices or drawing on their reserves.
The cost of pumping water from Lake Mead into the Las Vegas Valley is going up, but residents shouldn’t expect to see any changes in their water bills.
A Las Vegas property owner will get a steep discount on the nearly $600,000 in outstanding fines tied to 19 condominium units near Valley View Boulevard and Sahara Avenue so long as he makes regular monthly payments to reimburse the city for its cost of cleaning up the property several years ago.
Las Vegas will keep its funding for public art projects at current levels after the city council rejected a bill Wednesday that could have scaled back contributions to the program.
As the owners of the recently opened Mingo Kitchen and Lounge set about turning the former garage in Las Vegas’ downtown Arts District into a chic eatery, they hit an unexpected and expensive snag.
Prices for the same type of treatment — whether for kidney failure or a knee replacement — can vary wildly depending on the hospital you choose, often differing by tens of thousands of dollars, according to data released earlier this week by the federal government. The Medicare data, released Wednesday, covers the average charge for the most common types of procedures at 3,300 hospitals nationwide, including 13 in the Las Vegas Valley.
A Las Vegas man holding a knife to the throat of a hostage told Metro Police officers, “Shoot me, shoot me in the head,” shortly before he was killed in November, according to new evidence revealed Friday.
Gold and silver mining operations near Searchlight could start up by the end of the year, after the mine owners received the go-ahead from Clark County commissioners on Wednesday.
There’ll be no infusion of funds to University Medical Center this year from a property tax rate increase. Clark County Commission members indicated they needed more information on a potential property tax rate hike to aid UMC.
As residents of the historic West Las Vegas neighborhood took turns shoveling dirt as part of a groundbreaking on F Street Monday, the culmination of years of work was summarized by a simple phrase: “It’s coming down.”
The public will get new details about the fatal November shooting of a knife-wielding man by Metro Police during a hearing Friday, the second held under the revamped coroner’s inquest system.
More than a third of all patients treated at University Medical Center each year come from nine ZIP codes that surround the valley’s urban core and stretch into North Las Vegas. Still, each year hundreds of thousands of patients from outlying areas make their way to the hospital for treatment.
University Medical Center’s uncertain future will be at the center of this week’s Clark County Commission meeting, when commissioners discuss raising property taxes to help shore up the hospital’s finances. Commissioners will also discuss giving more autonomy to the hospital’s CEO when they meet at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday.
A trio of downtown Las Vegas projects to convert a former motel, laundromat and garage into usable business space received some financial assistance from the city’s redevelopment agency Wednesday.
The redevelopment area that has played a key role in revitalizing downtown Las Vegas could be expanding to help provide funding for outlying neighborhoods.
The North Las Vegas City Council will decide in June whether to endorse a controversial and complex plan to use its powers of eminent domain to help refinance underwater home mortgages after receiving more information on the proposal during a workshop Tuesday night.
Las Vegas Township Constable John Bonaventura’s lawsuit against Clark County commissioners is on hold while he appeals the case to the Nevada Supreme Court.
In a time when local governments are still struggling to close budget deficits, using public funds for art projects can be a hot-button issue. Proponents argue public art beautifies neighborhoods and builds a sense of community. Critics cringe at the thought of tens of thousands of public dollars being spent on artwork. Since 2005, Las Vegas has diverted 1 percent of the city’s capital improvement budget into an arts fund that has paid for more than 40 commissioned projects throughout the city. The fund has generated $1.3 million, $1.1 million of which has been spent, but collections have dipped in the past several years because of a slowdown in capital spending.
North Las Vegas City Council members will take a closer look Tuesday night at a controversial and complex proposal to use eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages in an attempt to boost the city’s sagging housing market.
Do-it-yourself builders who remodeled a bathroom or added a bedroom to their house without acquiring the necessary permits will get a chance to come clean without facing any penalties during May.
What’s left of the fire-ravaged Key Largo casino near the Las Vegas Strip will remain standing for at least the next few months after county officials granted the property’s owner an extension on the demolition deadline.
Controversial plans for open-pit mining in the Sloan Hills near Henderson will not move forward, the Bureau of Land Management announced Friday, effectively blocking any attempts to mine at the site.
As more than 1,000 hungry diners streamed into Catholic Charities’ dining hall in downtown Las Vegas for a gourmet meal Thursday morning, they were greeted by the words of Monsignor Patrick Leary, who started the Feast of Hope nine years ago. “In this dining room, the blessing comes with the meal, not before it,” read the words, which were posted prominently on one of the cafeteria walls.
Debate over how to fix the bleak financial outlook for University Medical Center — which is projected to lose $87 million next year — has divided the Clark County Commission in recent months.
Clark County is facing a $41 million budget deficit next year but will fill the gap with money from its reserves, avoiding the need for layoffs or program cuts, officials said Wednesday.
A 2010 confrontation between Metro Police and a costumed Zorro character in front of the Venetian hotel will cost the department $105,000, after it agreed today to settle a lawsuit stemming from the incident.