Fremont Street could become a bit less crowded if the Las Vegas City Council approves a new curfew Wednesday barring unaccompanied teens younger than 18 from the area on weekend nights.
Selective accounting by Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie has led to a discrepancy that one county commissioner says undermines Gillespie's pitch for an increase in the sales tax to hire more police officers.
Clark County commissioners will set the stage for two weeks of intense lobbying and debate with the introduction of two competing proposals to increase the sales tax to pay for more police officers.
An inexplicable surge in the number of families seeking aid from the Salvation Army’s downtown food pantry has left the cupboards so bare the organization could be out of food within days.
Normally, Becky Grismanauskas didn't worry about rain. When she and her husband built their home on Mount Charleston, they asked county officials to make sure their property wasn’t at risk of flooding.
Metro Police are investigating a shooting today in the northeast valley in which one man was wounded and several vehicles parked on the street were riddled with bullets.
With court appeals, a bill in the U.S. Senate and the possible resumption of licensing hearings all in play, the next three months will prove critical in determining the future of Yucca Mountain as a repository for the nation’s high-level nuclear waste.
The North Las Vegas City Council has rejected a controversial proposal to use eminent domain to help refinance underwater mortgages and instead will wait for the state to weigh in on the legality of the plan.
Several storms during an unusually wet monsoon season have caused severe flooding in the northwest valley, prompting Las Vegas city officials to fast-track a flood control project.
Backers of a controversial proposal that would allow eminent domain to be used to help refinance underwater home mortgages scored a small victory in June when the North Las Vegas City Council voted to allow the company behind the plan, Mortgage Resolution Partners, to begin surveying the local housing market. But much has changed in the intervening months since the council expressed its tentative approval, meaning MRP could face a tough sell when it reports back to the council during its Wednesday night meeting.
It’s 2 p.m. on a hot August afternoon and the sprinklers at a home in the Rancho Sereno neighborhood near West Oakey Boulevard and South Rancho Drive are on at full blast.
If the Clark County Commission approves an increase in the fuel tax this week, it won’t be long before construction crews are put to work on dozens of new road projects, the Regional Transportation Commission says.
Clark County commissioners will take up their second proposed tax increase in as many months Tuesday when they discuss whether to raise the levy on fuel.
For Henderson Detention Center guards willing to put in the hours, 2012 proved to be a lucrative year. And no one knew that better than corrections officer Michael Ramseyer.
Extra shifts for police, firefighters and other public employees added up to cost local governments in Southern Nevada about $60 million in overtime pay in 2012.
Las Vegas is carving out a piece of Internet real estate for itself after the city secured the rights to the .vegas domain address, the city announced Tuesday.
A foamy white substance bubbling up out of storm drains in the northwest valley for the past two days is the result of fire retardant used to battle the fire on Mount Charleston last month that was washed into the valley as a result of this weekend’s rain, local officials said Tuesday.
Drivers in Las Vegas are 15 percent more likely to be in an automobile accident than the national average, making it one of the least safe driving cities in the country.
Federal officials are working to secure the site where a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft crashed during a hard landing near Creech Air Force Base Monday afternoon.
A 12-year-old boy has been taken to University Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries after he was struck by a Clark County School District bus while riding his bicycle this afternoon, North Las Vegas Police said.
Orange cones and construction zones are a constant companion for the drivers who hit the valley’s roads each day. But with funding for roadwork dwindling, local officials warn there could be a significant drop in construction in coming years.
Clark County officials may have to break open the piggy bank to finance the $167.4 million acquisition of Metro Police’s headquarters, a move they say could save millions of dollars in lease costs long term.
Though appraisal finds more worth in razing old building, county sees potential for bidders
Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013
The half-century-old Clark County courthouse located in downtown Las Vegas, a seven-story house of justice that has been abandoned for eight years, is the definition of a fixer-upper. The courthouse is in such poor shape that a recent appraisal said the land was more valuable without the building.
Las Vegas is taking a step back and looking at its current laws for bars, restaurants and liquor stores downtown, leading the city council to delay four liquor-related permits scheduled for discussion at its meeting today.
Production OK'd despite concerns studio will 'sex this up'
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013
The inner workings of Las Vegas City Hall could be making their way to a television near you after the city council approved an agreement today allowing production to start on a new reality television program.
A hearing tonight before the North Las Vegas City Council on a controversial proposal to use eminent domain to refinance underwater home mortgages has been postponed, according to a memo from Mayor John Lee.
The World Series Charreria event scheduled for the South Point in late September has been effectively canceled after Clark County commissioners decided Tuesday not to suspend a county ordinance forbidding horse roping, a key part of the traditional Mexican rodeo.
Alcohol-related issues at the Fremont Street Experience and the East Fremont District downtown have reached a boiling over point in recent months, and on Wednesday, the Las Vegas City Council will weigh in when they consider three applications for new liquor stores in the area. The council also will discuss allowing film crews to document city staff for a potential reality television show when they hold their regular meeting Wednesday at 9:15 a.m. at city hall.
Two weeks after commissioners voted down changes to a Clark County ordinance governing horse roping at rodeos, the issue remains undecided and a new pair of competing proposals will be up for consideration.
For a few hours Monday afternoon, the former cafeteria overlooking the gymnasium at the Lied Memorial Boys and Girls Club in the central valley was turned into the hottest party spot not on the Strip.
Surveillance video and eyewitnesses have helped police piece together the series of events Sunday that started with a carjacking at the Flamingo casino valet and ended with a multivehicle accident that left a California Highway Patrol officer dead and another man seriously injured.
Two people whose bodies were found in the desert in the northeast valley Friday night died in a homicide-suicide, the Clark County Coroner’s Office reported.
The Las Vegas Valley escaped more rain today, despite a forecast for more storms this afternoon. The National Weather Service had predicted that storms would develop about noon or 1 p.m. today, but no storms had appeared as of 3:30 p.m., said Ryan Metzger, a meteorologist in the Las Vegas office.
While Clark County commissioners spent the past decade studying, debating and then studying some more about what to do with University Medical Center, public hospitals around the country have been making changes to adapt to the evolving healthcare landscape. One of the major changes undertaken in cities like Atlanta, Minneapolis and Denver was to get government out of the hospital and give oversight responsibilities to an independent board of experts.
In July 2003, healthcare expert Larry Gage stood before the Clark County Commission to present a report about the challenges University Medical Center faced as a public safety-net hospital and how a change in governance could help the ailing operation find firmer financial footing.
Water levels at Lake Mead are expected to drop up to 25 feet over the next year after federal officials announced Friday a record-low annual release of water from an upstream reservoir.
Dozens upon dozens of parks dot the Las Vegas Valley, providing small green oases in an otherwise-barren desert landscape. Most of these are smaller neighborhood parks on the scale of five to 10 acres, offering a convenient place to let the kids out to play or to walk the dogs after work. But for residents seeking a grander experience, a handful of supersized regional parks offer huge green expanses, lots of places to play and even a few lakes to help while away the dog days of summer.
During the height of economic boom, local governments went on a park-building frenzy. But in a radically different environment, the main source of funding used to develop valley park systems has been decimated.
With a proposed sales tax hike to hire more Metro Police officers stalled, the revelation over the weekend that a police helicopter may have been used as part of an elaborate marriage proposal by a Guns N Roses guitarist “couldn’t have come at a worse time,” two Clark County commissioners said.
Las Vegas accepted a $1 million federal grant Wednesday to conduct a competition to develop long-term economic plans for the city. But the ultimate winner of this no-strings-attached award can spend the money any way it wants, even on a sports car or trip to the Bahamas.
After months of discussion and debate, Clark County commissioners will wait a bit longer before making their final decision on a proposed sales tax increase to pay for more Metro Police officers.
The debate about the abundant availability of alcohol downtown and along Fremont Street will continue Wednesday when the Las Vegas City Council considers creating a licensing category for the under-construction Container Park. The city will also accept a $1 million federal grant and dole out some grant dollars of its own to help local businesses when it holds its regular meeting at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Las Vegas City Hall, 495 S. Main St.
Over the past three years, the number of commissioned officers at Metro has dropped by 426. The decrease in staffing has been mirrored by a rise in crime, which is up 9 percent compared with last year.
After nine months of public debate, behind-the-scenes lobbying and one special session of the Legislature, Clark County residents will learn Tuesday whether the sales tax they pay will be going up later this year.
When Martin Dupalo drives through his neighborhood near Charleston and Nellis boulevards, he takes mental notes of damage to light poles, mailboxes and block walls, scars left by drunken drivers. Often, Dupalo will return later with a camera to document the scenes. He and other residents have awakened recently to find cars parked on the street sideswiped overnight. Two weeks ago, a three-car accident at 3 a.m. spilled onto the lawn of a church in the area.