Local Las Vegas
Calf roping and National Finals Rodeo always have been a sure-fire hit in Las Vegas.
Grow houses — locations in rural, urban and residential areas converted for growing marijuana – are cropping up in record numbers in the Las Vegas Valley and bringing unwanted criminal activity.
A 4-year-old girl was in “extremely critical” condition Sunday evening after a medical scan showed that metal fragments, possibly from a bullet, were in her head, Las Vegas police said.
Although the Las Vegas Monorail runs daily along its 3.9 mile route just east of the Strip, there are telltale signs that suggest the monorail’s ills extend well beyond a spastic escalator.
Thirteen of the 18 Las Vegas mayoral candidates showed up for last week’s Veterans In Politics forum, which was held in the Las Vegas City Council chambers. They sat where the council members sit during meetings, and there was a pool on who would try to snag the mayor’s chair in the middle.
The green flag won’t drop on the big race until noon today , but NASCAR’s impact has already been felt in Las Vegas.
The population of non-Hispanic Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders in Nevada has doubled in the past decade, from 7,769 to 15,456, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released in February. Most live in Clark County, where the population went from 5,864 to 12,474.
The former Scandia Amusement Park, which closed in 2006, is being converted into an oversized sandbox called Dig This. The complex at 3012 S. Rancho Drive, scheduled to open April 2, will let guests drive 15-ton heavy construction machinery: a midsized bulldozer or excavator.