Squatting is a common issue in the Las Vegas Valley. But it’s not always an obvious problem to spot, said Lt. Nick Farese, who investigates squatting cases for the Metropolitan Police Department.
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When Patti Novak’s marriage crumbled, she decided to be a matchmaker. Her kind of in your face advice — “Don’t eat with your mouth open” — has helped her become a TV star, a book author, and the holder of a lucrative career. She shows that unmitigated gall can make the American Dream possible.
Before she died, Phyllis Frias created a trust to ensure the riches she and her husband, Charlie, built through their seven transportation companies returned to Southern Nevada.
Sam Kaufman,now the CEO of the new Henderson Hospital, said he originally went public with his weight loss surgery to help others gain the courage to take care of their weight problems. He now says that going public helped him as well, by putting a positive pressure on himself to succeed.
No one likes that neighbor who leaves up Christmas lights well into springtime. It’s the same feeling a lot of people get after Election Day while driving past those tired-looking political campaign signs
When Mason VanHouweling was in the Air Force Reserves — he was stationed in Afghanistan after 9/11 —, he fell in love with his future wife largely through emails and telephone calls. He credits her support for helping him turn around the financial affairs of UMC.
The charter takeover issue has turned into a finger-pointing battle between the Clark County School District and the newly-formed Achievement School District.
Lisa Harun is one of 8000 entrepreneurs in Las Vegas this week for a marijuana business convention. She believes she has made a watertight vaping device that allows one to inhale weed while showering.
What started out as a way to tout the spirit of cooperation between the IRS and the Mob Museum in Las Vegas ended up as an embarrassment to the IRS.
The recent election has show a great class, cultural and racial divide. Some people say the draft should be restored because it helps Americans realize that we’re all human. Does it take the threat of war for Americans to understand this?
A cloverleaf design just would not have worked for Nevada’s second-busiest freeway interchange, known as the Centennial Bowl.
Michael O’Dowd has been honored both statewide and nationally for his direction of schools. Now he’s taken on a new challenge, the principalship of Pinecrest Academy Inspirada K-8 charter school in Henderson. Parents appreciate the way he tries to make his school competitive nationally and teachers appreciate that he leads by example, working long hours every day.
What happens if you’re trying to report a non-emergency — calling 311 instead of 911 — but never reach anyone?
Guy Lashlee was a Marine Corps navigator who was shot down and lived to tell about it. Today, he says that you don’t have to live on the edge, to stare death in the face, to feel really alive.
Robert Griffin could have used his photographic memory to count cards in Nevada casinos. Instead, he used it to identify card counters and stop cheaters.