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Las Vegas fire captain gathers petitions to reinstate previous solar rates

Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Capt. Richard Birt is petitioning to "bring back solar" in the wake of changes to NV Energy's rates for customers equipped with rooftop panels. His home, about 50 miles northwest of Las Vegas, is actually run off the grid, but he thinks it's important to help push Nevada's energy giant "into the future."

Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Capt. Richard Birt will present a petition letter with signatures from more than 500 valley firefighters to a governor-appointed energy task force today urging ...

27 July 2016
By Chris Kudialis

Grocery chain expanding to North Las Vegas, Henderson

In this May 23, 2014 file photo, grocery and dairy assistant Reyna DeLoge stocks dairy products that only use milk from pasture-raised cows, at Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers, in Denver. As Americans continue turning away from milk, an industry group is pushing back at its critics with a social media campaign trumpeting the benefits of milk.

A Colorado grocery chain is expanding to the Las Vegas Valley. Natural Grocers said today that it would open two stores, in North Las Vegas and Henderson, on Aug. 9. Natural Grocers has a store in Reno, and its entry to the Las Vegas area follows …

26 July 2016
By Eli Segall

Sale prices for new homes edge up in Las Vegas, nearing boom-era record

New homes are shown under construction at Lake Las Vegas on Sunday, April 10, 2016, in Henderson.

Las Vegas homebuilders this year are selling more houses, pulling more permits and booking higher prices than they were in 2015, a new report shows. Buyers picked up 3,422 new homes in Clark County this year through June, up 12.7 percent from the same period last year, according to ...

26 July 2016
By Eli Segall

British Columbia proposes real estate tax on foreign buyers

Foreign nationals buying Vancouver real estate will pay an additional property transfer tax of 15 percent under legislation proposed by ...

25 July 2016
By Jeremy Hainsworth, Associated Press

Earnings down 30.1 percent for Las Vegas Sands

The Venetian on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, on the Las Vegas Strip.

Las Vegas Sands, the casino company that operates the Venetian and Palazzo on the Strip as well as resorts in Macau and elsewhere, reported its second-quarter earnings today ...

25 July 2016
By J.D. Morris

The List: Chambers of commerce, July 24, 2016

Find out about chambers of commerce. This week, we rank them by employees as of June 23.

25 July 2016
By VEGAS INC Staff

Las Vegas golf has reached a pivotal point

Jeffrey Hankins watches his drive off the both tee at the Club at Sunrise golf course, 5483 Club House Dr., Sunday, July 17, 2016.

It was a sweltering 106 degrees when Megan Mashore adjusted her stance under the shade of a Topgolf roofline. Music, chatter and the thwack of clubs smashing golf balls filled the air around her. In front of her, the Las Vegas Strip glittered. “Just swing, right?” she said, eliciting chuckles from her husband, their two young boys and ...

25 July 2016
By Jackie Valley

People on the Move: July 25-30

In the People: Megan Comfort, Leilani Carreño, Marcel Mack, Dr. Daisy Cortes, Casey Korder, John L. Smith, Brad Stith, Anne P. Browne and more ...

25 July 2016
By VEGAS INC Staff

The case for long-range financial forecasting

The “how” of financial forecasting is pretty dry, but analysis has its charms. Think of it as solving a puzzle or unpacking a mystery.

25 July 2016
By Bruce Ford

Las Vegas McDonald's franchisee: ‘All worthwhile things in life take sacrifice and time’

Tony Broadbent poses in his McDonald's restaurant at Buffalo Drive and Charleston Boulevard Monday, June 27, 2016. Broadbent, who started working at McDonald's when he was 16 years old, is now a franchise owner with three locations in the valley.

Tony Broadbent talks about his rise from a 16-year-old part-time employee to an owner of multiple restaurants, as well as his commitment to Ronald McDonald House Charities and what a pro sports team can do for Southern Nevada.

25 July 2016
By VEGAS INC Staff

Chef’s message: Indulge yourself

Chef Bradley Manchester of Glutton Restaurant in Downtown Las Vegas.

Chef Bradley Manchester opened his restaurant in 2015 in downtown Las Vegas and quickly received positive reviews. He changes the menu often to keep regulars excited and to attract new customers. Just don’t call it Gluten.

25 July 2016
By VEGAS INC Staff

The Data: July 24-30

All of the information your business needs: Bid opportunities, bankruptcies filed and building permits issued. To add to our data, email us at [email protected].

25 July 2016
By VEGAS INC Staff

Fortune, friction and decline as casino 'Chinatown' matures

No ornate archway marks it. No obvious business district with exotic signs and storefronts sets it apart. But in the quiet neighborhoods around two of the nation's largest casinos, a sort of suburban Chinatown has been growing for over a decade ...

23 July 2016
By Phillp Marcelo, Associated Press

Sierra Brook Court: Living near a home that neighbors call a squatter magnet

Brenda Flank says she has seen several groups of squatters come and go from the house next door to hers on Sierra Brook Court. She was photographed at her home on Thursday, May 26, 2016.

In the Las Vegas suburbs, near stretches of open desert and the mountain range on the city’s western fringe, Sierra Brook Court is lined with high-end homes, some with clear views of the Strip from their backyards. Brenda Flank has lived ...

22 July 2016
By Eli Segall

Ohio man hits nearly $500K jackpot at Las Vegas airport

An Ohio man is almost half a million dollars richer today after hitting a Wheel of Fortune jackpot at McCarran International Airport. The airport announced that ...

21 July 2016
By Ricardo Torres-Cortez

Palms workers petition to keep jobs; new owner says they will

An exterior view of the Palms on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012.

Hundreds of Palms employees have signed a petition to retain their jobs, seniority and benefits when Station Casinos takes over the resort, the Culinary Union ...

21 July 2016
By J.D. Morris

Another vestige of Olympic purity falls away with sports books taking bets on Games

The Rio 2016 sign stands in front of the Olympic Village during a media tour in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 23, 2016.

The long, slow erosion of the Olympics’ claim to sporting purity has reached a new landmark ...

21 July 2016
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times

Meet Nana I Am, the mystery man behind a bizarre Las Vegas squatter case

Location of a former squatter house at 5464 Sierra Brook Court on Thursday, May 26, 2016.

He sues all the time but never seems to win. He writes his name countless different ways. Accused squatters say he gave them keys to an abandoned, custom-built house, even coaching them on what to tell the police if they came knocking. He's a mysterious figure named ...

21 July 2016
By Eli Segall

About 1,500 union workers demonstrate outside Trump hotel

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union members picket near the Trump International Hotel during a union protest Wednesday, July 20, 2016. AFSCME members, in Las Vegas for a convention, came out in support of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, which is trying to unionize workers at the hotel.

Nearly 1,500 union workers gathered Wednesday to demonstrate for higher wages in front of Trump International Hotel, 2,000 miles from where Trump was taking center stage at the …

20 July 2016
By Chris Kudialis

Sands table supervisor stole $3,000 in chips hidden in bra, police say

The Sands Bethlehem opened May 22, 2009. The resort, which has 3,000 slot machines and four restaurants, was the eighth casino to open in Pennsylvania since slots gambling was legalized in 2004.

A Sands casino table games supervisor is charged with stealing $3,000 in chips by stuffing them in her bra ...

20 July 2016
By Pamela Lehman, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (TNS)
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