19+ hour, 21+ min ago   (348+ words) A tourist from Illinois turned the price of a cup of coffee into a major win at Westgate Las Vegas Saturday. The casino said in a release that the vistor, from Minonk, Ill., turned a $4.80 wager into a $374,443.83 jackpot on a…...

20+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1210+ words) A facility at the Nevada National Security Site outside of Las Vegas has been used to perform testing on key components for very small nuclear reactors — a technology that some believe holds great promise for advancing energy production in the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (217+ words) The return of the handwritten note. I read the opinion piece by syndicated columnist Tom Purcell about handwritten letters (Sept. 3 Review-Journal, “The handwritten letter makes a comeback”). Over the past several months, I’ve discovered that trying to increase my customer…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (549+ words) Q: We came home recently to find a gushing water leak in a neighbor’s yard. We tried to contact the neighbor. The front door has a gate with no doorbell. The windows have solar screens. There was a light on in…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (539+ words) California teenagers are having a hard time finding a job. Nevada gas prices aren’t the only thing California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to raise. Mr. Newsom recently put out a release touting California’s economic growth. He says the state is…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (385+ words) While government squanders every penny and more. Politicians talk constantly about billionaires, corporate greed and the unequal distribution of wealth. Those are legitimate debates. But perhaps we should ask another question: Where does the wealth come from in the first…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (845+ words) Las Vegas Valley residents observed the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with several events Friday. — Palo Verde High School honored Barbara Edwards, a teacher who was aboard one of the airliners hijacked on 9/11. — The MGM Resorts International’s Veteran Employee…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (999+ words) A memorial at New York-New York became a lasting record of how Las Vegas mourned the 2,977 people killed in the attacks. What began spontaneously in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks eventually grew into a collection of more than…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (420+ words) Two former employees allege they were fired for supporting an effort to unionize workers at the Strip resort. Two former Wynn Las Vegas employees have filed complaints with the National Labor Relations Board against Wynn Resorts Ltd., accusing the company…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1031+ words) In a report to the state’s Economic Forum, LVCVA President and CEO Steve Hill explains why airline tickets to and from Las Vegas have climbed so rapidly. A sharp rise in airfare, particularly on flights to and from Las Vegas,…...