Author Archives: Las Vegas Weekly Stories: News

Another luxury housing development is underway in Las Vegas—although this one comes with some different terms. Unlike most of the increasing number of …

Decades of snuffing out fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change have laid the groundwork for a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada, experts say. These fires are mo…

Elena Medo will never forget the first time she stepped into a neonatal intensive care unit roughly 40 years ago. Medo, now 71, had just given birth to her son and …

The future is now for the peafowl of Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs with the birth of a chick for the first time in at least two years. The locally famous flock of showy birds, generations of which have inhabited …

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., said the most important part he can play in campaigning for Democrats in Nevada and across the country is “connecting with the foot soldiers for justice.” At the …

Vegas Inc honors Southern Nevada’s best general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and professional service providers in partnership with the Nevada Contractors Association.

The Neon Museum will receive the 17-foot-tall sculpture depicting Siegfried & Roy, among other Mirage signage and items.

The urban heat island effect is when cities experience higher temperatures than their surrounding areas due to having more heat-absorbing surfaces and less vegetation.

If this metro is to survive its growing pains, our piecemeal town must become a more realistic, more compact city. The key is urban infill.

Las Vegas Aces superstar A’ja Wilson developed a mild case of “senioritis,” in her words, over the last month of the WNBA season. The USA women’s basketball team revealed its Olympic roster on June 24, with Wilson included and immediately regarded as …