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A Nevada drug manufacturer is on the front lines in the battle over abortion pills
“We’ve never been in a more complex, dicey situation for providers, patients, pharmacies, drug manufacturers [where] everybody is litigating all kinds of things.”
Health survey: Clark County 6th-healthiest county in Nevada
Fourteen percent of Clark County residents under the age of 65 were uninsured in 2020, and the county has historically reported high rates of uninsured individuals, according to a study released today.
In Las Vegas residency at Park MGM, Maroon 5 provides many special moments for its fans
Perhaps the most special moment — poignant even — came with the band’s tribute to its former manager, Jordan Feldstein, who unexpectedly died of a pulmonary embolism in 2017 at age 40. As a heart appeared on a video board behind the band with the word…
Taylor Swift delivers on ‘grand adventure’ promise in Las Vegas performances
Take 44 songs from a catalog created over more nearly two decades, toss in some amazing lighting, effects and staging, sprinkle in dancers, acrobats, bicyclists and a superstar singer-songwriter, put it all in front of 60,000 or so screaming fans on c…
Canada-based product supplier values adaptability in employees hired to Nevada location, its first in the US
The new Spector & Co. site might not look like much from the outside—a warehouse marked with the Canadian supply company’s name—but inside it’s humming with activity, as employees work between a showroom full of products sporting brand names like Netf…
New Clark County registrar of voters brings experience and insight to post
Lorena Portillo remembers a time when she worked in the Clark County Elections Department and had two phones, one she answered in English and another in Spanish.
Gonzaga’s Julian Strawther gets dreamlike moment in Las Vegas
Fast forward to Thursday’s Sweet 16 at T-Mobile Arena, where Strawther drilled one of those high-arching 3-pointers with the game on the line to give Gonzaga an improbable …
Best in the West: Dive into the star-studded field for Las Vegas’ first-ever NCAA Tournament games
The first game will match a preseason national championship favorite against a midseason national championship favorite, and the second will pair two of the two best programs in the Western United States, both of which were considered title threats al…
Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport prepares to keep breaking passenger records
On the current trajectory, officials estimate that Harry Reid could reach its capacity of 63 to 65 million passengers by 2030.