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Dispatch
In Reno, the Recession Leaves a Legacy
The Biggest Little City is hoping for a comeback. Can its troubled flagship property lead the way?
April 26th, 2012
In the Reno-Sparks metropolitan area, unemployment hovers around 12 percent. Washoe County gaming revenues have plummeted since 2006. Gas prices at $4 a gallon have been keeping potential customers close to home at Northern California Indian casinos and off the vital Interstate 80 corridor to Reno. Read more »
Politics
Economic Development, On the Rails
April 26th, 2012
Gov. Brian Sandoval recently spoke before the Keystone Corp., which calls itself “a political action organization for the Nevada Conservative,” of whom there presumably is more than one. His topic was economic development, which he said he considers “a contact sport.” Read more »
Character Study
The Justice
April 26th, 2012
After eight hours quizzing high school students on their knowledge of the Constitution, you’d think a man wouldn’t want to sit down with a reporter and talk about it more. But to Justice Michael Douglas, 64, Nevada’s first black Supreme Court Justice, any opportunity to talk about what matters most to him—the Constitution, justice, race and equality—is a chance to share what he’s observed from his side of the bench in the last three decades. Read more »
Seven Questions
Adrianna Costa
The Extra entertainment reporter on moving to Las Vegas, her best physical asset and the ‘dreamy’ celebrity who made her blush
April 26th, 2012
Glammed down—jeans and little makeup—Adrianna Costa curls up on a couch in the lobby of the Stirling Club, as open to being the target of a friendly inquisition as she is to being the friendly inquisitor. Fielding professional and personal inquiries, the entertainment reporter and Vegas correspondent for Extra handles them with gregarious aplomb. Read more »
Sports
The Recruit
The race for Findlay Prep basketball star Anthony Bennett is on—and UNLV aims to win it
April 26th, 2012
If there’s one thing guaranteed to make high school basketball star Anthony Bennett smile, it’s the thought that his exhausting college recruiting process will soon end. Read more »
The Week
Heat, Happiness and the Same Old City Hall
April 26th, 2012
Former City Councilmen Michael McDonald and Frank Hawkins—both of whom violated state ethics laws as councilmen in previous sweetheart deals—got approval for a new development using $11 million in public subsidies. They’re planning to build low-income senior housing near Decatur Boulevard and Vegas Drive at the obscenely high cost-per-apartment unit of $97,975, in a city with a glut of vacant single-family homes at a median cost of $107,000. Read more »
The Latest Thought
Every Park Needs a Little Green
North Las Vegas will open a new public park this year, and it’s a beauty. Who will pay to keep it that way?
April 26th, 2012
Judging by the plans posted on the city of North Las Vegas’ website, Craig Ranch Regional Park will be a slice of paradise. Read more »
Real Estate
Bargains at CityCenter?
April 26th, 2012
With prices for a 782-square-foot one-bedroom at Veer now starting at $389,000 and Mandarin Oriental’s 1,105-square-foot one-bedroom starting at $849,000, CityCenter’s residential units are down about 48 percent from their initial price. Read more »
Comrade Grumpette
Tape-Measure Receipts
April 26th, 2012
Paperless is the future, right? So why is my grocery-store receipt long enough to be toilet paper for a small nation? It’s not that I bought so many items we need a ledger capable of parsing the federal deficit—I’ve got two bags of groceries and three bags of receipts. Read more »
Ask a Native
I’ve heard old-timers mention a place called Pittman. Where and what was it?
April 26th, 2012
You’ll know Pittman as that quaint 4x4-gun-store-bait-and-tackle-boat-shop speed trap along Boulder Highway, roughly between Gibson and Warm Springs roads. Read more »
