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November 22, 2009

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Construction equipment rests Friday at the Tenaya Way overpass and the San Moritz housing development. Some work on the overpass has taken place in the wee hours.

Loss of some sleep just the price of progress at Tenaya Way
Sat, Nov 21, 2009 (2 a.m.)
By Sam Skolnik
Construction workers began their labor on the city’s Tenaya Way overpass project early Friday morning. Incredibly early. The overpass is part of a $7.8 million project officially called the Tenaya Way Overpass and Bonanza Trail improvement project. It will link Tenaya by bridge over Summerlin Parkway, connecting Washington and points north to Westcliff Drive and points south.
System fails to catch contractor’s family tie with county
county government: Forms were filled out, but illegal contract got through
Saturday, November 21, 2009
By Joe Schoenmann
Over the past several years, a Clark County employee’s architectural firm has gotten hundreds of thousands of dollars in county architectural contracts in violation of state law. County Commissioner Steve Sisolak discovered the problem relatively easily and is questioning how and why county staff hadn’t. As a result, the county is investigating and planning changes to try to prevent similar violations in the future.
Commissioner’s response to report of leak nothing new
Friday, November 20, 2009
Las Vegas Sun
In a Sun story Friday about leaks of UMC patient information, Clark County Commissioner and UMC board of trustees Chairman Lawrence Weekly said he had heard about the leaks but he had not talked to officials of the county-owned hospital about the matter because he was not sure whether it was illegal for private patient information to leave the hospital.
Finding replacement for Judge Teuton likely to take months
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Cy Ryan
CARSON CITY – It will be several months before a replacement is named for Clark County Family Court Judge Robert Teuton, who was ordered out of the job by the Nevada Supreme Court this month.
University Medical Center, which is Clark County's only publicly funded hospital.
FBI, hospital in talks over leak of patient records
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Richard A. Serrano
The FBI said Friday that it has begun "evaluating" the unauthorized release of confidential patient records after officials at University Medical Center met with them in an attempt to determine how the materials have been compromised.
McCarran passenger count drops 1.3 percent in October
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Mary Manning
McCarran International Airport traffic continued its decline in passenger counts in October, but the trend showed signs of easing. The passenger count dropped 1.3 percent in October compared to last year, from 3,560,497 passengers last October to 3,513,663 this year.
Judge in Station Casinos case refuses creditors' request
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Cy Ryan
RENO – A federal bankruptcy judge has refused, for the time being, a request by the unsecured creditors of Station Casinos to hire another firm to aid in seeing whether there was any fraud or unsavory dealings in the handling of its finances.
The 18b Arts District sign, made by YESCO for the RTC's Gold Line, was installed at a transit shelter in downtown Las Vegas on Casino Center Drive Friday, November 20, 2009. 18b refers to the original number of city blocks that made up the Las Vegas Arts District. The RTC Gold Line will debut in 2010.
New sign installed for Las Vegas Arts District
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Kristen Peterson
Installed this morning on Casino Center Boulevard near Coolidge Avenue, the yellow, red, blue and white sign reads "18b Arts District" and is an interpretation of a logo designed about four years ago by the Las Vegas Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
Fontainebleau contractors say sales process is flawed
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Steve Green
Contractors that claim to be owed $424 million today objected to the Fontainebleau Las Vegas sales process in which Penn National Gaming could pick up the unfinished project for less than $102 million.
Joint venture will acquire Hughes Center owner
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Steve Green
A big nationwide real estate deal announced today includes the high-end, 115-acre Hughes Center office and business complex in Las Vegas. Its owner, Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership of Fort Worth, Texas, has been taken over by Barclays Capital, part of London-based banking giant Barclays Bank Plc.
Man enters insanity plea in fatal 2008 shooting
courts:
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Cara McCoy
A man charged with fatally shooting another man he accused of sleeping with his wife and sexually assaulting his 6-week-old baby pleaded not guilty today to murder by reason of insanity.
Twilight star Ashley Greene hosts the Halloween party at Tao in The Venetian on Oct. 31, 2009.
'New Moon' star talks 'Twilight'
Expect more action and more emotion, Ashley Greene says
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Melissa Arseniuk
Ashley Greene says “Twilight” fans can expect more action and emotion in “New Moon.” The latest installment of the “Twilight” series opens in theaters today.
3 arrested in teen's robbery, fatal shooting plead not guilty
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Cara McCoy
Three people accused in the robbery and fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man last month in the western Las Vegas Valley pleaded not guilty today to the felony charges against them.
Saul Williams Jr., 20, and Prentice Marshall, 18, were arrested in connection with the death of Metro Officer Trevor Nettleton. A 17-year-old boy also was arrested in Nettleson's death.
Police: 3 arrested in officer's death have gang ties
crime: 18-year-old accused in death released from UMC, booked into jail
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Mary Manning
An 18-year-old North Las Vegas man has been released from University Medical Center after an alleged exchange of gunfire that left a Metro Police officer dead Thursday morning at his North Las Vegas home.
Berkley Square neighborhood on National Historic Register
Neighborhood was built in mid 1950s by and for Las Vegas' African-Americans
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Dave Toplikar
The Berkley Square Neighborhood, the first subdivision in Nevada built by and for African-American residents in west Las Vegas, has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

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