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- Clark County weather, air quality since Oct. 1
- Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009
- Clark County weather
- 'Density' of Las Vegas-area crime in October
- Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
- The map below shows the "density" of reported crimes during October within Metro Police's jurisdiction.
- Percentage of valley residences in foreclosure
- Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009
- Percentage of residences, including condo units and townhomes, for which an auction notice was received or that were repossessed, Sept. 1 to Oct. 25.
- Clark County gaming: August 2004 - August 2009
- Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009
- Clark Country Gaming: August 2004 - August 2009
- Clark County weather since Sept. 1
- Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009
- Clark County weather
- 'Density' of Las Vegas' violent and property crime
- Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009
- The map below shows the “density” of reported crimes during September within Metro Police’s jurisdiction (Las Vegas and unincorporated Clark County).
- Percentage of valley homes in foreclosure
- Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009
- Percentage of residences, including condos and townhomes, for which an auction notice was received or that were repossessed, Aug. 1 to Sept. 25.
- Clark County gaming win over five years
- Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009
- Clark County Gaming
- Recent Clark County weather measurements
- Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009
- Clark County weather
- Las Vegas area crime snapshot for August
- Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009
- The map below shows the "density" of reported crimes during August within Metro Police's jurisdiction.
- Recent foreclosures: Auction notices on homes
- Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009
- Percentage of single-family homes for which an auction notice was received or that were repossessed, July 1 to Aug. 21.
- How the TSA compensates lost or damaged goods at McCarran
- Monday, Aug. 24, 2009
- The charts below show the details of lost or damaged property claims leveled against the Transportation Security Administration.
- Gaming win at Clark County casinos
- Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009
- Clark County Gaming Snapshot
- Clark County weather snapshot
- Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009
- A look at weather in Clark County.
- A look at voter turnout by state
- Monday, Aug. 10, 2009
- A look at voter turnout by state
- The 'density' of Las Vegas area crime
- Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009
- The map below shows the “density” of reported burglaries, robberies, larcenies and motor vehicle thefts from June 1 to July 30 within Metro Police's jurisdiction.
- Housing affordability and minimum-wage earners
- Monday, Aug. 3, 2009
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that 2.2 million of the 75 million hourly workers in the U.S. earn minimum wage and that roughly 1 in 6 U.S. Workers are employed part time.
- Real estate: Price per square foot, foreclosures
- Tuesday, July 28, 2009
- An analysis of recent Las Vegas area real estate numbers.
- Unemployment benefits in each state
- Monday, July 27, 2009
- Maximum weekly unemployment benefit allowed in each state, with a label for the average weekly payout in each state.
- Clark County gaming snapshot, 2004-2009
- Tuesday, July 21, 2009
- Clark County Gaming Snapshot
- Valley residents support more than 100 animal medical care facilities
- Monday, July 20, 2009
- The cost of keeping pets healthy rose more than 2 1/2 times as fast as consumer prices in general over the past 10 years.
- Clark County weather snapshot
- Tuesday, July 14, 2009
- A look at the temperatures, ozone levels and winds this summer in Las Vegas.
- A look at airfares
- Monday, July 13, 2009
- A look at airfares in Las Vegas.
- Auto sales slumping in Clark County
- Monday, July 6, 2009
- Figures from TransUnion, one of the nation's largest credit reporting bureaus, show that Nevadans carry the highest average balance on auto loans in the nation.
- Hunting licenses in Nevada
- Monday, June 22, 2009
- Hunting licenses in Nevada
- Nevada No. 2 in 18- to 64-year-olds without health insurance
- Monday, June 15, 2009
- Percentage in each state, age 18 to 64, without health insurance coverage of any kind in 2008.
- Comparing home sale prices with a year earlier
- Monday, June 8, 2009
- The maps below show median sale prices for single-family homes in each valley ZIP code from March 1 to May 31 of this year, and how they compare to prices during the same period in 2008.
- Where recent out-of-state homebuyers are based
- Monday, June 1, 2009
- Although most sales in the local real estate market in 2009 have been short sales or foreclosure properties, movement in the market isn't being propelled solely by bargain-hunting investors.
- Demographic changes in Clark County
- Tuesday, May 26, 2009
- Clark County’s population has grown by more than one-third since 2000, though that rapid growth waned in 2008.
- Vacant business addresses on the rise
- Monday, May 18, 2009
- Nearly 13 percent of all business addresses in Clark County had been empty for at least three months straight in March.
- Have long-term vacancies increased more in your neighborhood than in others?
- Monday, May 11, 2009
- Long-vacant residences are on the rise in the Las Vegas Valley.
- Nevada aircraft collisions with animals
- Monday, May 4, 2009
- Last month the FAA released records detailing about 100,000 reported wildlife collisions with aircraft in the United States since 1990.
- Low turnout for primary vote
- Monday, April 20, 2009
- Residents of Clark County’s cities turned out sparingly in most precincts for the primary vote on April 7. About 1 in 10 residents who could vote cast a ballot.
- A history of unemployment in Nevada
- Monday, April 13, 2009
- Although initial unemployment insurance claims have dropped from a high of nearly 9,000 per week in January, they’re still about 50 percent higher than in the same week last year.
- Housing collapse evident in falling tax appraisal values
- Monday, April 6, 2009
- This map shows the average change in tax appraisal value between the close of rolls for fiscal 2009-10 and the previous year for single family homes in the valley, by ZIP code.
- Do you know where your power comes from?
- Monday, March 30, 2009
- A breakdown of where energy generated in Nevada and the United States comes from.
- Doctors scarce in Las Vegas compared to other areas
- Monday, March 23, 2009
- For the number of people who live in and around Las Vegas, we're woefully short on doctors and health care workers in general.
- Foreclosure sales have home market feeling down
- Monday, March 16, 2009
- When Nevadans started to realize they were at the epicenter of a full-blown foreclosure crisis in 2007, riding a rising wave of loan defaults that eventually turned into auctions and bank repossessions, they didn't really understand what was in store for the real estate market.
- Home loans: What a difference two years make
- Monday, March 9, 2009
- This map shows the difference in loan volume between a boom year (2005) and a bust year (2007).
- Home vacancy rates growing in Nevada
- Monday, March 2, 2009
- Roughly 1 in 23 residential addresses in Clark County (4.31%) were listed as vacant by the postal service at the end of 2008.
- Nevada's aging population not as old as other states
- Monday, Feb. 23, 2009
- Nevada has been following a national trend — aging populations.
- What’s the holdup at the airport?
- Monday, Feb. 16, 2009
- Vegas air travelers had about a 1 in 5 chance of arriving at McCarran or another destination at least 15 minutes late in 2008.
- Unemployment in Nevada
- A look at the past 10 years of joblessness in Nevada
- Monday, Feb. 2, 2009
- The Sun charts Nevada's unemployment, once comparatively lower than the rest of the nation but up to the fifth highest rate in 2008.
- Metro-reported auto thefts
- Monday, Sept. 8, 2008
- Auto thefts reported in Metro's jurisdiction have been on the decline for two years.
- Growth-related jobs nose-dive
- Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008
- Job losses began to mount in many Nevada business sectors two years ago. Residential construction led the way, with a loss of 10,000 for specialty contractors and 2,300 for homebuilders.
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- Monday, Aug. 28, 2000
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