Katie Ann McCarver

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Katie Ann McCarver graduated from the University of Iowa with degrees in English and creative writing, and journalism and mass communication. She worked as a reporter and editor for The Daily Iowan, where she won a Hearst Journalism Award for feature writing. She completed a multiplatform editing internship at The Dallas Morning News.

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New reservations-only bar in downtown Las Vegas focused on making customers feel appreciated: Monday, May 13, 2024; Ryan Doherty remembers the first time he heard the word “sleek.” It was one of the words his dad used to describe their family’s pet Doberman pinscher, in addition to “dangerous” and “sweet” ...
Las Vegas an ideal location for company to keep pace with evolution of communication: Monday, May 13, 2024; When Nordis Technologies started out, it was as a print company for businesses to disseminate communications to consumers or other businesses, like bills and other transactional documents. It did the ...
Lacking pact, Culinary Union says workers striking at Virgin Hotels: Friday, May 10, 2024; The lack of wage increase proposals in bargaining with Virgin Hotels Las Vegas is the catalyst for an “economic strike” today by union workers, said Ted Pappageorge, the secretary-treasurer of Culinary Union Local 226 ...
Culinary members set to strike for better conditions at Las Vegas hotel on Friday: Negotiations set to continue next week after contract expired last year; Wednesday, May 8, 2024; Hundreds of Las Vegas hospitality workers are scheduled to participate in the Culinary Union's first official strike in more than two decades, as the organization continues to negotiate with ...
Game changers: Las Vegas businesses score big working with the Golden Knights: Wednesday, May 8, 2024; Las Vegas has been home to professional sports for nearly a decade now, and game days in that time have proven to be big business — not just for venues on the Strip, either ...
Median price for Las Vegas homes up 10 percent over a year ago: Tuesday, May 7, 2024; The median sale price of local condos and townhomes reached an all-time high of $290,000 last month, up nearly 8% from April 2023. That’s an increase of several thousand dollars from the previous record set in ...
Optimism low but resiliency high among entrepreneurs in Las Vegas: Monday, May 6, 2024; Evergreen Coffee opened its doors in Henderson almost two years ago, hoping to restore some of the community and neighborhood connections that had been lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was slow ...
Commercial pilot shortage opens flight paths to opportunity: Sunday, May 5, 2024; A frantic push for pilots to take early retirement during the pandemic, the federal requirements for pilot training and a hard cutoff on commercial flying past a certain age are just a few of ...
Study links sports betting with binge drinking: Monday, April 29, 2024; A new study shows that sports bettors are more likely to binge drink than individuals who are not gambling at all or who are gambling in another way. The study from UNLV and the University of ...
Financial literacy class sets teens on path to succeed in life: Monday, April 29, 2024; Richard Shipin, who teaches a financial literacy class at the Delta Academy, said it’s critical to instruct students about what’s ahead in life. Financial literacy, he says, is learning how ...
EU ambassador stresses teamwork to build economy, fight climate change: Saturday, April 27, 2024; Nevada is one of about a half-dozen states that Jovita Neliupšienė, the European Union’s ambassador to the United States, is visiting in the first few months of her tenure ...
‘Let’s go build that railway’: Officials break ground on high-speed Las Vegas-to-Southern California line: Tuesday, April 23, 2024; The nation’s first true high-speed passenger rail system is within grasp with the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Brightline West link between Las Vegas and Southern California.
Merger will help streamline Nevada's cannabis industry: Monday, April 22, 2024; A new partnership is seeking to iron out wrinkles in Nevada’s cannabis supply chain. Blackbird, a cannabis distribution company, was recently acquired by cannabis ...
Betty’s Village empowers residents to be independent; and now it’s expanding: Sunday, April 21, 2024; Kristin Allison never thought she would live independently. That is until she moved into an apartment nearly three years ago in then-brand-new Betty’s Village, a residential community for ...
Shooting victim’s mother says court ‘glossed over’ red flags: Tuesday, April 16, 2024; Ashley Prince’s immediate family said Monday that their “worst fears came to life” last week when she and her husband, a well-known Las Vegas attorney, were both shot and killed by ...
Helping build middle class is Vegas real estate agent's American dream: Monday, April 15, 2024; Nora Aguirre, who was born in Mexico and grew up in North Las Vegas, said she first strayed into the world of real estate because she had to act as a translator for her parents ...
Las Vegas companies saving time, money by converting offices instead of constructing them: Monday, April 15, 2024; The Comprehensive Digestive Institute of Nevada’s location in the southeast Las Vegas Valley boasts nearly a dozen exam rooms, a collaborative office space for physicians, an open-concept ...
Fore! Sports and entertainment themed businesses taking Las Vegas by storm: Sunday, April 14, 2024; Atomic Golf is the latest in an ongoing trend of sports-entertainment complexes making Las Vegas their home. And more are on their way.
IRS urges Nevadans to utilize Direct File, its new, free tax filing program: Thursday, April 11, 2024; With Tax Day around the corner, some locals are taking advantage of an IRS pilot program that allows earners with “simple tax filing needs” to file their tax return free of charge ...
Effort during Super Bowl to showcase Las Vegas' potential pays off in attracting businesses: Wednesday, April 10, 2024; A Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance initiative that brought executives to the area during Super Bowl 58 festivities to showcase what the city has to offer beyond the Strip could lead to businesses relocating here, officials said ...
Southern Nevada home sale prices continue to rise in March: Tuesday, April 9, 2024; Local home prices are on the rise after a “sluggish 2023,” Las Vegas Realtors President Merri Perry said in a release Tuesday. The median sale price was $465,000 for existing Southern Nevada single-family homes and ...
Affordable housing concept in Las Vegas filling niche, expanding: Tuesday, April 9, 2024; The shareDowntown properties encourage residents to participate in twice-monthly community events — one in which they all gather to eat food, purchased from a local business, hang out and listen to music, and another in which ...
A Las Vegas icon closes its doors to await the wrecking ball, then play ball: Tuesday, April 2, 2024; Visitors showed up in droves Tuesday to take pictures outside the Tropicana, waving goodbye to the Las Vegas Strip resort and shouting phrases like “Adios Tropicana” ...
Program gives news businesses a head start to success in Vegas: Monday, April 1, 2024; The City of Las Vegas and StartUpNV have partnered with Dealroom (dealroom.co) the past few years to provide an online resource that maps out the city’s startup ecosystem for stakeholders—making Las Vegas the first ...
As curtain drops on iconic Tropicana, its comedy club is getting the ‘Last Laughs’: Sunday, March 31, 2024; The Laugh Factory opened its doors at the Tropicana Las Vegas a dozen years ago, immediately drawing in performers and audiences alike with its swanky space, love for comedy and dedication to ...
Rosen champions Train More Nurses Act at UNLV Simulation Center: Friday, March 29, 2024; UNLV nursing students dressed in bright red scrubs were hard at work Thursday at the university’s Clinical Simulation Center, where aspiring nurses can participate in ...
Home decor entrepreneur plants roots of business without being rooted to location: Monday, March 25, 2024; Las Vegas local Kim Nguyen opened her business, Base Roots, as an online storefront on Amazon about six years ago. Since then, the home decor shop has virtually grown nonstop, giving shoppers the opportunity to make their home their own, using ceramic planters and vases, floating shelves and other whimsical but functional furnishings.
Transportation officials bullish on development of EV infrastructure: Monday, March 25, 2024; Shailen Bhatt, federal highway administrator and a top official in the U.S. Department of Transportation, is emphasizing the importance of implementing an infrastructure for ...
There’s no replicating Las Vegas during March Madness: Thursday, March 21, 2024; Management at the South Point last March moved its annual NCAA Tournament viewing party from its usual 20,000 square-foot space to a venue four times that size, offering guests a unique experience to watch and bet on the action ...
Bill proposed in U.S. Senate would boost Nevada tourism: Wednesday, March 20, 2024; The bill would establish an annual Hospitality and Outdoor-Recreation Supporting Tourism (HOST) Grant, to aid the recovery, development and expansion of the ...
Suncoast renovation will keep property 'relevant in the market,' official says: Wednesday, March 20, 2024; The Suncoast is getting a massive makeover nearly 25 years after the Las Vegas resort first opened its doors.
Homegrown hall of famer has seen, played a hand in Vegas gaming's evolution: Monday, March 18, 2024; Tom Mikulich began working in the Las Vegas hospitality industry as a teenager as a desk clerk at his grandparents’ hotel on Fremont Street, the Ambassador. In the decades since, he’s climbed up the industry ladder—working ...
Sphere celebrating young Las Vegas artists with design contest: Thursday, March 14, 2024; Las Vegas community members will have the opportunity to see their artwork displayed on the Exosphere — the viral outer shell of the Sphere that has gained worldwide ...
‘They are committed to doing this right’: LVCVA CEO backs Boring Company efforts: Wednesday, March 13, 2024; The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is satisfied that the Boring Company, which is set to expand an underground transportation system ...
As Nevada customers lament soaring bills, Southwest Gas reiterates some relief is on the way: Tuesday, March 12, 2024; Southwest Gas said the average monthly bill for a single family in Southern Nevada for 2023 was $60; this year, that average skyrocked to $101 — an increase of ...
Nevada in position to make most of boom in manufacturing: Monday, March 11, 2024; The more manufacturing that’s brought to Southern Nevada, the more it will shield the region from the economic “ebbs and flows” of recessions and pandemics ...
TSA unveils self-screening system for passengers at Harry Reid International: Friday, March 8, 2024; The Transportation Security Administration unveiled a self-service screening system at Harry Reid this week that will allow passengers to go through the motions of security at their own pace, following ...
Canada's Porter Airlines makes debut at Harry Reid International in Las Vegas: Las Vegas-Toronto service should boost international tourism; Wednesday, March 6, 2024; Porter, a nearly 20-year-old airline, kicked off its new daily flight between Toronto and Las Vegas ...
North Las Vegas provides runway for renewable jet fuel company: Monday, Feb. 26, 2024; Edgewood Renewables, a biofuel production company, is planning a biorefinery for the site of a former fuel terminal in North Las Vegas, with CEO Steve Harrington saying the goal is to kick off construction within the next six months and be operational by 2026.
Biotech startup aims to make big impact in Las Vegas and nationwide: Monday, Feb. 19, 2024; Heligenics has partnered with Roseman University to work out of the nearly 70,000 square feet of wet lab and office space at its Summerlin campus ....
Travelers at Las Vegas airport give thumbs-up to robot manicurist: Monday, Feb. 19, 2024; Taking her cues from the machine, Mikel selected a bright red color for her nails and settled in. The mechanized manicurist painted Mikel’s nails one at a time, swirling the brush in concentric circles to fully cover them, only stopping occasionally to give her instructions, like where to rest her arm or hand for the best results. “Everyone really ...
City moving forward on youth sports plans at former Fiesta Henderson site: Friday, Feb. 16, 2024; The city of Henderson plans to build an indoor sports facility on the site of the former Fiesta Henderson resort, with the remainder of the site offering other amenities that would complement ...
Las Vegas businesswomen 'don't slouch around,' report finds: Monday, Feb. 12, 2024; Abingdon Mullin always wanted to be a pilot. So, when she completed flight training, she wanted to buy herself something nice—a pilot’s watch. That’s when she learned what a gap in the market there was for ...
Exposure associated with Super Bowl only enhances Las Vegas’ image: Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024; Today's matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers will be broadcast in nearly 200 countries, bringing unprecedented attention to Las Vegas, said Steve Hill ...
Experts predict record Super Bowl betting handle in Nevada: Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024; The Super Bowl is poised to have a higher handle than any other iteration of the game in Nevada’s sports betting history, experts say. The state set its Super Bowl handle record in 2022, when $179 million was bet in Nevada on the ...
Super Bowl 2024 Las Vegas: Guide to events & celebrations: Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024; As hundreds of thousands are expected to descend on Las Vegas for its first-ever Super Bowl this weekend, the Entertainment Capital of the World is preparing to do what ...
Need a ticket for the Super Bowl? Demand driving prices higher: Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024; Demand for tickets to Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas is surging compared with the same time last year, a spokesperson for StubHub says. The average price of Super Bowl 58 tickets sold on the platform as of Tuesday was $8,700 ...
Realtors report January sales rebound after historically down 2023: Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024; Local home sales could be bouncing back after seeing their slowest year in more than a decade in 2023, according to a release today from Las Vegas Realtors.
What goes in to estimating an event's economic impact on the city: Monday, Feb. 5, 2024; About three years ago, as the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority made a bid to host the city’s first Super Bowl—now just days away—it commissioned local analytics firm Applied Analysis to create an economic impact statement on the event. The report’s findings forecasted that Super Bowl 58 would have a net incremental impact of $799 million on the Las Vegas community, as well as ...
Culinary vows to strike with Las Vegas contracts still in talks: Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024; Fair wages, benefits and a safe working environment are a few of the issues on the negotiating table for Alicia Watson, a food server at the Golden Nugget and one of several Culinary Union members in contract talks with more than a dozen independent Las Vegas resorts with strike deadlines approaching as early as Friday. Watson emphasized ...