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CityCenter hotel welcomes new employees with gala
47-story Mandarin Oriental hotel and residence scheduled to open Dec. 4
Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009
One of CityCenter’s properties held a special event Saturday to welcome its 400 new employees.
Mandarin Oriental’s Day of Delight included performances by local entertainers and a parade to show fans from all of the properties in the worldwide hotel group.
Opportunity Village opens gates to Magical Forest
Annual holiday event is major fundraiser for organization that helps disabled adults
Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009
Saturday night’s crowd at Opportunity Village was a little different than the one Zowie Bowie usually performs for weekends at the Monte Carlo.
But Chris Phillips, half of the singing duo, not only sang for the group, he had them singing along — to a stirring rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.”
Corrections officer with Metro killed in U.S. 95 crash
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
A Metro Police corrections officer was killed in a vehicle accident this morning on U.S. 95 near Searchlight. Officer Daniel Leach, 49, of Boulder City, was driving a prisoner transport vehicle from the Clark County Detention Center to the Tucker Holding Facility in Laughlin. The accident occurred at 5:45 a.m. as Leach was driving southbound on U.S. 95 about a mile north of Searchlight. Leach had worked for Metro as a corrections officer for 25 years.
County hesitant to press online travel site tax issue
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
Clark County commissioners have decided to hold off initiating lawsuits in an attempt to collect hotel room taxes from online travel companies.
Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani at Tuesday’s meeting proposed directing the District Attorney to gather bids from law firms on the potential suits, but other commissioners said they felt the court battles would be unsuccessful and potentially damaging.
County seeking opinion on legality of ‘stripper-mobile’
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
The stripper-mobile is already off the streets, but the Clark County Commission is determined to make sure it doesn’t come back. Metro Police said the department requested an opinion from the district attorney’s office on the law.
County rejects 215 Beltway bids, will start from scratch
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
In a third vote on a project to widen part of the northern Las Vegas Beltway, Clark County commissioners on Tuesday rejected the previous bids and started the process over again.
Thunderbirds wow crowd at Nellis AFB
More than 120,000 people expected to attend two-day air show
Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerobatics squadron got a chance to perform in front of a home crowd Saturday at Nellis Air Force Base during the Aviation Nation air show and open house.
Man burned trying to put out mattress fire
Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009
A Henderson man suffered second-degree burns to his hands while trying to extinguish a mattress fire Saturday afternoon. The man was trying to get a burning mattress out of a house at 19 California Way, near Boulder Highway and Lake Mead Drive.
Report: LV among most dangerous cities for pedestrians
Friday, Nov. 13, 2009
The Las Vegas area is one of the most dangerous metro areas in the country for pedestrians, according to a report released this week, and the area spends less than others its size on making pedestrians safer.
RTC bus driver fired, arrested after allegedly attacking woman
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009
A contract Regional Transportation Commission paratransit driver is accused of attacking a woman on Tuesday, striking her in the face, and was arrested by North Las Vegas Police.

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