1996
- A bit of Louisiana debuting in Vegas
- Orleans hotel-casino opens its doors today
- Wednesday, December 18, 1996
- Hacienda glory days recalled
- Tuesday, December 31, 1996
1997
- A new 'Apple'
- Scaled-down New York, New York, opens in Vegas
- Saturday, January 4, 1997
- Full PEPCON explosion probe hampered
- Thursday, July 31, 1997
- Harrah's to unveil $200 million expansion
- Wednesday, October 22, 1997
1998
- Harrah's buys Rio hotel-casino
- Monday, August 10, 1998
1999
- Mandalay Bay ready for magic
- Resort to beckon guests into a 'world of escape' when doors open tonight
- Tuesday, March 2, 1999
- Gamers face wider fraud lawsuit
- Tuesday, June 22, 1999
- French-themed hotel-casino opens on Vegas Strip
- Wednesday, September 1, 1999
- Still opulent and extravagant, the 'Folies Bergere' celebrates the big Four-O
- Friday, December 10, 1999
2000
- Sahara coaster to be Las Vegas' fastest
- Monday, February 28, 2000
- Desert Inn marks 50th anniversary
- Monday, April 24, 2000
- Last of cocktail waitresses settles suit with casino
- Monday, July 10, 2000
- Strip says adios to El Rancho
- Tuesday, October 3, 2000
- Fireworks open Terrible's at old Continental site
- Thursday, December 7, 2000
2001
- Way cleared for Wynn's Le Reve
- Tuesday, October 23, 2001
- Palms ready to open, will cater to everyone
- Friday, November 9, 2001
2002
- Last legs
- Friday, January 4, 2002
- Nevada's first state college opens its doors
- Tuesday, September 3, 2002
- After 50 colorful years, resort remains a “jewel”
- Friday, October 4, 2002
- Desert Oasis: Sahara's rich entertainment history recalled at 50
- Friday, October 4, 2002
2003
- Tuscany unveils casino
- Monday, January 20, 2003
- Record jackpot claimed by Calif. engineer
- Monday, March 24, 2003
- Blaze is latest chapter in hotel's storied history
- Thursday, May 29, 2003
- Dream of revitalizing Moulin Rouge suffers blow
- Friday, May 30, 2003
- Horn still critical after attack
- Monday, October 6, 2003
2004
- Sahara optimistic over monorail, coveted land
- Sunday, June 13, 2004
- Hughes' legacy looms large in LV
- Thursday, December 23, 2004
2005
- A history of change
- Friday, January 28, 2005
- Las Vegas Centennial: LV: 100 years, 21 sites
- Thursday, May 12, 2005
- Valley settlers defied the odds
- Friday, May 13, 2005
- Mercury hits 110 for 9th straight day
- Thursday, July 21, 2005
- Boardwalk runs out
- Wednesday, October 19, 2005
2006
- Warming raises scientists' concerns
- Weather Records:
- Tuesday, January 3, 2006
- Columnist Jack Sheehan: On the gradual disappearance of the statuesque icons, symbols of Vegas
- Sunday, January 15, 2006
2007
- 'Dust to dust
- Sunday, March 18, 2007
- ROBERT GOULET: 1933 - 2007
- 'Camelot' baritone, Vegas headliner was arts advocate
- Wednesday, October 31, 2007
2008
- Deadly casino fires helped rewrite safety standards
- Friday, January 25, 2008
- MGM fire changed safety standards
- Friday, January 25, 2008
- Past tragedies at Las Vegas resorts led to safer visits for today’s guests
- Saturday, January 26, 2008
- World Series of Poker
- Tuesday, February 12, 2008
- Historic Huntridge could face destruction
- Theater owner wants out of state preservation deal
- Thursday, February 28, 2008
- The booth was big enough for both of ’em
- Jack Sheehan on a meeting between two of Las Vegas’ most notorious criminals
- Sunday, March 2, 2008
- Owner says he’s tried to find use for Huntridge
- LOOKING IN ON: CITY HALL: He wants to save theater, he says, but effort has dead-ended
- Friday, March 7, 2008
- A sad saga: horse racing in Las Vegas
- Upon Further Review: Dream of first-rate track here hit snag after snag and died, but not before captivating Sun founder and countless others
- Tuesday, April 29, 2008
- Don’t mourn what is gone; celebrate what has survived
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- A guide to Las Vegas Historic Preservation Month
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Mob Ties
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Showtime: How Sin City evolved into 'The Entertainment Capital of the World'
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Desert oasis drying up
- Valley's water supply dwindles with climate change, population growth
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Las Vegas weather can be a gamble
- Snow, flash floods, and even tornadoes shake up normal heat wave
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Conscience of the community
- Sun founder Hank Greenspun fought for little guy; left lasting legacy
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Boulder City: A gateway to the past
- Town home to Hoover Dam, but not casinos
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- The other Vegas
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Where the fighter pilot calls home
- Nellis AFB grew from a dirt runway to housing the world's most squadrons
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Fremont Street: A block with experience
- How a dusty main street transformed into a neon-lit gambling mecca
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Battle-born Henderson now 'A Place to Call Home'
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Home of Sin City's original sin
- Block 16 housed prostitues, alcohol during prohibition
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Desert highway turned destination
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Las Vegas Showgirls: Show and (a lot to) tell
- Number of showgirls may be shrinking, but their iconic stories live on
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Howard Hughes: A revolutionary recluse
- Hughes changed Strip landscape with corporately-owned casinos
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Siegfried & Roy: Las Vegas' magic duo
- Illusionists amazed audiences with help of white tigers
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Tying the knot with ease or Elvis
- 'Wedding Capital' offers variety of ceremonies, themes
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Wayne Newton owned the Strip
- 'Mr. Las Vegas' will go down as entertainer, but also owned the Aladdin
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- The many colors of Mayor Oscar Goodman
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Elvis has yet to leave the building
- Despite his untimely death 30 years ago, The King's legacy in Las Vegas lives on through tribute artists, impersonators and even 'Flying Elvi'
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Bill that transformed a city
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- 'Bugsy' Siegel - The mob's man in Vegas
- Siegel left his mark and myth in Sin City
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Atomic testing burned its mark
- Test Site employed thousands, put many more at risk
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- 'Eighth Wonder of the World'
- Workers suffered hardships, death to build historic Hoover Dam
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- A Gamble in the Sand
- How Las Vegas transformed itself from a railroad watering hole to the 'Entertainment Capital of the World'
- Thursday, May 15, 2008
- How Vegas became a city like no other
- >> INTRODUCING lasvegassun.com/history: Mix mobsters, visionaries and stars with desert, add decades
- Sunday, May 18, 2008
- Project required collaboration, old-fashioned digging
- HOW WE DID IT:
- Sunday, May 18, 2008
- Places threatened by the times
- Preservation group’s list of endangered places includes Southern Nevada landmarks
- Friday, May 30, 2008
- To celebrate icon’s 50th birthday, movement afoot for national recognition
- preservation:
- Thursday, September 25, 2008
- Here today, there tomorrow
- DAILY MEMO: PRESERVATION : In the Las Vegas Valley, saving historic buildings and artifacts often involves moving them
- Thursday, October 2, 2008
- 100 years of service
- History: St. Joan of Arc celebrates distinction as oldest Catholic church and parish in Las Vegas
- Saturday, October 4, 2008
- Mob-era gambling boss was ‘Old Vegas’
- FRANK ‘LEFTY’ ROSENTHAL:
- Thursday, October 16, 2008
- Life, letters and Las Vegas
- A conversation between Douglas Unger and H. Lee Barnes
- Thursday, October 30, 2008
- The Sands’ virtual renewal
- VINTAGE VEGAS: Italian graduate students reviving history in project with UNLV
- Sunday, November 16, 2008
2009
- Lawyers, guns ... and money
- The Strip Sense: Why a mob museum in Las Vegas would be criminally successful
- Thursday, January 22, 2009
- Century markings
- Exhibit celebrates Clark County, the place to be for 100 years
- Thursday, January 29, 2009
- Bookworms' apple on Strip
- Books: Purveyors of rare tomes show that not all Vegas draws need be glitzy
- Thursday, February 5, 2009
- Sorry, Sammy
- History: Years before Davis, Josephine Baker was desegregating Vegas casinos
- Thursday, February 19, 2009
- County celebrates 100 years with a look at mining
- Mining, key in county's history, to be focus of centennial discussion
- Monday, March 23, 2009
- A witness to history
- Lifelong Nevadan to be buried in historic St. Thomas Cemetery
- Wednesday, March 25, 2009
- An early chapter in Vegas architecture
- Books: New offering revisits 1968 Yale study of city’s iconic structures
- Thursday, March 26, 2009
- Historic Native American basket finds its way back to Las Vegas
- Decorative basket on display at Nevada State Museum
- Friday, March 27, 2009
- Photos: Final bow for ‘Folies Bergere’
- VINTAGE VEGAS:
- Friday, March 27, 2009
- The real origins of Vegas
- Book designed to dispel some popular myths as it traces the desert city’s humble beginning
- Thursday, April 9, 2009
- In Las Vegas, the past tends to disappear fast
- DAILY MEMO: HISTORY: Catch these signs of our time before they’re gone
- Friday, May 1, 2009
- ‘Fabulous’ sign garners historic designation
- Officials announce Las Vegas icon is making its way to National Register
- Thursday, May 21, 2009
- Probe into Moulin Rouge fire finds human link
- fire investigation: Arson, cooking are possible causes of May 6 blaze, officials say
- Wednesday, June 17, 2009
- History to come alive at 31ers reunion
- Boulder City:
- Thursday, June 18, 2009
- Historic Boulder Dam Hotel out of money, shutting down
- Thursday, July 9, 2009
- Summer of ’69 gave us more than just Woodstock
- DAILY MEMO: HISTORY:
- Tuesday, July 14, 2009
- Could mystery donor save historic Boulder Dam Hotel?
- Lawyer suggests anonymous donor may be willing to put up $260,000 to save historic hotel
- Thursday, July 16, 2009
- 'Far-Away Frank' and his nemeses reminisce about mob days
- Las Vegas history:
- Saturday, August 8, 2009
- Full-court press
- UNLV’s Barrick Museum tries to reinvent its game
- Thursday, September 3, 2009
- Consultant considered to help raise money for Boulder Dam Hotel
- Thursday, September 17, 2009
- Boulder City Chautauqua brings history back to life
- Sunday, September 20, 2009
- Holocaust survivor shares painful memories with students
- Wednesday, September 23, 2009
- Reenactment captures Civil War down to smell of the gunpowder
- Friday, October 30, 2009
- County leaders capture moment in time
- Commissioners bury time capsule to be opened by their successors in 100 years
- Wednesday, December 9, 2009
- Breaking down the barriers in Las Vegas
- Longtime jazz singer, civil rights activist tells his story in a new book
- Monday, December 14, 2009
- Murphy has tough road to prove case against state
- COURTS:
- Tuesday, December 22, 2009
2010
- Residents celebrate 50th anniversary of Boulder City's charter
- Sunday, January 10, 2010
- City to begin construction on Neon Boneyard Park
- Saturday, February 6, 2010
- Elvis Presley: A love affair
- History: For better or worse, Elvis Presley and Las Vegas formed a bond — in business and in pleasure — that endures
- Sunday, February 14, 2010
- Former students, teachers join open house at Historic Westside School
- Saturday, March 20, 2010
- Mayor: Time short for 141 Las Vegas city jobs to be saved
- May 5 council meeting to show how private sector dealt with budget cuts, layoffs
- Thursday, April 15, 2010
- Henderson celebrates its heritage with parade and festival
- Saturday, April 17, 2010
- Slip slidin’ away
- A visit to the haunting emptiness of a once-iconic water park
- Thursday, July 8, 2010
- Panel explores relationship between Boulder City, Hoover Dam
- Saturday, September 18, 2010
- Museum lets visitors take part in reenactment of train robbery
- Thursday, September 23, 2010
- Documentary ‘Return to Tarawa’ brings back WWII memories
- Military:
- Monday, October 18, 2010
- Historian: Modern presidents losing bully pulpit
- SIX QUESTIONS:
- Thursday, October 21, 2010
- Shining new light on Las Vegas’ past
- City park next to the Boneyard, a museum of classic neon, is latest effort in preservation
- Wednesday, November 17, 2010
- Mammoth tusk discovered near North Las Vegas
- Friday, December 3, 2010
- Police make arrest in Red Rock vandalism case
- Wednesday, December 8, 2010
- Sunset Park renovation helps put focus on frontier history
- Wednesday, December 15, 2010
2011
- Paradise Palms is history
- Residents looking for official designation
- Wednesday, February 2, 2011
- What's a sign worth? In Las Vegas, it's invaluable
- Wednesday, March 9, 2011
- Slice of '60s suburbia ... Las Vegas style
- Exhibit showcases swank Paradise Palms and Boulevard Mall in photos
- Thursday, August 11, 2011
- Out with a bang: 10 Strip implosions
- Thursday, August 25, 2011
- Push to change street's name to Sammy Davis Jr. Parkway grows
- Saturday, August 27, 2011
- 10 years later, Las Vegas Sun photo of girl with flag still resonates
- Remembering Sept. 11:
- Saturday, September 10, 2011
- UNLV's 2D time capsule
- Clues to Las Vegas’ past are hidden in plain sight at the Special Collections
- Thursday, December 8, 2011
2012
- Former Las Vegas headliner Danny Thomas to appear on postage stamp
- Sunday, January 8, 2012
- Happy Birthday, Elvis: A look at his deep ties to Las Vegas
- Monday, January 9, 2012
- From showgirl to showcase: Terry Ritter's art sets the scene at McCarran's new terminal
- The Arts:
- Sunday, January 22, 2012
- Deadly Hilton fire was 31 years ago today
- History:
- Friday, February 10, 2012
- 'Maintain the truth,' Holocaust survivors ask Clark County middle-schoolers
- Friday, February 17, 2012
- As police chief, Ray Sheffer improved training, later worked on the Strip and prompted the use of AC in cabs
- obituary:
- Thursday, February 23, 2012
- A look at 6 legendary Las Vegas sports book figures
- Gaming:
- Monday, March 12, 2012
- Old-school restaurants, Las Vegas style
- History:
- Saturday, March 24, 2012
- Celebrity diners, traditional atmosphere, classic food are common ingredients at Las Vegas' oldest restaurants
- History:
- Saturday, March 24, 2012
- Las Vegas nightspots through the years: Those that left an impression and why
- Wednesday, March 28, 2012
- Former fire marshall who ushered in safety laws after MGM Grand Hotel fire dies
- Tuesday, April 3, 2012
- King Kong, fire and other Stratosphere facts
- BACKGROUNDER:
- Friday, April 6, 2012
- Lake Las Vegas chef revels in all things Titanic, will re-create ship’s last meal
- Food:
- Friday, April 13, 2012
- Nevada may push more children's services onto community groups
- State Government:
- Tuesday, April 24, 2012
- Two years after fire, nature sanctuary humming along, hosting festival
- Attractions:
- Thursday, April 26, 2012
- Learning from and repeating history with the Miss Atomic Bomb photo recreation
- Wednesday, May 16, 2012
- Curator Alvarez passionate about Las Vegas history and culture
- Q&A:
- Saturday, May 19, 2012
- Firefighters respond to reports of explosion; find vacant building in flames
- Sunday, June 3, 2012
- Photo project chronicles Las Vegas history via unheralded downtown signs
- Saturday, June 16, 2012
- Blaze destroys home in North Las Vegas; multiple dogs killed
- Saturday, June 23, 2012
- Overheating refrigerator causes $80K in damage to town home
- Sunday, June 24, 2012