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Vintage Las Vegas

On the grounds of Hotel Last Frontier, the Strip鈥檚 first theme resort, Bill Moore opened an actual theme park, a re-creation of old west town populated with artifacts from the collection of 鈥淒oby Doc鈥 Caudill, souvenir shops, contemporary retail, casino, restaurant, and banquet hall.

Nevada Independent

Carole Vilardo, the longtime head of the Nevada Taxpayers Association known for her incisive critiques of tax proposals and eye-catching hat collection, died in Las Vegas on Sunday. She was 80.

Vintage Las Vegas

Hughes鈥 Las Vegas businesses became Summa Corp. when he sold Hughes Tool Company in 鈥72.

Vintage Las Vegas

Arizona Club, 221 N. 1st Street, one of Las Vegas鈥 first permanent buildings, was still standing years after the old red light district of Block 16 was closed.

Las Vegas Sun

The hate speech directed at Nevada first lady Kathy Sisolak happened a few months ago and she鈥檚 still hurt.

Las Vegas Sun

It鈥檚 not often Las Vegas 鈥 sometimes referred to as Sin City 鈥 is talked about in the same breath as a Catholic saint.

Associated Press

Tom Hawley, a longtime traffic and news reporter in Las Vegas for KSNV-TV, has died after taking a leave due to pancreatic cancer, the station reported Friday. He was 60.

Las Vegas Sun

Tom Hawley, a longtime traffic and news reporter in Las Vegas for KSNV-TV, has died after taking a leave due to pancreatic cancer, the station reported Friday. He was 60.

Casino.Org

Veteran Las Vegas journalist Tom Hawley, whose 鈥淰ideo Vault鈥 stories on KSNV-TV chronicled the city鈥檚 casino history and more, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 60.

KVIA

KSNV-TV in Las Vegas reported Friday that Tom Hawley, the station鈥檚 longtime traffic and news reporter, has died after taking a leave due to pancreatic cancer. He was 60.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

This week on Politics Now with host John Langeler, we remember 20 years since 9/11.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Today marks the passage of 20 years since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the day that changed our nation 鈥 and our state.