Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) articles from June 2003

Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) archives from June 2003

McDonald `subject' of FBI political corruption probe.(news)
June 1, 2003... BYLINE: JANE ANN MORRISON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas Councilman Michael McDonald repeatedly has said he is not a "target" of the political corruption investigation that saw dozens of FBI agents raid two topless clubs on May 14. But on...

Hispanic museum competing for space.(news)
June 1, 2003... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL For more than a decade, the Hispanic Museum of Nevada has struggled to become a focal point for Southern Nevada's fastest growing minority. It began as a small but colorful display of cultural...

Ward 1 council candidatesagain exchange accusations.(news)
June 1, 2003... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL Councilman Michael McDonald and Ward 1 challenger Janet Moncrief continued their volley of accusations and demands for apologies Friday. McDonald called a news conference to debunk a Moncrief...

REPAIRING NEVADA POLITICS: Five easy fixes.(opinion)
June 1, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL The concern motivating Gov. Kenny Guinn, lawmakers and everybody else stumping for new taxes is the mantra, "growth isn't paying for growth." State tax collection figures don't bear that out, as revenues continue to...

Mountain West expansion may hinge on ACC.(sports)
June 1, 2003... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL There's a storm gathering in college athletics, but nobody knows when it will strike or the extent of damage it will inflict. From coast to coast, university presidents and conference commissioners...

CCSN BASEBALL: NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.(sports)
June 1, 2003... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- Mission accomplished. Five years ago, the Community College of Southern Nevada didn't even have a baseball program. Today, they are kings of the junior college baseball world....

Rebels hang tough in losers' bracket, advance with sweep.(sports)
June 1, 2003... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL TEMPE, Ariz. -- In two elimination games Saturday, UNLV faced a deficit and a defining moment in the NCAA Regional baseball tournament. In the first game, the Rebels pulled together after an...

Harter keeps watchon expansion, BCS.(sports)
June 1, 2003... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL UNLV president Carol Harter is keeping a close eye on the Atlantic Coast Conference's attempts to lure three schools away from the Big East, and she doesn't like what she sees. Harter knows if Miami,...

Sunrise wins all-star game.(sports)
June 1, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Kawon Walker of Desert Pines made a leaping grab in the corner of the end zone with 12 seconds to play to lift the Sunrise Region to a 13-7 victory over the Sunset in the Lions All-Star Football Game on Saturday...

NATIONAL TITLES DECIDED: Two repeat as Gloves champs.(sports)
June 1, 2003... BYLINE: ROYCE FEOUR, REVIEW-JOURNAL Lorenzo Reynolds of Michigan scored an impressive victory at 141 pounds and repeated as a national titlist in the Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions at the Orleans Arena on Saturday night. ...

Silverado's West finds success at ASU.(sports)
June 1, 2003... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL TEMPE, Ariz. -- Silverado High School graduate Jeremy West stood on the baseball field at Tempe Diablo Stadium about 20 feet from a group of UNLV players Saturday. He could have been in that group,...

FACING THE FUTURE: The Next Step.(living)
June 1, 2003... BYLINE: JOHN PRZYBYS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Sure, high-school graduation is just one of life's many landmark events. But, as landmark events go, it's a biggie. In honor of the big day, we invited several graduating seniors to tell us...

Never Too Late.(living)
June 1, 2003... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Bernice Jaeger has always been older than her college professors. She earned her first associate's degree at age 38, a bachelor's degree at age 50 and a master's degree at age 68. At the recent...

Local Sertoma group strives to help hearing impaired.(living)
June 1, 2003... BYLINE: SONYA PADGETT, REVIEW-JOURNAL Since 1959, a group of local volunteers has been raising money to help people with speech and hearing disabilities. The Las Vegas Paradise Sertoma, a local chapter of the national nonprofit Sertoma...

Report: Valley operating room among costliest.(news)
June 2, 2003... BYLINE: JOELLE BABULA, REVIEW-JOURNAL Valley Hospital Medical Center has the most expensive operating room in Nevada and one of the most expensive in the country, according to a new report released by the California Nurses Association. ...

MILLENNIUM SCHOLARSHIP: Students face citizenship question.(news)
June 2, 2003... BYLINE: NATALIE PATTON, REVIEW-JOURNAL The newest crop of Millennium Scholarship qualifiers probably will face a question predecessors didn't have to answer: Are you a U.S. citizen or legal immigrant? State Treasurer Brian Krolicki...

Las Vegas' Private Paradise.(news)
June 2, 2003... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Beyond the strip malls and housing developments, past the casinos, warehouses and "no dumping signs," lies a blossoming oasis some say is one of Las Vegas' best kept secrets. Feeding off reclaimed...

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Strip clubs' prominence in news leads to four-hour tour.(news)
June 2, 2003... BYLINE: JANE ANN MORRISON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Blonde, athletic and wearing glasses, the young woman clad in an abbreviated red-white-and-blue bikini danced to "American Woman." She stepped backstage and returned nude to finish the dance....

NCAA REGIONAL: Rebels' run is over.(sports)
June 2, 2003... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL TEMPE, Ariz. -- UNLV appeared doomed before Sunday's NCAA Regional championship game at Tempe Diablo Stadium. The Rebels' pitching staff, thinned following the first-game loss to New Mexico State...

MWC:Eight isenoughfor now.(sports)
June 2, 2003... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Expansion is on everyone's mind, but few members of the Mountain West Conference are in a rush to make it happen. At the league's spring meetings Sunday, university presidents and...

Trickle first despite penalty; Cofer disqualified.(sports)
June 2, 2003... BYLINE: JEFF WOLF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Mike Cofer was cruising toward his fifth Super Late Models victory of the year with three laps remaining Saturday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway's Bullring, but lightning struck the series points leader...

Devils earn high praise from Schlossnagle.(sports)
June 2, 2003... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona State's dominance in the NCAA baseball regional showed it might have been worthy of a national seed. Despite a No. 5 ranking in Baseball America and a No. 4 in two other...

Senior PBA opens play today at Castaways.(sports)
June 2, 2003... BYLINE: ROYCE FEOUR, REVIEW-JOURNAL Dale Eagle is coming into the PBA Senior Storm U.S. Open at the Castaways on a hot streak. Eagle finished second, first and first in his last three tournaments going into the five-day event that...

NEWSMAKERS: Program manager honored for her work helping kids.(living)
June 2, 2003... BYLINE: DEANA DI DIO, REVIEW-JOURNAL While April is designated as Child Abuse Prevention Month, for Marion Hancock, every month is child abuse prevention month. On May 12, Hancock, manager of Child and Family Services and the Suspected...

More kids getting Head Start.(news)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Of the 97 children going into first grade at Taylor Elementary School in Henderson, only one was ready to learn to read last fall. Sixty-nine of them couldn't immediately recognize letters of the...

Suspects in girl's slaying arechildren of convicted killer.(news)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL Two siblings charged in the slaying of a 3-year-old girl were fathered by a convicted killer who spent much of the past three decades in prison, according to Utah court records and defense attorneys. ...

POLITICAL CORRUPTION PROBE: Malone sought to make deal.(news)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: JANE ANN MORRISON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Lance Malone's attorney attempted to negotiate a reduced sentence for his client in exchange for his testimony in a political corruption case, according to law enforcement and other sources. ...

SPECIAL FORCES FUNERAL: Green Beret remembered.(news)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: KEITH ROGERS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Before his sons joined the Army, Rick Detrick told them they didn't have to follow his footsteps into the Special Forces. Instead, they should be their own men and keep marching, even if the road seemed...

Official expects low turnout for today's municipal elections.(news)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: JANE ANN MORRISON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Despite a hot Las Vegas City Council race and contentious races in Mesquite and Boulder City, Clark County Registrar of Voters Larry Lomax expects countywide turnout in today's municipal elections...

Newsweekapplaudssix schoolsin Nevada.(news)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACH, REVIEW-JOURNAL A Newsweek article that touts 739 of the top high schools in the United States included six schools from Nevada, five in Washoe County and one in Clark County. The magazine's rankings were based on...

Pact keeps crisis center open.(news)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL An ad-hoc committee of social service providers and nonprofit agencies on Monday agreed on a plan to keep the Crisis Intervention Center for the homeless from closing by month's end. The plan...

Spring sidesteps Las Vegas.(news)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: RICHARD LAKE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Spring, it seems, has skipped Southern Nevada. "The atmosphere just decided we didn't get one this year," said National Weather Service meteorologist Clay Morgan. Indeed, with nearly three weeks...

Suspect arrested in slaying of NLV woman.(news)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL SWAT officers early Monday arrested a 21-year-old man accused of killing a North Las Vegas mother of four felled last month by one of 10 bullets fired into her home. Aaron Lamont Eagles was booked on murder and...

Brand: NCAA won't helpMWC's quest to join BCS.(sports)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Maybe it was hoping against hope that the presidents of the Mountain West Conference saw help coming from NCAA president Myles Brand in their attempt to gain some equity from the Bowl...

BOXING LOSS: Promoter calls off Laughlin cards.(sports)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL The state has lost its first shows because of the Nevada Athletic Commission's plan for mandatory MRI-MRA tests for boxers. Promoter Gary Shaw said Monday that he has canceled four scheduled cards in...

BIG STEP FORWARD: Rebels' progressraises bar for '04.(sports)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Now that one of UNLV's most successful baseball seasons is over, coach Jim Schlossnagle knows the work is not done. He has departing players to replace and recruits to work into the program next...

UNLV pitchers Braun, Van should draw attention in draft.(sports)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL At least two UNLV players appear certain to be picked today or Wednesday in baseball's amateur draft, and closer Ryan Braun could go in the first couple of rounds. "It wouldn't surprise me if he...

Harter aims for new AD by football season.(sports)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL CARLSBAD, Calif. -- UNLV president Carol Harter admits the timetable is ambitious, but she hopes to hire a new athletic director in time for the start of football season Aug. 30. Harter said Monday...

YOUTH SPOTLIGHT: Teen wins local, state Boys & Girls Clubs recognition.(living)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: DEANA DI DIO, REVIEW-JOURNAL Ambrosia Hafen-Hayes says you have to work hard in order to get something back. After numerous applications and essays, speeches and interviews, Hafen-Hayes is reaping the rewards of her hard work....

'Sleeping Beauty' adaptation overlong but entertains kids.(living)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: ALLYSON HERRING, REVIEW-JOURNAL Audiences were treated to the story of a young princess named Fergie and her fight to escape a life-threatening curse in the Rainbow Company Youth Theatre's latest production, "Sleeping Beauty." ...

Report says Marriottwill vie for Aladdin.(business)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: MATTHEW CROWLEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Hotel giant Marriott International has joined Financial Capital Investment Co. in its bid to acquire the bankrupt Aladdin, a report says. However, the possible entry so far doesn't faze the...

UTILITIES: Gas-rate boost sought.(business)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Southwest Gas Corp. on Monday filed its annual gas-rate adjustment case, seeking a 9.4 percent increase in residential rates and authority to make monthly rate adjustments. The 9.4 percent...

Mesquite vows to develop land with community in mind.(business)
June 3, 2003... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITH, REVIEW-JOURNAL The city of Mesquite recently completed the purchase of 7,700 acres from the Bureau of Land Management and will take a "holistic approach" to development that would benefit the entire community, city...

'Unofficial Matriarch' of Las Vegas' Golden Nugget Dies.
June 3, 2003

Young says FBI will conveyfuture threat information.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: J.M. KALIL, REVIEW-JOURNAL The head of the FBI has acknowledged that federal officials should have told local law enforcers that a terrorist sleeper cell might have targeted Las Vegas, Sheriff Bill Young disclosed Tuesday. In...

WARD 1 RACE: Moncrief ousts McDonald.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas City Councilman Michael McDonald's baggage proved too heavy for voters to bear Tuesday, as they ousted him from office in favor of Janet Moncrief, a newcomer to the ward and to politics. ...

Missing child found.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL Just 15 minutes after authorities issued the state's first Amber Alert, a 1-year-old boy was found unharmed inside a stolen car late Tuesday. Police said Edwin Olivas was found unharmed about 11:15...

Legislative fog clouds hiring of teachers.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACH, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Clark County School District's teacher hiring situation grows more precarious with each passing day. As state lawmakers meet in special session to finalize public school funding and the revenue...

Library district proposal defeated.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: NATALIE PATTON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Voters soundly defeated a proposed property tax increase Tuesday from the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District. With all ballots counted, 62 percent of voters in Las Vegas and unincorporated...

CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: Proficiency exam failure rate triples.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACH, REVIEW-JOURNAL The failure rate for high school seniors taking the state-required proficiency exam has nearly tripled in the Clark County School District. In 2002, the proficiency failure rate for Clark County...

Grandjurorsstart onFBI case.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: CARRI GEER THEVENOT, REVIEW-JOURNAL A federal grand jury in Las Vegas heard testimony Tuesday in connection with a 2-year-old political corruption investigation but returned no indictments. It was the first confirmed testimony in...

Gregory, Silver cruise to victory.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: JANE ANN MORRISON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Chief Las Vegas Municipal Judge Toy Gregory easily retained the Department 1 seat he's held for 20 years Tuesday night while prosecutor Abbi Silver convincingly defeated a perennial candidate to...

MayorFerraronarrowlyre-elected.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: ADRIENNE PACKER, REVIEW-JOURNAL Boulder City Mayor Bob Ferraro squeaked past challenger Bill Smith on Tuesday in a race that centered on Smith's claim the new city-owned golf course would drain its coffers. Ferraro and...

ROAD WARRIOR Q&A: Filling In The Cracks.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL This week, readers want to know whether a freeway onramp is cracked and unsafe, whether the beltway will ever have a Lake Mead Boulevard interchange and why repaved roads in Desert Shores are rough....

Collision in intersection kills Las Vegan.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Police said an 82-year-old Las Vegas man was killed Tuesday when a 19-year-old man driving a Chevrolet Suburban ran a red light. Police said the victim's Toyota Avalon was completing a left turn onto Alta Drive...

Housing authority board considers ousting director.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL Less than five months after unanimously naming Parviz Ghadiri executive director of the Las Vegas Housing Authority to the cheers of residents, the agency's board Tuesday considered removing him from...

SALVATION ARMY CENTER: New facility to offer housing, job training.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Salvation Army will break ground Thursday on a three-story, 45,000-square-foot building that will house a dormitory for homeless people in job training programs, a cafe, a dining room and a family...

Nicholes slips past Jensenin Mesquite mayoral race.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Retiree Bill Nicholes squeaked by businessman Theron Jensen in Mesquite's mayoral election Tuesday, and two incumbents and two newcomers were elected to the City Council. Nicholes, who finished a...

PROSECUTED AS ADULT: Judge punishes teenfor role in slaying.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL A 16-year-old girl was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for participating in the murder of a Las Vegas man who was beaten and left to die in a water-filled bathtub. Alicia Burns will be eligible...

Air quality officials warning at-risk residents to stay inside.(news)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Clark County Air Quality officials are urging children and residents with respiratory problems to stay indoors to avoid exposure to rising ozone levels during afternoon hours. Warm, sunny weather...

MWC willconsiderexpansionby 2006.(sports)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Citing the league's stability and saying the timing is right, the Mountain West Conference's board of directors said Tuesday it will look into expanding the league by up to four teams...

Three local baseball playerstaken in sixth round of draft.(sports)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL The hope that UNLV closer Ryan Braun might go as high as the second round in Tuesday's baseball draft didn't pan out, but he was the highest selection among players with local ties. Braun (162nd overall) was...

Ex-Rebel Lunde lands in U.S. Open.(sports)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Bill Lunde was the captain of the best men's college golf team in the country in 1998. With Lunde leading the way, UNLV won its only national championship. The NCAA Championship field that year...

Pace Foods to sponsor ProRodeo Tour Finales, PRCA official says.(sports)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: JEFF WOLF, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association started the year without a major series sponsor for its ProRodeo Tour, which includes next week's three-day Winter Series Finale at the MGM Grand Garden. Each...

Gatti hopes to avoid brawl with Ward.(sports)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Trash-talking and brawls at news conferences have become a part of the landscape in professional boxing in recent years. But Arturo Gatti, who will fight Micky Ward in a 10-round junior welterweight...

APPETIZERS: Las Vegas' sushi pioneer back with new restaurant.(living)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: KEN WHITE, REVIEW-JOURNAL When Roy Yamaguchi opened his Kabuki restaurant in 1981, sushi was such an unheard-of item here, the local health department refused to allow it on the menu. It took some convincing, but Yamaguchi...

RESTAURANT REPORT.(living)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: KEN WHITE, REVIEW-JOURNAL AAA Bakery Restaurant Deli Co. restaurant, 3300 Meade Ave., received 14 demerits May 19. Violations included reach-in cooler not holding proper temperature, and Swiss cheese and meat held at improper...

Let the sunshine in, users say.(business)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDS, REVIEW-JOURNAL For $15,000, the Robert Nielsen family has joined a small but growing number of Southern Nevada homeowners. They use solar power systems to generate some of their power needs at their homes. His...

Nevada tries to better renewable energy grade.(business)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Two years ago, the Legislature enacted a law requiring utilities to obtain increasing amounts of power from so-called renewable sources such as sunlight. Partly because of that law, the Union of...

VENETIAN TRIAL: Contractor wins major damages.(business)
June 4, 2003... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITH, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Venetian was found in breach of contract Tuesday and tagged with $44.2 million in damages owed to its general contractor, Lehrer McGovern Bovis. Bovis was also found in breach of contract and...

Interior Secretary Norton to Attend Auction of Federal Land in Las Vegas.
June 4, 2003

House Majority Leader DeLay Delays Vote on Internet Gambling Ban.
June 4, 2003

Moulin Rouge probe points to arson.(news)
June 5, 2003... BYLINE: J.M. KALIL, REVIEW-JOURNAL Arson is the cause of the massive blaze that swept through the shuttered Moulin Rouge last week and destroyed the site of Las Vegas' first integrated casino, investigators said Wednesday. ...

Woman's hunch helps Nevada's first Amber Alert end in success.(news)
June 5, 2003... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL Laura Nowels was first angered when she noticed an empty gray Nissan Sentra parked, engine running, outside the 7-Eleven where she works. But when she came out to the lot four hours later Tuesday...

Speech reviews annoy top students.(news)
June 5, 2003... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACH, REVIEW-JOURNAL They plan to speak of the future, their gratitude to special teachers and the challenges they face as they leave high school for the wider world. Leading a prayer or proselytizing was never a part...

Council: McDonald will be missed.(news)
June 5, 2003... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL A subdued Councilman Michael McDonald attended his last regularly scheduled City Council meeting on Wednesday, the day after being routed by political newcomer Janet Moncrief in the general election....

CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTER: Homeless services facility might close.(news)
June 5, 2003... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Crisis Intervention Center for the valley's homeless is expected to close by the end of the month. The reality set in Wednesday after Las Vegas officials decided to cease funding the center,...

Through the Eyes of a Leader.(news)
June 5, 2003... BYLINE: KEITH ROGERS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Brig. Gen. Daniel Darnell sensed relief the night of March 19 when the world watched the first bombs fall on one of Saddam Hussein's leadership hubs in Baghdad, Iraq. At the same time he knew other...

Oaks is among trioof captains shifting posts.(news)
June 5, 2003... BYLINE: J.M. KALIL, REVIEW-JOURNAL In a minor shuffling of top brass at the Metropolitan Police Department, Sheriff Bill Young will move his former election opponent and two other captains to new assignments next month. Capt. Randy...

Tougher restrictions on massage establishments OK'd.(news)
June 5, 2003... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Las Vegas City Council approved tougher restrictions on massage establishments Wednesday, requiring each business to obtain a special use permit before opening. "The council wanted more...

Pilot project to address neighborhood issues.(news)
June 5, 2003... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas officials on Wednesday approved a plan to create teams of city, law enforcement and fire safety employees to improve the quality of life in neighborhoods across the city. The concept of...

County Commission abandons rights-of-way.(news)
June 5, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL The owners of upscale homes in a rural section of the northwest Las Vegas Valley got their wish Wednesday when Clark County officials agreed to close sections of 15 different roadways planned for the area in the...

Corruption probe targets club owner Mike Galardi.(news)
June 5, 2003... BYLINE: JANE ANN MORRISON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Federal officials have informed strip club owner Mike Galardi that he is a target of a political corruption investigation, his attorney said Wednesday. Attorney Peter S. Christiansen said...

Rhodes drops lawsuit against commissioner.(news)
June 5, 2003... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Developer Jim Rhodes dropped a conflict-of-interest lawsuit against Clark County Commissioner Mark James on Wednesday. Rhodes filed the lawsuit in April in hopes of stopping James from introducing an...