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The Encore Suites, Steve Wynn’s $2.1 billion sequel to the Wynn, has announced it is now hiring for 5300 positions for its opening later this year.
This is great news for local Las Vegans (or those wanting to become Las Vegans!), who will be able to apply online starting this Sunday, July 20th. (They have […]
The Las Vegas Hilton announced just a few days ago that its long-running Star Trek: The Experience will be closing on September 1. A decline in ticket sales over the last little while was cited as the biggest reason for the closure.
There’s still time to battle the BORG and the Klingons before everything’s packed up, […]
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Station Casinos has announced its newest addition, Aliante Station, will be opening to the public on November 11, 2008 at 11:11pm. The hotel/casino will be Station’s 18th property in southern Nevada and comes in at a cost of $675 […]
Yesterday The Mirage welcomed five new additions to Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat - six-week-old white-striped and golden tiger cubs!
The public will get its first chance to see the rare babies today, June 13th, in a special nursery created just for them at the Secret Garden. Today is also Siegfried’s 69th […]
We’ve all heard the stories of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) getting ready to launch full-body scans at security check-ins in US airports, and they’re now a reality.
The first scanner was installed at the Phoenix, Arizona airport in April, and ten more are set to roll out over the next month - and one of […]
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The Flamingo Hotel has announced that all remaining Toni Braxton: Revealed scheduled shows have been canceled so Toni can concentrate on her health. She was hospitalized in April for chest pains, and has suffered from pericarditis - a viral inflammation of the heart.
The […]
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Well, today it’s HOT, HOT, HOT! Our temperatures over the next two days are predicted to break some records (107 today, 104 tomorrow!). Locals know this because it’s been all over the news for the last few days, but how would someone just flying into the […]
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I’m not sure how many people would be surprised to find that I’m a country music fan! Tonight at the MGM Grand here in Las Vegas one of the biggest annual country music award shows is underway - The 43rd Annual […]
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Well, they didn’t create it, they’ve just spent the last eight months compiling it!
The Las Vegas Sun unveiled their newest project yesterday: The History of Las Vegas. The website follows the last 103 years of Vegas history with news stories, videos, articles, pictures and […]
The valley is covered in green. Plants and trees everywhere are blooming and releasing pollen. The biggest offenders right now are fruitless mulberry trees and European olive trees, of which several of my neighbors have.
According to the LVRJ, developers in the 1950’s began planting mulberry trees because they’re so hardy - they stood […]
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