The Las Vegas Adventurer

I’m not sure how widespread this story is, but last week Las Vegans heard the news that the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada and a few other related clinics had, for the last four years, been reusing vials and syringes from patient to patient to save money.
From 2004 to January 2008, 40,000 people are said to have been put at risk by this unbelievable lack of intelligence.
People are being tested left and right now – most at their own cost because the center refuses to get involved further. And as you can imagine, the attorney commercials on TV …read more

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For the third time in less than two weeks, a shooting incident has left a Las Vegas student has been gunned down by another student.
First we had Christopher Privett who was gunned down and killed by a classmate on his way home from school on February 15.
Then there was gunfire outside the parking lot of Bonanza High School last week that ended with a 19-year-old wounded, though police say the shooting was not connected to the school. (The apartment complex it happened at, incidentally, was the first one we lived in when we first moved here. It probably goes …read more

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It didn’t make it by Super Bowl Sunday, but the Monte Carlo Hotel, which caught fire last month, is set to reopen this Friday, February 15th. The hotel will continue to relocate guests to other hotels through the 14th.
Crews have been working almost constantly on clean-up, with most of the fire damage located on the upper exterior facade and roof of the building. Some areas will remained closed for the foreseeable future but these should not inconvenience guests.
It has since been determined that welders working on the roof were neglectful by not laying down “slag mats” prior to …read more

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This morning as I was ironing clothes for the kids to wear to school I caught a blurb on the morning news about a man from Florida who broke out of prison 33 years ago and was finally apprehended here in Vegas last night. He’d changed his name, his social security number, and was married, had kids and grandkids but no one knew who he really was.
I saw the kids off to school and my next door neighbor was also out front and asked if I’d heard about our neighbor. I said no, thinking the worst, that someone had died …read more

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While the fire damage from the Monte Carlo fire last week is mostly superficial and an inspection on Saturday confirmed that it’s safe to inhabit, hotel officials have decided to keep the hotel closed for now while the investigation and inspections continue. They’re hoping to re-open within the next two weeks, though, in time for Super Bowl Sunday on February 3.
A lot will have to be done before then: Clark County Building Department chief Ron Lynn said debris could fall on areas where people might be and will require the blackened exterior to be repaired; several exits are not …read more

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News just broke (shortly after 11am) that the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino has a three-alarm fire burning on some of its top floors in the west wing. Five floors are burning and debris is falling and lighting lower areas as well. There are four different areas that appear to be on fire and four welders were trapped on the rooftop. There are no reports of injuries yet.
Traffic along that area of the Strip, from Harmon to Tropicana, is being closed down to allow emergency crews access. The thick black smoke can be seen for miles as the fire …read more

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Every year the Las Vegas Review Journal allows locals and visitors alike to submit their picks for the Best of Las Vegas. From best restaurant to best souvenir, you get to submit your preferences for what makes Las Vegas great!
The categories this year have been pared down from 248 to 175, though you can vote in as many or as few categories as you want. In the past the ballot has only been available via the newspaper, but this year they’ve introduced an online form. (No double entries, though – they will be checking!) Those who submit online will also …read more

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The Nevada caucus takes place this Saturday, January 19. Remember to be at your caucus location at 11:00 a.m. in order to have plenty of time to register!
~ If you’re attending the Democratic caucus, information and locations can be found here. The Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate take place tonight, January 15. Watch the debate on NBC, in addition to Channel 3 in Southern Nevada and Channel 4 in Reno. The debate will take place at the Cashman Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.
~ If you’re attending the Republican caucus, information and locations can be found …read more

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Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino’s Grand Opening celebration is being held today and tomorrow at their newest location at the center of the Strip.
The building was constructed in 2000 as the Aladdin, in the spot of the Tally-Ho hotel which opened in 1963, and then the original Aladdin which opened in 1966 and closed in 1997 before being imploded in 1998. The Aladdin ran into financial trouble in 2003 and was sold to Planet Hollywood and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide. Planet Hollywood has actually been open since April.
About 1/3 of the Desert Passage shopping mall stores will …read more

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The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has asked hotel-casinos to honor Robert Goulet, the late singer and actor who died last week at the age of 73 while waiting for a lung transplant, by featuring his name on their marquees this Friday. His name appeared for years on the Las Vegas Strip and will be there again the day of his funeral.
Services will be held at The Shrine of the Most Holy Redeemer (55 East Reno Avenue, Las Vegas). Among those invited are Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, Michael and Kirk Douglas, Suzanne Somers, Barry Manilow, Celine Dion and Wayne …read more

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