Prospectors found a gypsum deposit on a hill southwest of Las Vegas in 1905. A century of mining followed, then two decades of federal litigation over what would replace it. Clark County’s own zoning records now say the answer is houses: In July 2024, the county approved redesignating roughly 2,010 acres of that same hill… Continue reading Prospectors Found Gypsum on Blue Diamond Hill in 1905. Clark County Just Approved Homes on the Same 2,010 Acres.

In 1954, Nevada’s first architect of national renown designed a subdivision so Black families shut out of segregated Las Vegas housing could buy new homes of their own. The 148-house Berkley Square district he built has stood for seven decades and joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2009 — but Las Vegas’ own… Continue reading In 1954, Paul Revere Williams Designed 148 Homes for Black Las Vegans. The Historic District He Left Still Isn’t Locally Protected.

A string of police shootings pushed Las Vegas’ police department to ask the federal government to examine how its officers used deadly force. That 2012 review built the reporting habit the department still leans on today to track, and publicize, how often officers fire their weapons. Las Vegas police reported 10 officer-involved shootings in 2023,… Continue reading A Wave of 2011 Shootings Triggered a Federal Review of LVMPD. The Department Still Reports to That Playbook.

A Canadian air ambulance jet left the runway during takeoff at Harry Reid International Airport early Friday morning. No one was hurt — but it’s the third time in four years a plane has ended up somewhere other than the runway at Las Vegas’s main airport. A general aviation aircraft skidded off a runway at… Continue reading A Medevac Jet Skidded Off a Runway at Harry Reid. It’s the Third Runway Incident in Four Years.