When you pass the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign at the southern end of the Strip, you have not entered Las Vegas. You have entered Paradise, an unincorporated township in Clark County that casino operators created in 1950 to block a city annexation attempt and avoid municipal taxes. The Las Vegas Strip, Harry Reid… Continue reading Welcome To Paradise
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The Meadows They Named
In the winter of 1829, Mexican trader Antonio Armijo led a trading party from New Mexico toward Los Angeles. His route crossed the Mojave Desert, a journey that required knowledge of water sources to survive. When the party stopped 100 miles northeast of what would become metropolitan Las Vegas, a scout named Rafael Rivera volunteered… Continue reading The Meadows They Named
The Measles Are Back
Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000. In 2025, it surged across North America. Canada lost its elimination status. The U.S. may follow in 2026. Vaccine exemptions are at a record high. The public health infrastructure that would respond is being dismantled. None of this is a surprise to the people who… Continue reading The Measles Are Back
EASTSIDE CANNERY COMES DOWN
Demolition crews imploded the Eastside Cannery’s 16-story hotel tower at 2 a.m. Thursday at the corner of Boulder Highway and Harmon Avenue. The implosion was not a public event. No public viewing areas were designated. Boulder Highway closed overnight between Harmon Avenue and Sun Valley Drive to accommodate the blast. Controlled Demolition Inc. handled the… Continue reading EASTSIDE CANNERY COMES DOWN
The Town That Henderson Swallowed
In 1917, three men discovered manganese in the Mojave Desert eight miles from what would become Henderson. They called the mine Three Kids. The material went into weapons and equipment during World War I. When the war ended a year later, demand collapsed and the site went quiet. B.R. Jefferson, one of the mine’s founders,… Continue reading The Town That Henderson Swallowed
The Pipeline Under The Petroglyphs
On February 26, 2026, the United States Senate unanimously passed the Sloan Canyon Conservation and Lateral Pipeline Act. The bill grants the Southern Nevada Water Authority rights to tunnel 40 miles beneath the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area to construct a pipeline capable of carrying 375 million gallons of water per day to Henderson and… Continue reading The Pipeline Under The Petroglyphs
Whatever You Want, Ben
In 2023, a Skydio sales representative sent a customer proposal to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. LVMPD Chief of Staff Mike Gennaro forwarded the email to venture capitalist Ben Horowitz, asking which deployment option the department should choose. Horowitz replied with a question: Which deployment are you looking to do? Gennaro’s response, according to… Continue reading Whatever You Want, Ben
How The Bboring Company Replaced The Las Vegas Monorail
In May 2019, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority awarded a $48.7 million contract to Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build an underground tunnel system beneath the Las Vegas Convention Center. Construction began six months later. What followed over the next five years was not simply the arrival of a new transit technology —… Continue reading How The Bboring Company Replaced The Las Vegas Monorail
Las Vegas Race Riots
Stan Armstrong remembers the day a Rancho High School coach grabbed him by the shirt, threw him into an equipment room, and locked the door. Outside, police helicopters circled overhead. Students shouted. Officers screamed. Armstrong, trapped inside, could hear everything. When the noise stopped, the coach returned, walked Armstrong onto a school bus, and sent… Continue reading Las Vegas Race Riots
Your Ambulances By Billionaires
When someone in Las Vegas calls 911, the ambulance that arrives is owned by Wall Street. American Medical Response and MedicWest Ambulance — the two private companies that hold franchised emergency ambulance contracts with the city of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Clark County — are both subsidiaries of Global Medical Response, a Texas-based… Continue reading Your Ambulances By Billionaires
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