Gov. Joe Lombardo authorized the Nevada National Guard to assist federal immigration agents in an “administrative capacity” over the summer. That authorization was supposed to expire in November. It didn’t. Lombardo’s authorization for the Nevada National Guard to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was extended through September 2026, according to a statement from the… Continue reading Nevada’s National Guard Is Still Helping ICE. The Deployment Just Got Extended Again.

Starting this spring, a small business in Nevada not fully owned by U.S. citizens can no longer get a federally backed loan to grow — no matter how long it’s been open or how many people it employs. New Small Business Administration guidance issued in February bars any small business not 100% owned by U.S.… Continue reading New Federal Rule Blocks Non-Citizen-Owned Small Businesses From SBA Loans

Planning staff recommended denying it. The Planning Commission recommended denying it. The Las Vegas City Council approved it anyway — and East Las Vegas seniors are about to get $900-a-month apartments because of it. The Las Vegas City Council voted unanimously April 1 to approve Sunridge on Searles, a 50-unit tiny home community aimed primarily… Continue reading East Las Vegas Is Getting 50 Tiny Homes for Seniors, After the City Almost Said No

Clark County has stripped Cesar Chavez’s name from an east Las Vegas park following sexual abuse allegations against the labor leader. In its place: a name meant to honor the neighborhood that surrounds it. The Clark County Commission voted unanimously to rename Cesar Chavez Park to Mariachi Park, formalizing a change first proposed in April… Continue reading Cesar Chavez Park Has a New Name After Allegations Against Its Namesake

East Las Vegas is getting a new bridge over the Las Vegas Wash. County officials say it’s about more than crossing water — it’s about connecting a part of the valley that’s had to make do without it. A $13.9 million road and bridge project is extending Sloan Lane with a newly paved road and… Continue reading A $13.9 Million Bridge Is Coming to East Las Vegas. Here’s What It Actually Connects.

Two years into a $378 million bus rapid transit project, Maryland Parkway business owners say the construction is close to putting them under — and the notice they got wasn’t enough. Business owners along Maryland Parkway say the Regional Transportation Commission’s bus rapid transit construction has cut deeply into revenue as work moves through the… Continue reading A Transit Project Cut Maryland Parkway Business Revenue in Half. RTC Says It Gave Warning.

Southern Nevada’s flood managers built an entire underground system to keep the valley dry. A Nevada research institute says the way the region grew made flooding worse anyway. Researchers at the Desert Research Institute, along with the Clark County Regional Flood Control District and university partners, examined 70 years of flooding data across the Las… Continue reading Las Vegas Built Its Way Into a Bigger Flood Problem. The Data Says So.

Desert Pines Golf Club is closing for good, cleared to make way for a mixed-use neighborhood in east Las Vegas. Residents worry about what happens to everything living there now. The Desert Pines Golf Club, a 100-acre course in east Las Vegas, is closing permanently to make way for a new mixed-use community, according to… Continue reading A 100-Acre Golf Course Is Becoming a Neighborhood. The Wildlife Living There Wasn’t Consulted.

Several palm trees that shaded a high-traffic Arts District corridor are gone, cut down for an apartment complex rising in their place. An arborist says the trees didn’t have to die. Several palm trees along Casino Center Boulevard and Coolidge Avenue in the Las Vegas Arts District were cut down this month, leaving stumps where… Continue reading A Downtown Apartment Project Just Cut Down the Trees Shading a Bus Stop