Over three months, KVIG brought accountability questions to two of Las Vegas’s most prominent civil rights organizations. Both disengaged. The record of those exchanges is public. The questions remain. The questions were not complicated. They were the kind a community member might reasonably expect a civil rights organization to welcome: Who is funding you at… Continue reading WHO CAN YOU ASK?
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THE FLOOR DOESN’T LIE
The National Association of Broadcasters Show returned to the Las Vegas Convention Center this week, and after two full days on the floor, two things stood out above everything else. The first was how visible the creator economy has become. The second was how reluctant some of the industry’s largest companies are to talk about… Continue reading THE FLOOR DOESN’T LIE
WHO OWNS THE ARTS DISTRICT
In March 2026, 1025 Main Street LLC filed a lawsuit in Clark County District Court against Taverna Costera, the restaurant and live music venue at 1031 South Main Street, which owner Jeff Hwang has operated in the Arts District for five years. The stated cause was excessive noise. The landlord’s attorney said the suit came… Continue reading WHO OWNS THE ARTS DISTRICT
Set Sorrow Aside For Talent
When Goodman Plaza opened Saturday morning, fewer than 40 people had shown up. Vendor tables lined the perimeter. A small stage sat ready. The Indigenous talent showcase organized by NUWU Art and Indigenous AF had drawn artists from across the valley and from reservations out of state, but the crowd remained sparse through the early… Continue reading Set Sorrow Aside For Talent
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 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
KVIG Informative 