A Las Vegas resident has spent more than a decade calling doctors. Five different specialists, same problem, no answers. She is immunocompromised, on disability, and watching her monthly income drop as Medicare costs kick in. She spent two hours on hold with the welfare office just to learn she qualifies for a program that might… Continue reading Nobody Knows What to Do With This Patient
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A Las Vegas Pastor Is Feeding 150 People a Day Out of His Own Grocery Store
New federal work requirements have cut off SNAP benefits for thousands of Nevadans this year. A grocery store built to double as a food pantry is now absorbing the fallout — and losing money doing it. The After Market, a hybrid grocery store and food pantry in Las Vegas, has seen retail sales drop by… Continue reading A Las Vegas Pastor Is Feeding 150 People a Day Out of His Own Grocery Store
Pahrump Doesn’t Want a Data Center. Nye County Is Letting Developers Make Their Case Anyway.
An $8.4 billion data center campus wants to build on 900 acres outside Pahrump. Nye County put a hold on new data center approvals — but two applications filed before the pause are still alive. The Manse Technology Campus, formerly known as Project Blackjack, would span roughly 900 acres along State Route 160, according to… Continue reading Pahrump Doesn’t Want a Data Center. Nye County Is Letting Developers Make Their Case Anyway.
Half of Las Vegans Don’t Know the Cooling Station Down the Street Exists
Southern Nevada is in the middle of another dangerous heat wave. A new study finds that half the people surveyed didn’t even know the region’s cooling stations were there to help. The Desert Research Institute’s Nevada Heat Lab released a report this week examining how effectively Clark County’s network of cooling stations reaches the people… Continue reading Half of Las Vegans Don’t Know the Cooling Station Down the Street Exists
NV Energy’s New Bill Structure Survives Court Fight. Solar Customers Say They’ll Pay the Price.
A new way of billing electricity customers cleared its latest legal hurdle this month. Nevada’s attorney general says it’s still against the law — and rooftop solar customers say they’re the ones who will pay for it. NV Energy plans to roll out a daily demand charge in January 2027 that bases part of a… Continue reading NV Energy’s New Bill Structure Survives Court Fight. Solar Customers Say They’ll Pay the Price.
Wired to Connect, Built to Isolate
Science has documented for decades that loneliness kills. It is a greater risk factor for premature death than smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. It drives inflammation, heart disease, dementia, and suicide. Nevada ranks last in the country for mental health outcomes. No city or county in this state has declared it a crisis. Las Vegas… Continue reading Wired to Connect, Built to Isolate
Two Roads, Two Plans
Henderson is spending $184 million to rebuild its 7.5 miles of Boulder Highway into a multimodal corridor with bike lanes, wide sidewalks, and a center bus rapid transit system. Clark County’s answer for its unincorporated stretch of the same road is $504,000 worth of chain-link fence. The people dying on the Clark County side are… Continue reading Two Roads, Two Plans
Is The Tree Rotten?
From 2016 to 2026, LVMPD officers have been arrested for domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, unlawful detention, and evidence tampering. The department has responded with suspensions and press releases. The oversight board watching them lacks the power to do much else. In the span of two weeks last December, three LVMPD officers were arrested… Continue reading Is The Tree Rotten?
THE INVISIBLE LANDLORD
The Canvas hack and the high school sports pipeline are the visible edge of KKR’s Nevada presence. The rest runs through your dentist’s office, your grandmother’s hospice bed, your retirement annuity, the mortgage on a Las Vegas apartment complex, the book your child reads for class, and the vet clinic where you take your dog.… Continue reading THE INVISIBLE LANDLORD
Data Breach Ignored By Private Equity
On May 7, 2026, a criminal hacking group calling itself ShinyHunters replaced the Canvas login page used by the Clark County School District and UNLV with a ransom demand. Canvas is owned by Instructure. Instructure is owned by KKR. The same firm that streams your kid’s Friday night football game, processes the ticket, tracks the… Continue reading Data Breach Ignored By Private Equity
KVIG Informative 