“The Best is Yet to Come” is the theme for the Las Vegas New Year’s Eve party along the Las Vegas Strip and at the Fremont Street Experience.
As many as 400,000 people will gather in Las Vegas to celebrate ringing in the New Year. America’s Party, as it is called, will include live entertainment in downtown Las Vegas.
What are you doing for New Year’s Eve? Share your thoughts.
Want to wish your parents a public Merry Christmas? Or perhaps your best friend is in need of a Happy Holidays shout-out.
We here at LasVegasNOW.com wish all of you a wonderful holiday season and a new year of peace, love and good health.
Nevada’s budget is bleeding red ink. Late Friday afternoon, Governor Jim Gibbons announced that the deficit is getting bigger.
The budget hole now sits at $440 million. It’s growing because of falling tax revenue.
The governor has said certain areas of state government, including education, will not face cuts. But Friday, Gibbons changed his course. He now says more parts of the state budget will see cuts, including lower education.
Add your comments to LasVegasNOW blogs.
Some say it will be the most historic event governing the use of the Colorado River since 1922. Thursday, the Secretary of the Interior will be in Las Vegas to sign a plan which outlines what will happen to the river’s water if drought conditions worsen.
It been 85 years since the law that governs the river was adopted. In water circles, it is called the “law of the river.” Back then — the west was a far different place.
A Mojave High School student told police he “accidently bumped” into shooting suspect, Nicco Tatum, which touched off a fight that eventually lead to six people being shot at a school bus stop. On Wednesday night, police arrested 18-year-old Tatum.
Four teens and two adults were shot at the bus stop. Police say two of the victims were shot in the torso. The victims were apparently shot while getting off a school bus.
Add your comments to LasVegasNOW Blogs.
A state Gaming Control Board report shows that the win, driven by losses by high-stakes baccarat players in Las Vegas Strip megaresorts, gave the clubs a statewide gain of nearly 10 percent over the same month a year earlier.
The $1.16 billion win eclipses the previous month-over-month record of $1.15 billion set in July.
Las Vegas-area casino action accounted for $1 billion of the total, and marked the first time the southern Nevada resorts hit that level.
But the southern Nevada gains didn’t extend to the Reno-Tahoe area in northern Nevada.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)