Federal prosecutors say some local doctors and lawyers conspired to rip off their clients and patients for tens of millions of dollars. On Tuesday, the first of what may be dozens of prosecutions began. George Knapp is following this case and has been since the beginning. What do you think of this? Conspiracy?

During the week of Feb. 11, Channel 8 Eyewitness News is taking a look into the future. No, we didn’t place any calls to Miss Cleo. Rather, several of our reporters interviewed leaders in different areas of the community to get an idea what Las Vegas will look like 25 years in the future. So what do you think Las Vegas will be like in 25 years?

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.

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A massive pipeline project has been proposed that would import billions of gallons of water from rural Nevada to the Las Vegas Valley. It is now waiting approval by the state engineer. The Southern Nevada Water Authority acknowledges it could cost more than $3 billion. If the plans get the green light, will you be willing to pay for it?

Now, I am not taking sides here, but just pointing out if Rory Reid and the Clark County Commission, and Mayor Oscar Goodman and the Las Vegas City Council following their pals in Pahrump, we will have to redo our infamous slogan to “What occurs in the Meadows says in the Meadows.”   By the way, don’t even think about it Mr. Rossi Ralenkotter, head of the Meadows Convention Authority, I am already in the process of copyrighting, or trade marking or what ever you do to protect a great idea.

    Other changes would be in order; the famous  Meadows Strip, Meadows Mayor Oscar Goodman. (humm that does have a familiar ring.)

     I already missed one opportunity.  A well known wag is working in trying to make a few bucks off of “whatever occurs in Pahrump says in Pahrump.”  He thought it was a bon mot.

Submitted by: Robert Stoldal, former member of the American Name Society, and current member of Friends of Midas, Nevada and half Danish.