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The tourism agency that promotes Las Vegas says the city saw more than 3.2 million visitors in May, a 2 percent increase over the same month a year earlier. More>>
A new study ranks the stretch of Interstate 15 from Las Vegas to Los Angeles as the most dangerous highway in the nation. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the 180-mile stretch has with more fatalities than anywhere else. More>>
New numbers from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority show Las Vegas is slowly on its way to recovery. More>>
Hawaiian Airlines is launching non-stop service from Maui to Las Vegas. The flights between McCarran International Airport and Kahului Airport begin October 3. More>>
The state Gaming Control Board reported Tuesday that Nevada casino winnings were down less than 1 percent year-to-year, after winning $918 million in March 2009. More>>
Five major carriers on Sunday agreed not to follow the lead of a small Florida airline that plans to charge for carryon bags. More>>
Las Vegas has been picked for next year's international tourism summit, with top government officials and industry leaders from around the world expected to attend. More>>
Tourism officials in Las Vegas say the city has been picked to host an international summit next year for tourism leaders from around the world. More>>
Regulators say casinos on the Las Vegas Strip did better in February, pushing gambling winnings up almost 14 percent statewide compared with a dismal month in 2009. More>>
Virgin Atlantic announced today that it will begin twice weekly service between Las Vegas and Manchester in the United Kingdom. More>>
New research shows Las Vegas is becoming even more popular among the 20-something crowd. Tourism officials believe the great online travel deals created by this economy -- along with spring break -- may be driving up those younger visitor numbers. More>>
The unemployment rate in Las Vegas rose another notch toward 14 percent in February even though employers added more jobs. More>>
Casino regulators say Nevada casinos won 3.2 percent less in January than they did in the same month a year ago. More>>
Bill Bible has been elected to MGM MIRAGE Board Of Directors he was elected to his new post by the Board during a meeting on March 8, 2010. More>>
The rankings are out for the most dangerous highways in America and the I-15 stretch from Clark County, Nevada to San Bernardino County, California ranks number one. More>>
Las Vegas visitors and locals alike are being long hauled -- taken the long way by cab drivers. The practice is illegal, but happens every hour of every day, right under the noses of the state officers who are supposed to protect the public. More>>
Local tourism officials are projecting more visitors to Las Vegas this New Year's Eve but they say spending will still be down compared to last year. More>>
The biggest piece of the CityCenter project debuted Wednesday night. ARIA Resort & Casino is the central building in the massive project and the opening ribbon has been cut. More>>
The first new hotel tower built downtown since the 1980's opened Friday. The brand new 500-room Rush Tower accepted guests at the Golden Nugget. It's the final phase of their build out and only 8 News Now will take you inside. More>>
The debate about peddlers handing out cards for escort services has raged in Las Vegas for the past 10 years. It included lawsuits won by the ACLU allowing the peddlers on sidewalks under their right to freedom of speech. But the issue has made a comeback. More>>
One of the Las Vegas Strip's gaming giants announced Thursday it has lost $750.4 in its third quarter. MGM Mirage's report comes just a month before CityCenter is set to open. More>>
The H1N1 scare, combined with the sluggish economy, caused Rosarito Beach, Mexico to take a big hit when it comes to visitors. Now the city is teaming up with Las Vegas. More>>
You've probably spotted a moving billboard truck on the Las Vegas Strip a time or two. But one local gentlemen's club is taking their advertising campaign to a whole new level -- and some believe it may be over the top. More>>
As tourism numbers dip in Las Vegas, nowhere has seen more challenges than Downtown. Casinos on Fremont Street are trying new things to attract customers. During Halloween, that means scaring up a few more guests. More>>
Phil Ruffin took the Treasure Island last April. He may be in the best position to handle the recession, but his resort budget, like the other Strip resorts, is still taking a huge hit. More>>
Nevada state gambling regulators say casinos in the state won $847 million from gamblers in August, a 9.3 percent decrease compared with the same month in 2008. More>>
Developers of the $8.5 billion CityCenter on the Las Vegas Strip are planning a 30 percent price cut on condominiums that people have already bought, just help close the deals during the recession. More>>
The economic boost Las Vegas leaders have hoped for has finally arrived. The first job offers from CityCenter for anyone non-MGM Mirage employees have been sent out. More>>
Casino giant Harrah's Entertainment says it'll offer $720 million in new secured notes to give it more time to repay lenders. More>>
Hospitality management firm The Light Group says it plans to run four venues inside the main hotel-casino of CityCenter, the $8.5 billion complex on the Las Vegas Strip. The Las Vegas-based firm said More>>
Testimony has ended in the trial of two men facing the death penalty in a fatal parking lot bombing outside a Las Vegas Strip hotel in 2007. More>>
The Nevada Tourism Commission says it doesn't think it can fight travel Web sites over how much they pay in room taxes. More>>
For the 17th month in a row, the number of people visiting the Las Vegas valley has dropped. McCarran International Airport says their passenger count has decreased by more than a quarter of a million people for the month of July. More>>
In just four months, the massive CityCenter resort will open and other casinos are already starting to worry. With a shrinking number of visitors recently to Las Vegas, some say the 4,000 room Aria Hotel could steal guests from other locations. More>>
Shortly before 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Metro received a call stating someone had been killed at a house in the 2400 block of Walnut. More>>
