Michael Green In The News

The Nevada Independent
After resolving a legal case in Nevada and serving years in a Virginia prison, the operative is working for a congressional candidate.
Las Vegas Review Journal
When the Eastside Cannery debuted in summer 2008, hundreds of people waited outside to get in Las Vegas’ newest hotel-casino on opening night. Some waited a few hours to explore the $250 million project on Boulder Highway.
Reno Gazette-Journal
Few structures shaped the modern American West like Hoover Dam. Rising from Black Canyon in the 1930s, the massive concrete arch structure, finished in the Art Deco style of the era, tamed the Colorado River, created Lake Mead and helped power a growing Southwest. But at the time, its importance to Southern Nevada was less about water and more about survival.
K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3
Heightened tensions tied to the conflict in the Middle East, along with a recent shooting in Austin that left at least two people dead last weekend, have prompted renewed warnings from former FBI officials about the risk of terrorism and the importance of reporting suspicious behavior.
K.S.N.V. T.V. News 3
UNLV history department chair Michael Green said Stephanie Street “bridges the older part of Henderson, the part that was associated with the 40s and 50s when that was developing, and all of the things that have gone on since.” He added, “Its growth reflects Henderson’s growth.”
K.N.P.R. News
How to describe Sammy Davis, Jr., in just a few words? Maybe the best way came from the mother of the historian who writes this program. His parents got married in Las Vegas in 1964. They stayed at the Sahara, where Tony Bennett was in the showroom, but they went down the street to see Sammy at the Sands. He asked his mother if they saw another show. She replied, “Once you’ve seen Sammy Davis, Jr., you don’t need to see another show.”
K.N.P.R. News
Sammy Davis, Jr. was a true giant of entertainment. For nearly half a century, he was a Las Vegas fixture.
Las Vegas Review Journal
On a fall night in 1982, mob figure Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal was almost blown up outside a Tony Roma’s in Las Vegas – a harrowing attack portrayed in the opening scene of “Casino.” More than 40 years after the infamous car bombing, the Tony Roma’s building is home to a sex-toy shop, and a neighboring former Marie Callender’s is boarded-up. Now the plaza itself where Rosenthal was nearly killed in a suspected mob hit has been sold.