There are more and more new department stores opening for business around the Las Vegas valley, and with every new store that opens, there are dozens of jobs that comes along with it.

The Nevada Board of Regents is planning a retreat this month where it will discuss the qualifications and duties of the next system chancellor. My suggestion is that the board make John White, the interim system head, the last “chancellor.”

The second annual Nevada Economic Development Conference, scheduled Sept. 20-22 at the University of Nevada, Reno, Joe Crowley Student Union, will address “Building A Stronger Nevada” with a full schedule of featured speakers and breakout sessions.

Both major candidates running to represent Nevada’s 4th Congressional District embody different aspects of an expansive and diverse district.

As the former chairman of the Nevada Regional Transportation Commission and a guiding force behind such projects as the Desert Inn arterial and the 215 Beltway, which was named in his honor, Bruce Woodbury is a foremost expert on the transportation systems of Las Vegas.

T-Mobile Arena holds the current crown as the largest and newest performance venue on the Las Vegas Strip. And if some executives from New York's Madison Square Garden have their way, it will have company.

Rarely are governments criticized for moving too quickly on a transportation project. But that seems to be the case with Clark County’s effort to build an elevated expressway along portions of Koval Lane, Tropicana Avenue, Swenson Street and Paradise Road near McCarran International Airport.

Plans to build an elevated expressway between McCarran International Airport and the Las Vegas Strip were again received favorably by county officials Tuesday as they discussed some $427 million in financing for transportation projects