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Arizona Club, 221 N. 1st Street, one of Las Vegas’ first permanent buildings, was still standing years after the old red light district of Block 16 was closed.

The hate speech directed at Nevada first lady Kathy Sisolak happened a few months ago and she’s still hurt.

It’s not often Las Vegas — sometimes referred to as Sin City — is talked about in the same breath as a Catholic saint.

Tom Hawley, a longtime traffic and news reporter in Las Vegas for KSNV-TV, has died after taking a leave due to pancreatic cancer, the station reported Friday. He was 60.

Tom Hawley, a longtime traffic and news reporter in Las Vegas for KSNV-TV, has died after taking a leave due to pancreatic cancer, the station reported Friday. He was 60.
Veteran Las Vegas journalist Tom Hawley, whose “Video Vault” stories on KSNV-TV chronicled the city’s casino history and more, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 60.
KSNV-TV in Las Vegas reported Friday that Tom Hawley, the station’s longtime traffic and news reporter, has died after taking a leave due to pancreatic cancer. He was 60.

This week on Politics Now with host John Langeler, we remember 20 years since 9/11.

Today marks the passage of 20 years since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the day that changed our nation — and our state.

Following the September 11 attacks, first responders from across the globe left t-shirts, patches, letters and other items at a shrine near the Statue of Liberty at New York-New York on the Las Vegas Strip. Twenty years later, the items that were left at the shrine are stored safely at UNLV.

Twenty years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of T-shirts, hats, patches, pictures, and letters left at Las Vegas’ version of New York City are stored safely at UNLV.
Courthouse square was the block between 2nd-3rd, Carson-Bridger. These photos were taken facing the southwest corner of the building nearest to 2nd & Bridger.