The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada wears many hats when it comes to infrastructure. The RTC acts as the roadway funding agency for Southern Nevada, the public transit provider with the citywide bus and on-demand transportation offerings, and traffic manager. While most people think of infrastructure as just bridges, roads and highways and things of that nature, the RTC ...
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Two multibillion-dollar resorts — both with arenas that would be capable of hosting a National Basketball Association team — are in the works for Southern Nevada. They leave the public wondering: Are both of them financially viable projects? Which would be more capable of hosting the fourth of the four Las Vegas-based major-league sports teams? If it’s a race, who wins? And is there a ...
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May 9—Three UNLV professors are working on an iron-production method that doesn't generate carbon emissions, part of an effort to clean up one of the world's dirtiest industries. The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-E awarded 13 teams nationwide three-year, $2.1 million grants to develop a new way of processing steel that generates fewer emissions than a ...
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As the master plan for the future of the Tropicana land is being put together, the location of where the Oakland Athletics’ Las Vegas ballpark will sit is still being determined. Meanwhile, Bally’s Corp. Chairman Soo Kim said he is open to a partnership in developing a new resort on the site. Renderings depict the $1.5 billion, 33,000-seat stadium in the southeast corner of the 36-acre site. ...
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The state plans later this month to look into what led a southern New Mexico water utility to deliver unsafe drinking water to local residents. The New Mexico Environment Department on Monday announced a third-party audit of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority, or CRRUA, which is responsible for overseeing water systems in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa. In December, the utility and ...
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May 4—The U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona recently ordered two Mesa construction companies to pay a combined $1.6 million in back wages and damages to 258 workers for three years of unpaid overtime. The court-approved settlements with 4-E Painting LLC and Liberty Constructors LLC, followed investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour division into schemes to ...
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May 3—Two coal-fired power plants have towered for decades on opposite sides of the San Juan River in northwestern New Mexico — twin engines generating immense energy for several Western states and untold pollution that's fouled the air, ground and water. One of the behemoths, the San Juan Generating Station, shut down in 2022 after operating for a half-century south of the river. The Four ...
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A bustling commercial development on Tucson's south side is getting yet another major tenant. Dallas-based MYCON General Contractors Inc. recently broke ground on Tucson Rehabilitation Hospital, a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital going up at The Bridges, near Park Avenue and Interstate 10. It marks MYCON’s first ground-up construction project in Arizona and the company’s first project ...
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The construction of a major battery manufacturing complex in Queen Creek announced by South Korean-company LG Energy Solution last year is on track to be completed in two years with the first round of hiring expected to begin at the end of this year. The company provided progress updates on its $5.5 billion standalone facility during a stakeholder meeting Won April 3 at Combs High School in ...
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The Oakland Athletics are considering hiring an investment firm to assist team owner John Fisher in securing financing for construction of their planned Las Vegas ballpark. On Monday, the Los Angeles Times reported that a deal had been struck with New York-based Galatioto Sports Partners to work with the A’s to secure investors to contribute $500 million toward the cost of the team’s $1.5 ...
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