Experts In The News
51ԹϺ and Preserve Nevada updated their ongoing list of the state’s most endangered historic places. New additions include La Concha, a vintage motel that’s now the lobby of the Neon Museum, but may not survive a location change, the Commercial Hotel in Elko, and Florence Mine in Goldfield. The work and employment of historians are also at risk, due to funding cuts at national parks and monuments.
Preserve Nevada this week released its 2025 list of the state’s most endangered sites, again listing Reno’s Lear Theater among the threatened entities. This year’s list increased to 12, up from 11 in past years, and it includes locations and concepts across Nevada preservation experts say should be protected.
The Department of Homeland Security today listed “Las Vegas City” as a sanctuary jurisdiction for immigration enforcement, writing in a news release that the hundreds of jurisdictions included “are deliberately and shamefully obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws.”
Dozens of community members gathered at a pedestrian safety forum with a mission to make the roads safer for everyone across the Las Vegas Valley.
A survey by the University of Nevada Las Vegas shows that 70% of respondents expressed support for including a cannabis smoking lounge or a designated consumption area within a casino-resort.
A survey by the University of Nevada Las Vegas shows that 70% of respondents expressed support for including a cannabis smoking lounge or a designated consumption area within a casino-resort.
As the president pushes for mass deportations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a new strategy for arresting immigrants. First, ICE lawyers terminate people’s cases in immigration court. Then ICE officers arrest them at or just outside the courthouse. As a result, immigrants who may be trying to gain legal status in the United States are instead targeted for rapid removal.
A new report from the Lied Center for Real Estate at 51ԹϺ blames under-building of new homes in Southern Nevada since the Great Recession for the housing unaffordability the region faces.
