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Task force develops strategy for diversifying Nevada’s economy
The New Nevada Task Force, Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki’s team of economic development experts, completed its task of developing a statewide diversification strategy by delivering a series of reports...
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District schools excel at technology, amplifying the student experience
It’s a sunny morning in the 21st century. There are no cities in the sky, no flying cars, no Rosie the Robot Maid. On the other hand, there is Jaime Esparza. He’s the teacher in Room 608 at Lyal...
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NLV company wants to build inflatable space station for NASA
Robert Bigelow has been waiting for an important phone call from NASA. On Friday, he got a visit, instead. While NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver’s stop at the Bigelow Aerospace facility in North...
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Boulder City OKs deal for solar power plant
Plans for a fifth solar power plant in Boulder City’s Eldorado Energy Zone moved forward Tuesday night after the Boulder City Council approved a development agreement between the city and the company...
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Las Vegas on magazine’s list of ‘Comeback Cities for 2011’
Las Vegans could be calling it a comeback, according to a new report. Personal finance magazine Kiplinger included Las Vegas on its list of “11 Comeback Cities for 2011.” Using data from Moody’s...
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Las Vegas plugging into solar energy
John Bettencourt smiled from under his wide-brimmed hat as the Southern Nevada sun blazed across the 25-acre solar array he has been installing in northeast Las Vegas. “Solar technology is changing so...
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Molecular biologist wants UNLV to evolve into a biomedical research powerhouse
Hui Zhang loves Las Vegas. The weather, the entertainment, the diversity — he sees potential in the city, and he loves that, too. “People would be happy here,” he said in his office at UNLV. Hui is a...
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Abbi Agency opening satellite office in downtown Las Vegas
A Reno public relations firm is adding an office in the Emergency Arts building on Fremont Street, aiming its focus on the growing tech startup business environment in Las Vegas. Leah Scherschel,...
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Drone designed to appeal to youngsters in the classroom
By Ian Whitaker | Las Vegas Sun Banker Selma Bartlett visits Skyworks Aerial Systems to talk about the Eedu educational drone they are developing with a Kickstarter campaign to get drones into K-12...
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Will Nevada heed its wake-up call, take steps to diversify?
If Nevada escapes its current morass and in a couple of decades becomes a more prosperous, economically diverse and humane place, historians may view a UNLV conference, oddly enough, as a turning...
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