Emma Brocato

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Demonstration kitchen adds zest to new Silverado Ranch community center

Friday, May 10, 2024

A new community center opening this week in the Silverado area has everything you’d expect in a new facility — space for fitness, meetings and socializing.

Chefs for Kids to award scholarships to SECTA senior, UNLV freshman

Friday, May 3, 2024

Alicia Lu is hoping to combine a business degree from UNLV and a passion for food into a career as a restaurant owner. Lu, a senior at Southeast Career Technical Academy who plans to attend UNLV starting this fall, said her dream was to open an eatery specializing in Peruvian cuisine. “I’m Peruvian, so ...

Partial eclipse in Las Vegas will be a sight to behold, just not directly

Monday, April 8, 2024

Las Vegas isn’t on the direct path of today’s solar eclipse, but the partial covering will still be a sight worth seeing ...

Southern Nevada company stays ahead of the curve on water filtration

Monday, April 8, 2024

Multipure has been in the water filtration business for more than 50 years. Like most industries, there has been one constant: change.

Las Vegas luxury homes continue to raise the bar on opulence, hospitality

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Rising 47 stories above the Las Vegas Strip, the Waldorf Astoria penthouse offers sweeping skyline views of the bright casino lights and the steady stream of jets slipping in and out of the city ...

Auction of land where longtime Las Vegas Strip icon sits puts its future in doubt

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Visitors flock from all over the globe to Las Vegas looking to see as many of the city’s iconic sights as possible. There’s the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign on the south Strip, the Bellagio fountain show ...

BizTown helps prepare students for life in the real world

Monday, March 4, 2024

Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada is developing a facility to provide young people “the tools to dream big” while learning about business and personal finances, organization officials said.

Las Vegas developer’s affordable housing plans face skepticism from neighbors

Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024

A Las Vegas developer wants to build an affordable-rent apartment building in the Whitney area of Clark County, but some neighbors are raising concerns it could drag down property values and ...

Las Vegas marijuana dispensaries prepared for a Super Bowl rush

Friday, Feb. 9, 2024

If you’re in Las Vegas for Super Bowl 58 on Sunday and enjoy cannabis, you’re in luck: recreational marijuana sales are legal in Nevada. Adults 21 and over in Nevada can legally purchase and possess 2.5 ounces of flower or ...

Lighthouse Charities providing a major boost for refugees in Las Vegas

Monday, Feb. 5, 2024

A refugee from the Congo was deaf, mute and had not had a chance to get an education. Cindy Trussel, founder and CEO of Lighthouse Charities in Las Vegas, was searching for ways to help the woman develop skills so she could make a living. ...

Justice Court trailblazer makes jump from prosecutor to judge

Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024

Henderson Justice Court Judge Barbara Schifalacqua hails from Milwaukee and an Irish Catholic family with a mix of biological and foster siblings.

Ex-law enforcement officer makes his dogs the stars of a kid’s book series

Monday, Jan. 22, 2024

James Stern was traveling to his native Japan and started missing his dachshunds. So, he wrote a story about them. The Las Vegas resident, after four decades ...

Nevadan blazes new trail with wheelchair-accessible trails project at Grand Canyon

Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024

Nevada's Peter Axelson helped create the Grand Canyon Greenway, a large project that boasts a wheelchair-accessible rim trail at the national park where those breathtaking sites ...

Green burials gain traction as people's final transaction

Monday, Jan. 15, 2024

Death isn’t the most comfortable topic to think about, but it’s something everyone must deal with. The rising popularity of green burials, which allow for remains to go into growing new life, may offer comfort for some more than traditional methods like cremation. For those seeking an affordable and eco-friendly option for ...

Summerlin centenarian looks back on a full life, not slowing down

Friday, Jan. 12, 2024

On what she describes as a “cold winter night,” Bea Baker was born in Stillwater, Minn., on Jan. 3, 1924. This month, the Summerlin resident turned 100 and swears there is no secret to the feat. “It’s just the genes,” she says. “If I knew what it was, I swear to God I’d can it. Just the genes.” Baker’s advice to the younger generation is ...

State program hopes to boost craft beverage industry in Nevada

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024

A group of 45 craft breweries, taprooms and wineries throughout Nevada shares a similar goal: Sell more of their beverages. For the third consecutive year, they’re getting help in their efforts from what may seem an unlikely ...

Welcome to 2024: Las Vegas delivers on New Year's bash

Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023

Visitors exchanged hugs and kisses, shouted “Happy New Year” and blew on horns in joyous celebration. Metro Police didn’t report any major incidents ...

To tackle overpumping crisis, new program offers cash for water rights in Nevada

Friday, Dec. 29, 2023

A conservation program financed by the federal government is hoping to lure property owners in parts of Nevada to surrender their groundwater rights, but the eligible landowners must decide before the end of January ...

Las Vegas boy started painting as therapy when sick; now art featured in gallery

Monday, Dec. 18, 2023

When Isaiah Norris was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease at age 4, he took up painting to help take his mind off the doctor visits and hospital stays. But painting became more than art therapy. It’s something Isaiah, now age 9, thrived at. ...

Boulder City seeking $96,000 to maintain trails

Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023

Boulder City is hoping to receive a share of $1.2 million in federal grant money from the Recreational Trails Program to help maintain the River Mountains Loop Trail and trails at Veterans Memorial Park. The Nevada ...

Las Vegas' iconic Bellagio gets a makeover for Formula One race

Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023

Passersby should notice the iconic look of the Bellagio is looking completely different.