LAS VEGAS (KLAS)-- Shoppers Saturday explored locally owned businesses along Henderson's Water Street during Shop Small Henderson, considered by some store owners as the busiest day of the year.

The event was one of several held in Nevada in connection with the national shopping holiday known as Small Business Saturday.

Business leaders in Henderson say events like this are essential because the area doesn't get much attention.

"We're hoping to get past the pandemic feel of everything and bring life back to downtown," said Stephanie Rose, president of City Lights Art Gallery. "I'd love to see people walking up and down the street all hours of the day and night, and right now, we don't have that."

Rose says the pandemic hit those local businesses hard, and they're working to survive. ... Read More

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- One person is dead after a high-speed single-vehicle crash late Friday in the east valley that split the vehicle into two parts, according to Metro police.

Metro police report the driver of a burgundy 2006 Chrysler 300 was southbound on Hollywood Boulevard when the vehicle spun and hit a large utility support pole at Turtle Hill Road, just south of Stewart Avenue.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash happened at about 11:50 p.m. Friday, according to police.

The driver lost control and the car began to rotate counterclockwise as it slid to the southeast, crossing the northbound lanes of Hollywood.

The driver's death marks the 131st traffic-related fatality in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's jurisdiction for the year 2021.

The collision remains under investigation... Read More

(NEXSTAR) – Inflation means the price of just about anything and everything is going up right now. It's obvious at the gas pump and the grocery store. But there's a sneakier force at play, too – a force economists are calling shadow inflation.

Shadow inflation refers to a type of inflation that is much harder to capture in the consumer price index. That's because the price of a good or service may stay the same, but the quality has gone down.

Say you're checking into a hotel, explains Daniil Manaenkov, economics researcher at the University of Michigan. "You used to come into a hotel, get greeted, chat with people at reception, every morning you got a decent sized continental breakfast, you sat in the lobby and observed other guests. ... Read More