Originally published by Rob Hutchinson, Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/feb/01/dont-build-near-red-rock/#.WJJsz0HzBvE.facebook Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 | 2 a.m. I run a small business buying and selling bikes and frequently ride my bike, hike and run in Red Rock Canyon with my wife and kids. I understand that the Clark County Commission is considering a proposal…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: Rally for Red Rock: Ride, Run, Hike & Yoga
Originally published by Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/events/2016/dec/03/47942/ Save Red Rock (SRR) is hosting Rally for Red Rock: Ride, Run, Hike & Yoga on Saturday, December 3, 2016 from 7-11 a.m. at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park. Cyclists, runners, hikers, yogis and lovers of Red Rock are encouraged to support SRR’s efforts to protect and preserve Red…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: With a development near Red Rock Canyon back on the table, conservationists bristle
Originally published by Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/oct/17/with-a-development-near-red-rock-canyon-back-on-th/ Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 | 2 a.m. Compared with the classic battle between development groups and activists, the forces in this decade-long scuffle are friendly, or at least familiar with each other. When interests aligned, they even once collaborated. But that effort hit a…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: MY COLUMN: The man who rules the roost in Southern Nevada local government lobbying
Originally published by Jon Ralston Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/feb/28/developer-jim-rhoads-gets-tax-break-mining-his-red/ Fri, 05/16/2014 – 14:30 A few years ago, I walked into the Stirling Club bar at the exclusive Turnberry Towers. Jay Brown was already there, waiting for me. The lobbyist extraordinaire had invited me to discuss a column I had written that he said he could persuade…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: Rhodes Homes creditors going after founder Jim Rhodes
Originally published by Steve Green, Vegas Inc. Read here: https://vegasinc.lasvegassun.com/business/legal/2012/may/14/rhodes-homes-creditors-going-after-founder-jim-rho/ Monday, May 14, 2012 – 2 a.m. Creditors in the Rhodes Homes bankruptcy case in Las Vegas are suing company founder Jim Rhodes in hopes of seizing his valuable land holdings near Red Rock and recovering hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. The creditors…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: Developer Jim Rhodes gets tax break for mining on his Red Rock land
Originally published by Joe Schoenmann, Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/feb/28/developer-jim-rhoads-gets-tax-break-mining-his-red/ Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 | 2 a.m. The “dormant” Red Rock Canyon gypsum mine where Jim Rhodes plans to build a 2,000-plus acre development isn’t dormant after all. At least, that’s what attorneys for Rhodes told county officials last week as they argued for…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: County approves Rhodes’ planned project near Red Rock
Originally published by Joe Schoenmann, Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2011/aug/17/protesters-lining-criticize-jim-rhodes-planned-dev/ Published Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 | 10:05 a.m., Updated Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 | 5:42 p.m. Hundreds of people showed up at the Clark County Government Center on Wednesday to protest a plan by Jim Rhodes to develop some 3,000 acres off Blue Diamond…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: Popularity of Red Rock Canyon brings traffic problems
Originally published by Kyle B. Hansen, Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2011/jul/21/popularity-red-rock-canyon-brings-traffic-problems/ Thursday, July 21, 2011 | 5:05 p.m. One of Southern Nevada’s traffic problem spots isn’t on a freeway, or even in the Las Vegas Valley. It’s out at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Traffic problems there aren’t a daily occurrence, but they happen…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: County Commission urged to ‘save’ Red Rock with settlement
Originally published by Joe Schoenmann, Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/apr/18/commission-urged-save-red-rock-settlement/ Sunday, April 18, 2010 | 2 a.m. As the Clark County Commission prepares to decide whether to continue its legal fight with developer Jim Rhodes over his plans to build near the Red Rock National Conservation Area, two petitions are circulating. The petitions from…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: County OKs settlement on Red Rock development
Originally published by Kyle B. Hansen, Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/apr/21/county-passes-settlement-red-rock-development-4-3-/ Published Wednesday, April 21, 2010 | 2:01 p.m., Updated Wednesday, April 21, 2010 | 5:55 p.m. A divided Clark County Board of Commissioners approved a settlement Wednesday over the proposed development of land near the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Commissioners voted…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: County, Rhodes reach agreement on development near Red Rock Canyon
Originally published by Joe Schoenmann, Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2010/mar/17/rhodes-red-rock-revival/ Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 2 a.m. Plans for a massive development near Red Rock Canyon — which vanished from public view after becoming mired in a lawsuit — are back. But the five years that have passed since they were first introduced haven’t…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: Lowered speed limit another reason to slow down at Red Rock
Officials, bicyclists laud speed change, safety improvements Originally published by Kyle B. Hansen, Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jul/08/newly-lowered-speed-limit-another-reason-slow-down/ Wednesday, July 8, 2009 | 2:51 p.m. Motorists who like taking high-speed tours of Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area better watch how fast they are driving. The speed limit on State Route 159 through the area…
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