Originally published by Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/feb/20/save-red-rock-clark-county-commission/ Monday, Feb. 20, 2017 | 2 a.m. The story begins almost 250 million years ago, with the ocean and geology and gypsum. It starts with the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area under an ancient sea, at a time when what is now Utah…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Red Rock needs to be protected
Originally published by Chris Race, Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/feb/06/red-rock-needs-to-be-protected/ Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 | 2 a.m. I’m an avid cyclist and hiker who frequents the great outdoors in our valley, including Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. After reading that Clark County brought a lawsuit against the grass-roots organization Save Red Rock, I’m…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Reject development near Red Rock
Originally published by Kristen Race, Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/feb/05/reject-development-near-red-rock/# Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017 | 2 a.m. I am saddened that developer Jim Rhodes is back again asking the Clark County Commission to approve a proposal to build more than 5,000 homes near Red Rock Canyon. Red Rock is a place for residents and…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Don’t build near Red Rock
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…
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