Underground utilities, more reliable and lasting, still slow to take root around valley

Platinum Contracting of Nevada workers are busy this weekday morning at a new housing subdivision in southwest Las Vegas ...     [UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, MORE RELIABLE AND LASTING, STILL SLOW TO TAKE ROOT AROUND VALLEY]( [Platinum Contracting of Nevada workers are busy this weekday morning at a new housing subdivision in southwest Las Vegas, digging 16-foot trenches that will run under the street for sewer lines along with water, gas, electric and fiber optic infrastructure. Platinum CEO Dean Gettman said about 95% of his company’s projects involved underground installation of utilities, which he said would last “hundreds of years” as opposed to the above-ground, wooden utility poles, which last either decades or until something befalls them.]( [NEVADA’S CORTEZ MASTO BACKS BILL TO BOOST SOLAR PANEL PRODUCTION]( [Nevada U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto joined three other Democrats on Wednesday to introduce a bill that seeks to expand the manufacturing supply chain of solar panels, a move she says will help diversify the state’s economy.]( [HENDERSON’S ‘RISK IT ALL WITH FENTANYL’ CAMPAIGN WARNS TEENS OF DANGERS]( [Sixteen-year-old Valentina Mandell was on the way to Disneyland with her family two years ago when she learned her uncle — the man who helped bring sobriety to her father — had died from a fentanyl overdose. “I instantly broke down,” Mandell said. “I promised I’d never do that and I would talk to my friends about the dangers.”]( [KOOL & THE GANG, ALI WONG, WISEGUYS AND MORE LAS VEGAS SHOWBIZ NEWS]( [The Westgate International Theater officially has another resident headlining act. Kool & The Gang has performed several shows there in the last year and a half, and now the R&B and soul icons have signed on to rotate with Barry Manilow in one of the city’s most historic showrooms through 2024.](   MOST READ: [Cannabis delivery, relaxed distribution rules get Henderson council’s approval]( [Man’s death after arrest by Henderson Police being investigated](  [WNBA suspends Hammon 2 games for player’s allegation she was bullied for being pregnant]( [Nevada secures $152 million opioid settlement with pharmacy chain CVS]( [Biden clarifies mining law, says Nevada lithium mine can proceed](   [Facebook](  [Twitter](     Greenspun Media Group | 2275 Corporate Circle, Suite 300, Henderson, NV 89074 [Unsubscribe {EMAIL}]( [Update Profile]( | [Our Privacy Policy]( | [Constant Contact Data Notice]( Sent by gmginfo@gmgvegas.com