“I have taken a classic automobile, dis­sembled it and done a ground-up restoration,” said Ron McMenemy. He is speaking of the amazing transforma­tion that has occurred, under his direction, at NM Americana Commercial. As general manager of NM Americana Commercial in Las Vegas, McMenemy has created a “gung­ho” culture based on teamwork and spe­cialists working together to serve … [Read more...] about Corporate Profile

When residents in Silver Springs want to make a phone call to Yerington on the other side of the Carson River, they don’t just pick up their phone and dial.  They don’t even want to pick up the hone and dial “1+.” Instead, most of the time they use their cell phones to make any kind of long distance calls to avoid high use charges. The Carson River running through Lyon … [Read more...] about Dialing the Future: Rural counties are trying to advance telecommunications in their back yards

The year ahead for Nevada shows no signs of slowing in terms of economic and commercial growth. The business statewide climate continues to provide people with good ideas a fertile matrix for the incubation of those ideas. Here’s a look at just some of the people and companies poised to make a mark in 2000. The Fertitta Family, Fertitta Enterprises Las Vegas-based Station … [Read more...] about 2000 Who to Watch

Looking back, 1999 was certainly not a landmark year politically speaking. No statewide elections were held, and not too many prominent local elections wore contested. How­ever, as with every year, there were certainly enough events worth noting that had an Impact on every resident of this state. Here is a list of the top live political highlights of 1999. Number 5: … [Read more...] about The Political Year in Review: A look back on some key events that changed Nevada’s political landscape

Ten years ago there was a stretch of desert located 17 miles from the Las Vegas Strip and it was simply that — an empty stretch of desert, 17 miles from the middle of Las Vegas. At that time, the property was considered too far out to be of interest visitors or residents. But into the desert came Ronald Boed­deker, with a vision of the haven the area could become and the … [Read more...] about Lake Las Vegas: It couldn’t be done but here it is

With both a new year and a new millennium upon us, this is about as good an opportunity investors will ever have to reassess their investment strategy. With hindsight being perfect, it is obvious all of us should have invested our entire net worth for the last decade into Microsoft. For the few of us who did not, what do we do for 2000? This is a major problem with all … [Read more...] about Back to the Future

Brand new in Northern Nevada and lo­cated in one of the most important buildings in the telecommunications game in Reno is ATG, Advanced TelCom Group. Currently under construction as a CLEC, competitive local exchange carrier, ATG is facility-based — it has its own switching equipment, transmission equipment, Inter­net routing equipment and Internet server. ATG provides local … [Read more...] about Teleconnections: AdvancedTelCom Group