T.R. Witcher

Photo of T.R. Witcher A (near) native of Chicagoland, associate editor T.R. Witcher is a veteran of alternative weeklies in Denver and Kansas City. He also was formerly associate editor at Las Vegas Life. In 2006, he received his MA from the University of Chicago. He is interested in writing about the ways we shape cities and the ways they shape us. If he’s not writing about Vegas’ urban landscape, he is likely to be roaming town photographing it. Todd's favorite book is Watership Down.

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Recent Stories (view all stories)

The dog days of Dora To
She claims she’s a responsible pet-store operator; her opponents say she’s harming the animals
Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009
For animal-rights activists, Dora To’s business was an example of pet-store owners purchasing their puppies from puppy mills—breeders that, although they may operate legally, still do not take care of the animals they raise.
Flavor of Chinatown
A new book reveals the authentic community inside Las Vegas’ Chinatown
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009
American Chinatown: A People’s History of Five Neighborhoods chronicles Chinese communities in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu and … Las Vegas?
Painting the town
A crusade to fight graffiti becomes a city-wide arts group
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009
A crusade to fight graffiti becomes a city-wide arts group.
Objects telling stories
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009
Explore the endless possibilities of synthesizing graphic design and text.
Stupak’s true legacy
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
The Stratosphere helped create, and continues to complement, Naked City.
Economy be damned! Downtown gets a new gallery
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009
Place Gallery opened last week and the new space suggests that the local arts scene here is starting to turn around.
Downtown vs. the 'burbs: Murder rates surprisingly similar
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009
A look at Metro’s year-to-date homicide stats reveals that, when it comes to murder rates, there’s little separating Downtown from Summerlin?
What’s in a green name?
As more companies shoot for LEED certification, more are asking what it really means
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009
An environmentally friendly casino has to be a contradiction in terms. Giant buildings that welcome and encourage the extravagant, wasteful behavior of thousands of guests at the same time hardly seem like a recipe for saving Mother Earth.
A growing problem with no solution
In a state with an alarming suicide rate, murder-suicides appear to be increasing as well
Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009
In a state with an alarming suicide rate, murder-suicides appear to be increasing as well.
Impaired vision
Tough times for the governor’s former health-care advisor
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009
It’s been a busy year for Rudy Manthei. The prominent Las Vegas ophthalmologist has been fighting for malpractice reform, then may have helped put the brakes on the pain and suffering cap. Later, he was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Don't forget he was also was also named as a defendant in a breach-of-contract lawsuit filed this spring.

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