In late 1958, Las Vegas Sun managing editor, Adam Yacenda grew tired of Sun owner Hank Greenspun and other executives interfering with the daily operations of the paper and resigned in order to found a paper in his hometown, North Las Vegas.
On March 26, 1959, the first issue of the weekly North Las Vegas and Moapa Valley Times was published, named for the two areas it aimed to serve.
[2] Brown soon hired longtime Las Vegas journalists A.D. Hopkins and Bruce Hasley to lead his staff.
The Valley Times aimed to cover the gaming industry heavily, viewing it as the political and business core of the Vegas community.
According to a 1979 expose by the Reno Evening Gazette, Brown switched the paper's editorial position in 1976 from criticizing the state government for not being hard enough on Rosenthal to supporting him.
Brown denied the accusations and List declined to aid the FBI in investigating the claim, citing the hectic final days of the campaign season.
Shortly after the election, the Valley Times published stories about List receiving comps from Stardust while working as attorney general.
The IRS seized control on Times assets, including its buildings and printing presses, in July 1982 as the paper owed $200,000 in back taxes.