Clark County School District Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky announced Thursday that he will step down when his current contract concludes at the end of June 2018.
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A man is in critical condition after a near drowning Wednesday evening in Henderson, police said.
Penny Schiestel was struck by a Clark County vehicle Tuesday near the intersection of Eastern Avenue and East Warm Springs Road. She later died of her injuries at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center.
Henderson inched closer to the sale of legalized recreational marijuana Tuesday night after city officials approved ordinances days before a 7-month moratorium expires.
The Henderson City Council appointed Cherryl Young as the resident commissioner to the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.
After starting in a parking lot with just a tent and a meat smoker, Derrick and Bernadette Eason were able to buy their ownrestaurant space in late May and expand Boss’s Slow Smoked Barbecue.
Amid the bustling dining room in Poet’s Walk Memory Care Facility, dinner is served to the home’s elderly residents, and the buzz of conversation seems to overtake the setting. Workers and aids move about the room, but the quickest of the workers is a young boy, clad in a full suit, who whisks from table to table, serving plates, pouring drinks and making conversation at each table – his braces shining behind his wide smile.
A California woman, who police say was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend Friday, was found Monday night at a Henderson hotel. The man police say kidnapped her was arrested Tuesday night.
Less than 60 percent of applicants are admitted to magnet and career-tech schools, despite growth in number of available slots in recent years. The schools’ performance tells why they exert such a strong pull.
In school district survey, school administrators say they would like control over more areas, everything from hours the custodians work to whether they use district tech support to fix computers.
As of Friday, sprinkler and drip-system use is limited to three assigned days a week through Oct. 31.
Trustee Kevin Child’s call for an in-depth independent examination of the district’s books gains additional support as budget shortfall widens.
Nevada’s top education official is pushing back against Clark County school officials’ assertion that part of the district’s budget deficit was caused by declines in state funding, pinning the blame on poor planning and management on the district’s part.
Two finalists have been named for the position of Henderson Police Chief.