Clark County School District and Southern Nevada Health District officials hope to wrap up a first round of tuberculosis testing at Liberty High School on Tuesday.
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The tentative budget approved Monday by the Las Vegas City Council was described by Councilman Bob Coffin as “a conservative budget that accomplishes much of what we wanted, but not all.” The city will spend $9 million more than it takes in, or $498 million. That’s a deficit of $2 million more than the current fiscal year which ends July 1.
Southern Nevada’s favorite desert tortoise emerged from its burrow about 4 p.m. Monday, heralding the arrival of spring , according to a Clark County news release. Mojave Max, like other Southern Nevada reptiles, brumates — a process similar to hibernation — each year by entering a burrow during the winter months and emerging when the weather warms up.
The Underground House at 3970 Spencer St., one of the valley’s most unusual houses, went on the market about a year ago. The house was initially listed at $1.7 million and on March 28 it sold for the bargain basement price of $1.15 million.
Construction work on a county park that was delayed by a Bureau of Land Management order can resume, BLM and Clark County officials said Monday.
It’s been 23 years since Linda Cooney was acquitted of murder because a jury found she had shot her estranged husband in self-defense. She is once again hoping a jury acquits her, this time in a 2011 case where authorities say she shot and paralyzed her son after a fight over his then girlfriend.
Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort closed for the season on Sunday.
It was the sight of his Marine uniform jacket that he hadn’t seen in 54 years that rolled back the clock in Hal Loew’s mind.
North Las Vegas plans to spend even more money on its newest regional park, Craig Ranch, but can the financially struggling city afford the costs?
Clark County and its largest union have a disagreement that is rooted in how future employees should be compensated after they have put in eight years. And it’s called longevity pay.
A Sunday morning trailer tractor fire near Decatur Boulevard and Hacienda Avenue caused an estimated $400,000 in damage.
Cooking game meat can be tougher than tracking down the prey from which it originated, but it doesn’t have to be. The Nevada Department of Wildlife is planning cooking classes to help hunters understand the way to handle and cook game meat. The first was on March 22 at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts.
The nation’s fleet of A-10 Thunderbolt II planes is destined for the bone yard under Pentagon plans to phase out the close air support aircraft. The Nellis Air Force squadron commander is caught in the middle, torn between switching to the F-35 while knowing that the A-10 is still the best, proven aircraft for close air support.
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Siena Prenger of Las Vegas, an eighth-grader at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic School, was presented March 17 with an engraved silver medallion to recognize her selection by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards as one of Nevada’s top two youth volunteers of 2014.