On a 150-acre parcel in Henderson, developers envision a gleaming, billion-dollar campus of hospitals, medical offices, homes and businesses unlike anything else.
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A little piece of Las Vegas died Thursday. Its corpse smelled like an old tuxedo — an old, wet tuxedo that had been left at the bottom of a pile of clothes at the back of the closet for decades to molder, sucked of whatever life it used to have by cigarette smoke.
A thunderstorm system brought 60 mph winds and up to 3 inches of rain in parts of Clark County on Wednesday.
A woman was killed in a collision Thursday morning on East Bonanza Road, west of Reef Drive, Las Vegas police said.
A little more than a year ago, properties on Decatur Boulevard between U.S. Highway 95 and Sahara Avenue were struggling so much that Las Vegas officials started studying whether the area could be considered blighted.
In chess, each move brings with it consequences that may help or hurt you. Shawn Smith, assistant principal at the 100 Academy of Excellence, is trying to get kids to apply that to life. Smith runs the mentor program for the 100 Black Men of Las Vegas, a nonprofit group that supports young people, male and female, of all ethnicities.
n Celebrate cyclists at the Bicycle Prom, an event set to begin with a group ride departing at 9 p.m. Saturday from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Student Union and conclude with a party at 10 p.m. at the Artifice lounge, 1025 First St., Suite A. The party is expected to feature a bicycle valet, naming of a Bicycle Prom king and queen and a photo booth. Participants are encouraged to get creative mixing cyclist gear with high school prom attire. Non-cyclists are welcome to join the group at Artifice. For more information, search for Bicycle Prom on Facebook or visit artificebar.com.
Gifted and Talented Education students at Hoggard Elementary School spent the past two years creating a museum in an unused classroom. It is home to nine exhibits featuring rocks, fossils, the Las Vegas Wash, Mark Twain, antiques, Native Americans, Hoover Dam, mining and the Nevada Test Site.
Although the Las Vegas Valley is relatively young, some history already has been lost. Such is the case with Owens Avenue.