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Las Vegas police ID officers involved in shootout

The Metropolitan Police Department has released the names of two officers who shot and injured a shooting suspect Monday in North Las Vegas. The officers, who have been placed on administrative leave, are Tyler Hebb, 35, and Brandon Foster, 22.

Canyon Springs senior takes quickly to lacrosse, earns scholarship

Gregory Awa-Moppert, 17, of North Las Vegas didn’t pick up a lacrosse stick until January. After just four months, the Canyon Springs High School student was given a full-ride scholarship — a mix of a sports scholarship and federal student aid — to play the sport at Central Christian College of Kansas in McPherson, nearly 2,000 miles southwest of Kansas City. He plays midfielder, but will play attacker in college.

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Amid recovery, North Las Vegas plans to hire about 60

The city of North Las Vegas had a peak of about 2,200 employees in 2006. By 2014, recession-related cuts had chopped that number in half, City Manager Qiong X. Lu said.

CCSD survey reveals split on use of social media, texting

Survey results on school district’s draft policy indicate many parents, educators are divided on whether there is such a thing as appropriate texting between teachers and students.

Ex-employees hit back at Teachers Health Trust in court filing

The former executives of the health care insurance provider for Clark County School District teachers allege in a counterclaim that union officials and the trust board wasted millions with a series of costly no-bid contracts.

North Las Vegas wants low-interest loans to pay for projects

The North Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday agreed to pay for several water and sewer projects by applying for a pair of loans totaling $21.86 million from the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Boosting confidence among goals of North Las Vegas dance camp

Barefoot young people ages 6-19 eagerly scurried onto a slick, grey dance floor on a recent Monday. They were all smiling and chatting until instructor Tyrell “Mr. T” Rolle called out a five-count for them to get into position.

Man shot just north of Craig Ranch Regional Park

About 7 p.m., arriving officers found the man with at least one gunshot to the upper body just in front of the Sedona apartment complex, 770 W. Lone Mountain Road, near the Camino Al Norte intersection.

Some students attend summer school to get ahead, not catch up

Keyana Webb, 15, logs on to an academic portal to complete homework for her six-week pre-calculus class while most of her friends are working summer jobs or otherwise enjoying summer break. Web goes to school for two hours a day, Mondays through Thursdays.

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