Actress Pia Zadora wants families in the valley dealing with autism to know that “it’s going to get better.” Her now 19-year-old son was diagnosed with autism 15 years ago, and she was on hand Oct. 13 to celebrate the opening of the UNLV Medicine Ackerman Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment Solutions.
Fifty years of learning. Fifty years of fun. Boy Scout Troop 102, part of the Bighorn District, marked its 50th anniversary Sept. 24 with a special celebration at Westminster Presbyterian Church, its home since 1966.
Former U.S. Army Cpl. Christopher Hudson was used to moving from place to place. His life was centered on movement, but he craved stability. When he received the keys Oct. 14 to a newly renovated home in Centennial Hills, Hudson was all smiles.
Stray cats strutting into North Las Vegas could soon be trapped, sterilized and released back to their neighborhoods, under “community cat” pilot program that received initial council approval Wednesday night.
Emergency repairs to a sinking section of Cheyenne Avenue in North Las Vegas will continue Saturday, when a half-mile section of the road will be closed to traffic.
The First Friday arts festival is Nov 3 at venues throughout the 18b Arts District. In celebration of the upcoming election, the theme for November is Suffrage, the right to vote.
The PGA and its golfers are a wonderful lot.
VegeWay made its debut in September as the first vegan drive-thru in Las Vegas.
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The rhyme is irresistible, evocative of a hip-hop tune in “Books do not Have Wings,” by Brynne Barnes with illustrations by Rogério Coelho.
Timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, the book “Conserving America’s National Parks” by local author Scott R. Abella tells the story of challenges and successes in conservation efforts in the United State’s more than 400 national parks.
