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Henderson kicks off Emergency Preparedness Week

By ARNOLD M. KNIGHTLY REVIEW-JOURNAL

March 24, 2014 - 3:48 pm

Representatives from the Henderson Fire Department will be at various locations as part of the city’s 1st Annual Emergency Preparedness Week through Saturday.

The hands-on education on the importance of disaster preparedness will be Tuesday, 8 a.m.-noon at Henderson City Hall, 240 Water St.; Wednesday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Galleria at Sunset, 1300 W. Sunset Road; Thursday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the farmer’s market at Henderson Events Plaza, 200 Water St.; Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the farmer’s market at Henderson Pavilion, 200 S. Green Valley Parkway; and Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Galleria at Sunset.

The event is part of the city of Henderson’s year-long campaign, Get READY! Stay READY!, to raise awareness of how to plan and prepare for different type of emergencies.

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How much money have Las Vegas mayoral candidates raised?

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

May 15, 2024 - 4:26 pm

While filing to run for mayor of city of Las Vegas is a fairly inexpensive $100, keeping a campaign and candidate afloat has traditionally required more spending, meaning substantial fundraising in most cases.

Sierra Vista High School at 8100 W. Robindale Road in Las Vegas. (Google streetview)

Police find gun in vehicle in southwest valley high school parking lot

By Taylor Lane / RJ

May 15, 2024 - 4:14 pm

A Las Vegas high school was placed on soft lockdown and a man was arrested after police discovered a gun in a car stopped in the school’s parking lot.

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SAUNDERS: There are no heroes in pro-Hamas activism — especially at colleges

By Debra J. Saunders / RJ

May 15, 2024 - 4:04 pm

Victims of antisemitic terrorism filed a lawsuit alleging agitators are “the propaganda arm of a terrorist organization operating in plain sight.”

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US seeks post-war plan, says Israel risks Gaza power vacuum

By Paul Wallace and Courtney McBride Bloomberg News

May 15, 2024 - 1:30 pm

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged Israel’s leaders to focus more on post-war planning as forces battled Hamas in northern parts of the Gaza Strip.

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Interior staffer 1st Jewish Biden appointee to publicly resign over war in Gaza

By Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press

May 15, 2024 - 2:41 pm

Lily Greenberg Call, a special assistant to the chief of staff, accused President Joe Biden of using Jews to justify U.S. policy in the conflict.

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels acknowledge attacking a US destroyer that shot down missile in the Red Sea

By Jon Gambrell The Associated Press

May 15, 2024 - 1:25 pm

Yemen’s Houthi terrorists on Wednesday claimed targeting a U.S. Navy destroyer and a commercial ship in the Red Sea. However, the attack on the warship apparently happened nearly two days earlier and saw the vessel intercept the missile targeting it.

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99 Cents Only was an LA icon. Inside the fall of the popular chain

Andrea Chang and Laurence Darmiento Los Angeles Times

May 15, 2024 - 12:35 pm

99 Cents Only started in Los Angeles in 1982 and grew to 371 stores. Now all are closing, with rising crime, competition, inflation and the pandemic contributing to the company’s fall.