A math teacher who refuses to allow classroom time to be wasted also finds time to help students with challenges of poverty. Even though her students are often labeled at-risk, she has managed to raise test scores in math.
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Hailing a taxi isn’t so hard for tourists hopping around casinos on the Strip. But what do residents go through when they need to catch a cab to the airport, grocery stores or work? The Nevada Taxicab Authority wants to know.
If there is no trust, blacks and whites will always face conflict. A schoolteacher and a journalist learned through their work that there are good and bad among both whites and blacks.
Former mayor and American Heart Association executive escaped Nazi concentration camps at age 7, says illegal immigrants deserve compassion.
A veteran Las Vegas financial planner says that people approaching retirement must plan to have an income stream that covers their basic expenses.
In order to provide a solid future for their children, Fabian Coleman and his wife, Nina, have saved money so he can go to truck driving school and buy his own truck. Now he worries that technology could end his dream and throw millions of truckers out work.
Road congestion is a given in a growing metropolis such as Las Vegas. But let’s say you didn’t have to drive around town. What would be your preferred mode of transportation?
Sister Mary Kieffer, an administrator at St. Rose Dominican Hospital-San Martin campus, says the listening techniques she learned as a bartender in both San Francisco and New York have helped her minister to people.
Marlene Drozd believes that illegal immigrants have to be dealt with. The plight of Karina Garcia — featured in a recent column — certainly inspires sympathy, but America has experience with this problem and Drozd believes we cannot forget that illegals are breaking the law.
Las Vegan Barbara Mulholland was devoted to philanthropy that showed results. Her efforts stretched far beyond just writing checks.
The president of a Las Vegas institution, Anderson Dairy, used humility and kindness to achieve success.
The Road Warrior is no fan of bare feet. Whether it’s sneakers, flip-flops or dressy shoes, something has to cover those tired dogs — particularly in public. I understand the security reasons, but removing my shoes at the airport was always an unappealing hassle.
A young mother who came to the United States from Mexico at age 2 is trying to officially become what she already considers herself: an American.
On February 27, 2008, after announcing at a news conference that tens of thousands of Southern Nevadans would have to be tested for hepatitis C and HIV, the young man who’d never been the focus of public attention would find himself thrust into the public eye for years.
Monday was the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that gave attorneys across the country the ability to comment on cases outside the courtroom — and criticize the government.