The city’s Courtyard Homeless Resource Center was packed overnight, with about 200 people huddling for warmth to fend off near-freezing temperatures.
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The Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority Board of Directors approved installing ShotSpotter technology at public and affordable housing properties.
“We’d like to remind the public that our city jail is for misdemeanors only,” the city said in a tweet announcing the decision.
City officials will address homelessness and public safety, among other things, at a three-hour community forum in Ward 5 on Thursday.
The city of Las Vegas could make it a misdemeanor to camp or sleep in public if there are beds available at local homeless shelters.
The sales tax money will be diverted in part to provide an incentive to developer Fisher Brothers.
Certain parking tickets can be paid with food donations after the Las Vegas City Council approved the program Wednesday.
The cities of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas will prosecute misdemeanor domestic violence cases without requiring convicted defendants to give up their firearms.
Patients at the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital have been unable to drink the water or take a shower since Oct. 2, when the bacteria legionella was detected in the water system.
The 30-year classroom veteran was in town this weekend for a series of campaign events, including the grand opening of an east Las Vegas campaign office.
The city of Las Vegas plans to intervene in the Supreme Court case over the development of the defunct Badlands golf course, in the hopes of getting EHB Cos. and neighbors fighting the project to negotiate.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman describes her cancer treatment since her diagnosis in January including her fears, family support and a serious infection.
The city of Las Vegas has stopped charging people with misdemeanor domestic violence in the wake of a recent Nevada Supreme Court decision.
The proposed law, which was introduced in the City Council on Wednesday, would make it illegal to camp or sleep downtown or in residential areas if shelter beds are available.
The Las Vegas City Council will consider prosecuting misdemeanor domestic violence cases under a new city code that would not ban those convicted of the crime from possessing firearms, in order to avoid having to hold jury trials for the offense.