Faith Lutheran Middle School and High School senior Mark Wilbourne, who was in a bicycle crash in January, returned to Las Vegas after months at a Colorado hospital.
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Upon receiving a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Mississippi, Mia has worked as a copy editing intern with the Seattle Times and recently joined the the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a reporter. She’s had several years of experience as a freelance reporter for The Daily Mississippian, and served some time as a copy editor for the paper as well. In her spare time, she works as a part-time English tutor for Brainfuse, an online tutoring service for high school and college students.
Volunteers from Jackson Hole Mountain Guides took four special needs teens on a vertical trek in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
At Mojave High School, students in Jeffrey Taormina’s class act as physical therapists, treating muscle and ligament strains and ankle sprains. Student athletes are admitted to be treated at the clinic after they’re signed up by coaches or trainers.
Class participants learn about the nature of suicide, myths and facts, warning signs and ways to approach those suffering. Among those at a recent class was Jessica Woods of Summerlin, who has lost her father, grandfather and brother-in-law to suicide.
When North Las Vegas Police Chief Pamela Ojeda began her law enforcement career over 20 years ago, she was one of about six women in the department, she said.
Jefferson was one of more than 20 finalists from schools across the Las Vegas Valley in the Earth Day Everyday art contest at GreenFest, held April 20 at Downtown Summerlin.
Detwiler Elementary School Assistant Principal Derek Stevens said he has seen a decrease in tardiness and absences in the past few months, since the Walking School Bus program was launched.
The closet at Rundle Elementary School was provided by Zappos for Good, the charitable arm of online shoe and clothing retailer and downtown Las Vegas fixture Zappos. It is stocked with snacks, clothes, shoes and school supplies.
The morning of Jan. 27 started like most for Faith Lutheran Middle School and High School senior Mark Wilbourne: on his bicycle. On his way back to his Summerlin-area home, he crashed into the back of a parked SUV, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down.
Rosie Walisever of Summerlin felt perfectly healthy — in fact, she was returning home from a yoga class — when her doctor called to deliver bad news: a mammogram had revealed she had Stage I and Stage II breast cancer.
Maria Gibbons and Daniela Gonzalez of North Las Vegas, both 19, have been nearly inseparable since first grade. Their connection to Aliante Library later compelled them to create a diversity-inspired mural that now sits permanently inside the Kid’s Corner at the library.
A fateful meeting between Ted Polumbaum and Martin Luther King Jr. in the late 1950s sparked a lifelong passion for Judy Polumbaum, Ted’s daughter.
The man arrested in the abduction and assault of a 12-year-old girl last week in the northwest valley is a suspect in a separate kidnapping and assault case from last year, Las Vegas police said.
A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for offenses involving the transportation of a 1-year-old child for the purpose of sexual abuse.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a Las Vegas woman as one of the victims in a fatal crash near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area on Sunday.