Nedra Cooper was a 17-year-old “military brat” and a senior in high school when she settled in the Las Vegas Valley in 1971, after traveling with her father from base to base.
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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.
When Steve Buuck stepped into the auditorium of over 200 students at Faith Lutheran Middle and High School in November to pitch a new after-school offering, he had 90 seconds to win them over.
The aroma of hot cocoa filled the air at Sunrise Library as northeast Las Vegas Valley children listened to hear stories and drank hot chocolate with police as part of Cocoa with a Cop.
Marie Reber, 52, of Las Vegas was rushed to University Medical Center after the collision at Bonanza Road and Main Street just before 1 a.m. Sunday, but died from her injuries on Monday, Las Vegas police said.
Cool and possibly rainy weather is in the forecast for Christmas in the Las Vegas Valley, and snow is likely on Mount Charleston, the National Weather Service said.
For 10 years, Phil Randazzo of Summerlin dreamed of hitting the road with his wife for a cross-country trip to helpveterans.
The jubilant sound of children’s laughter could be heard from the library to the front office at Reed Elementary School on a recent Thursday as students eagerly anticipated making Build-A-Bear Workshop stuffed animals.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified a Las Vegas woman as the person killed in a car crash in the southwest valley on Sunday morning.
Moctesuma Esparza grew up in East L.A. in the 1950s — a sometimes-hostile era of limited opportunity for minorities, hesaid.
Green Valley Parkway in Henderson is now open after being closed for several hours due to repairs of a water main break near Pebble Road.
The death of a Nevada prison inmate in May was due to natural causes, the Clark County coroner’s office said Monday.
A 26-year-old Arkansas resident has been identified as the victim in a shooting last month in the south Las Vegas Valley.
Camilla Srinarayana of Summerlin was 3 when she started dancing. At 8, she took the stage in front of almost 2,000 people in the Nevada Ballet Theatre’s production of “Sleeping Beauty” at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts.
If you’ve ever wondered what happens to toilet waste after it leaves your bathroom, the answer lies in Lake Mead.
More than a year after an infant was hospitalized in Las Vegas with internal bleeding, the mother’s boyfriend has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse.
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