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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.
About 200 North Las Vegas middle and high school students are set to join forces this weekend to perform at the free Notes of Autumn musical talent showcase.
Interfaith Amigos travel nationwide speaking about religious inclusivity; Sunday’s stop, hosted by the Stillpoint Center for Spiritual Development, was at Bishop Gorman High. The group formed in 2002, following the Sept. 11 attacks, to promote religious and spiritual unity while offering a twist of humor.
Nearly a year after North Las Vegas couple Kelley and Peter Guidry lost their commercial space for Forgotten Not Gone, the pair is working remotely from their new home near North Decatur Boulevard.
Diving deeper into the arts scene once she moved to Summerlin from Detroit in 1996, Niki J. Sands frequently visited Las Vegas-area libraries and museums for inspiration.
Liz Ortenburger’s entire life runs on hope, from her role as a mother, wife and sister to her position as CEO of SafeNest. She was appointed to head the nonprofit last year and says the work has deepened her desire to combat domestic abuse.
Tahoe Mack of Summerlin plans to collect trash this weekend to help create her treasure: a 14-foot-tall, steel Columbian mammoth statue inspired by Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument.
National Night Out is aimed at getting residents out of their houses and law enforcement out of their routines so they can engage in a positive way. That mission appeared successful Tuesday night in Summerlin, as about 100 residents — many of them children — converged on Park Centre Drive to meet the men and women behind the uniforms.
U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, a 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner, read C.K. Williams’s “The Cup” and her own piece “Dusk.” She had audience members develop questions afterward — giving them a topic to explore to develop their own poems.
In an effort to commemorate the lives lost during the Oct. 1 mass shooting, local celebrity photographer and former dancer Jerry Metellus is creating a keepsake that captures the flood of emotions from that night through the art of dance.
Police said Hector Mendoza-Martinez of Las Vegas was struck about 7:33 p.m. Friday on Flamingo Road, near Palos Verdes Street, while crossing outside a crosswalk.
Dylan Sanglay, 18, partners with nonprofit organizations such as Project 150, Convoy of Hope, CARE Complex and Help USA and more to provide clothes to homeless adults and youth.
“Cash Cab” has been a driving force in Ben Bailey’s career, but he loves returning to the spot where his showbiz journey began: the comedy stage.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the victim of a small plane crash south of Las Vegas last week as David Lynn Morrisson.
American Girl dolls are part of a toy-lending program created by the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District to offer an alternative way to learn — through play.