Garcia-Vause will begin the new position on April 9. She takes over for Greg Blackburn, who left to “pursue new opportunities,” according to a citywide email sent this month by Interim City Manager Richard Derrick.
Sandy Lopez
Former Henderson and General Assignment Reporter
Sandy Lopez worked for the Las Vegas Review-Journal from June 2013 to May 2018. A Southern California native, she graduated from San Francisco State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in Latino/Latina studies.
Residents in the Meridian Estates in Henderson soon will have another bill to pay, this time for the price of beauty.
The city of Henderson launched its Smart City Strategy earlier this month to complete its technological vision over the next three years.
Legacy Golf Club owners and residents settled a legal fight Thursday afternoon after both parties agreed to create a stronger deed restriction and but also develop a part of the property.
Legacy Golf Club owners will head to trial Wednesday to continue a legal fight with residents who want to enforce a deed restriction that prohibits redevelopment.
Blackburn managed the public works and parks and recreation, economic development and tourism and community development and services departments since April 2016. He also worked for the city from 1993 until 2009.
Whether it’s having city officials — including elected officials — constantly redirect phone calls and interviews to the communications manager, or denying records requests, Henderson has myriad ways to keep its work out of public view:
A monthslong project to replace a reclaimed waterline will begin next week along Galleria Drive from Boulder Highway to Moser Drive in Henderson.
The Friends of the Henderson Police Department Foundation came under scrutiny last year after Henderson Mayor Debra March said the nonprofit and the city’s former police chief were being investigated.
A key component of the ordinance requires that — if notified by the city — owners must file an operations and maintenance plan following the closure of a park, open space or golf course, according to a city spokesman.
The Henderson City Council unanimously selected Richard Derrick, who has nearly 30 years of experience in budget and financial management, during a special meeting Tuesday.
The Henderson City Council on Tuesday will consider a development agreement of an apartment complex located in booming west Henderson.
“The concept was if we couldn’t get people to the garden, we were going to take the garden to them,” said Rosalind Brooks, founder of Vegas Roots, after accepting a $99,500 grant from Dignity Health to bring the truck to Henderson on Feb. 6.
Mothers Against Police Brutality on Tuesday condemned the hiring of Thedrick Andres , who began his job with the Henderson department on Monday.
The process to become a firefighter includes a written exam, oral board and selection interviews, background investigation and psychological and medical examinations that include drug and alcohol screening.
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