Centennial Plaza at the Historic Fifth Street School will be closed to the public for several weeks beginning Tuesday as it undergoes transformation to a special event area, city officials say.
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Shea joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in November 2018 to cover City Hall and Clark County. He previously spent six years at the Desert Dispatch and Daily Press newspapers located in the High Desert of Southern California, where he covered politics at city, county and state levels. Shea has won three California Newspaper Publishers Association awards for his work. In 2018 he was a California Journalism Awards finalist for investigative reporting. He is an unapologetic Chicago sports fan, excluding only the White Sox.
For nearly a year, some residents of an affluent community have urged Las Vegas officials to shut off outside access to a road cutting through the middle of their neighborhood as they worried about crime.
Robert Kern, a lawyer representing the company, said he would appeal the Labor Commissioner’s decision, arguing that the agency’s conclusions were improper on at least two fronts.
The Las Vegas Public Library will cease operations 6 p.m. Saturday as the new library in East Las Vegas readies to open late next week, according to the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District.
The annual Children’s Festival, hosted by Clark County Parks and Recreation, is expected on Saturday to celebrate all things nature-related as part of this year’s theme, “Children in Nature.”
Financial disclosure reports for city races were due Monday, providing the first glimpse of the year into candidate fundraising and spending.
A glitch in a two-year-old bill meant to strengthen campaign finance reporting has actually weakened transparency in eight Nevada cities, the Review-Journal has found.
The Commission will track state lawmaker activities during the legislative session, particularly keen on the progress of four bills that originated in Clark County.
Las Vegas officials are considering offering breaks to businesses that choose to set up in the Medical District as part of a larger plan to actualize their vision for the next major city quarter beyond the downtown core.
The two-week candidate filing period wrapped up Friday, introducing a slew of council hopefuls in Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas and Boulder City ahead of the April 2 primary election.
City officials this week were confident that preemptive decision-making, coupled with a healthy, concerted surge in reserves, will stave off any scrambling to rightsize during the next inevitable economic down period.
In an interview, Jan Jones Blackhurst spoke to the Review-Journal about treatment on the campaign trail, why she chose to publicize her diagnosis at the time and her thoughts on Goodman’s “bravery.”
Ruben Kihuen, the former federal and Nevada lawmaker, filed paperwork to run for Las Vegas City Council, joining former Assemblywoman Olivia Diaz on Wednesday as two high-profile candidates pitted against each other in a downtown district.
A supermajority of residents at the condominium tower voted to allow the homeowners association to regulate illegitimate short-term rentals, targeting a point of contention that had never been addressed by condo policy since the building opened in 2008.
The Russian Seasons, a celebration of Russian arts, music and culture, is scheduled to come to the Winchester Dondero Cultural Center on Feb. 9.