Nevada Connections Academy plans to host an informational session for the 2011-12 school year from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today at the Centennial Hills Community Center YMCA, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive.
The Las Vegas Area Council Boy Scouts of America invites the community to learn about scouting during the 2011 Mega Scout Expo scheduled for April 29 -May 1 at Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, 9200 Tule Springs Road.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church invites families to celebrate a new season of life during Spring Fling, planned from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 16 at C.P. Squires Park, in the Village of Centennial Springs, 7530 Nicklin St.
Namesake J. Harold Brinley is survived by more than the bricks and mortar of Brinley Middle School. Dozens of his family members still reside in the Las Vegas Valley.
Clark County commissioners and county fire department officials were scheduled to recognize firefighters during a ceremony March 29 at Fire Station 33, 865 E. Desert Inn Road.
A proposed consolidation of two Mount Charleston parking lots near popular trailheads has the U.S. Forest Service and a local horse group calling for public input. Feedback is requested by the end of this week.
Las Vegas Valley resident Jack Glaze turns 75 today, but that’s not the number he’ll celebrate. After his planned morning ride, Glaze will have biked 100,000 miles rolled over 23 countries in his 15 years on two wheels.
Artist Brian Henry’s “High Noon,” a show focused on iconic signs is set to run through May 28 at Kleven Contemporary inside the Emergency Arts buildling.
Once a resort with rowboats, fireworks, prize fights and horse races, Lorenzi Park takes its name from vineyard developer David Lorenzi. The 60-acre park is undergoing renovations on the western half that are expected to be completed by summer 2012.
Many Las Vegas names seem to be given on a whim. This is not the case with William G. Bennett Field at 6800 E. Russell Road in Las Vegas.
Clark County commissioners and county fire department officials were scheduled to recognize firefighters during a ceremony March 29 at Fire Station 33, 865 E. Desert Inn Road.
Rarely on a real estate listing does one find amenities such as bulletproof doors and picture windows, a hidden gun compartment, a suspected bullet hole and spectacular views of a fairway on which federal agents allegedly landed a plane once.
A 33-year-old woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of first-degree arson for setting a New Year’s Day fire that displaced 40 people and did an estimated $200,000 in damage to an apartment complex.
City of North Las Vegas engineers touted the state-of-the-art technology inside the North Las Vegas Water Reclamation Facility.
Sunrise residents, who live near the plant, didn’t want to hear about it during a March 19 public meeting across the street at Martin Luther King Elementary School, 2260 Betty Lane.
The sign for the Lawless Center, a shopping plaza at 4100 E. Lake Mead Blvd., stands out. What isn’t immediately apparent is how it got that name. Record searches and interviews with remaining family members uncovered the reason center owner Jeanette Van Buskirk named the center for Robert M. Lawless.
Walter Reagan celebrated his 90th birthday on March 10, but if the U-boat commander who sank the ship he was on in World War II hadn’t pointed the way to shore, he might not have made it past his early 20s. Reagan, who is a third cousin to the late President Ronald Reagan, served with the U.S. Navy Armed Guard, which operated aboard merchant and troop transport ships working to handle gunnery and communications.
Clark County commissioners and county fire department officials were scheduled to recognize firefighters during a ceremony March 29 at Fire Station 33, 865 E. Desert Inn Road.
Rarely on a real estate listing does one find amenities such as bulletproof doors and picture windows, a hidden gun compartment, a suspected bullet hole and spectacular views of a fairway that federal agents allegedly landed a plane on once.The former home of Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, Las Vegas casino executive, mob-associated sports bettor and inspiration for the movie “Casino,” is on the market.
Cooks with an original, healthy recipe are encouraged to enter it in the Las Vegas Aetna Healthy Food Fight competition by April 11.
April 15 is coming fast, and volunteers at two Henderson organizations are helping people by providing free tax services.
To be more involved in the global economy, the city of Henderson is reaching out to the international community .