The Red Rock Audubon Society is looking for some extra eyes on the sky and allies on land thanks to a $15,000 grant. The society hopes to highlight the 226 varieties of birds that flock to Mount Charleston.
When it comes to donations of children’s clothing, most drives rely on the public. Three Summerlin-area women pay for everything themselves by shopping without the guilt at Kohl’s for charity.
Valley Outreach Synagogue-P’nai Tikvah plans to host a Passover Seder at 6 p.m. today at Three Square food bank, 4220 N. Pecos Road.
If you’re a Las Vegas Valley resident who is interested in hosting a foreign exchange student, the EF Foundation for Foreign Study is a nonprofit group that can help with the process.
In a war waged against childhood obesity, the Jump for Joy Foundation asks for little steps toward a bigger goal. On Saturday, the nonprofit asks for a united front during a charity walk and 5k on the campus of UNLV to help Las Vegas Cease to be Obese.
It isn’t often a group of 7- and 8-year-old kids get the chance to play their favorite game in front of 5,000 screaming fans, but that’s what happened for 40 kids from the Las Vegas Ice Center’s Mite Division on April 2.
Brady C. Fackrell, 14, has achieved Eagle Scout status in the Boy Scouts of America.
Do you have the most wonderful father in town? Tell us what makes your dad great in 200 words or fewer. Photos or drawings are welcome, too, but they cannot be returned. We’ll print excerpts from the top submissions in our June 14 edition. Send submissions by mail to Honoring Fathers: View, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125-0070 or by email to viewcalendars@viewnews.com with Honoring Fathers in the subject line. Please include your ZIP code and contact information. The deadline for submissions is May 23.
I am a timeless beauty with a cheery, sunny nature. But at 11 years of age, many people dismiss me outright, and all I want is someone I can love with all my heart. I am Sheba, a bright-eyed Pomeranian, spayed, and delightful with people and dogs.
The Mojave Desert is full of pictographs and petroglyphs and the Southern Nevada Rock Art Association is keen on learning of new finds and helping preserve already known ones.
The company, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, teaches dance, theater and American Sign Language to both hearing and deaf children between ages 5 and 18.
The Metropolitan Police Department’s sex offender apprehension program encourages all Southern Nevada residents to take advantage of the offender watch system.
Despite the martial arts weapons, crash pads and variations of punching bags in the makeshift classroom, T.J. Quicksilver at Las Vegas Movie Mastars is trying to teach kids how to deal with bullies without resorting to violence.
n Time period March 28-April 3 n Areas: ZIP codes 89148, 89118, 89113, 89139, 89141, 89178 and 89179.
Local business Winder Farms shares ways in which the company is attempting to go green this Earth Day.
MTV is taking its inaugural O Music Awards to Las Vegas. The network announced Tuesday that its planned show honoring digital music and fandom will take place at a “mystery location” in Las Vegas on April 28. The hourlong live show will stream online and on mobile.
The first new guidelines for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 30 years establish earlier stages of the mind-robbing disease, paving the way for spotting and possibly treating these conditions much sooner than they are now.
Event tickets seller Ticketmaster said Monday that it is introducing new technology to let artists and sports teams raise or lower ticket prices to reflect demand during the initial sales period – a move it said will crimp the profits of scalpers and boost revenue for performers and teams.