A seat on the North Las Vegas City Council isn’t cheap, according to campaign finance reports filed July 15. In the contentious Ward 4 race, candidates Wade Wagner and Richard Cherchio — who were separated by one vote — spent a combined $330,835. After much legal back-and-forth that included a recount of the votes July 22, Wagner was sworn in as the representative.
The city’s recreational centers will stay open for now as the North Las Vegas City Council studies its finances. Families carrying signs that read “Save our park + rec services,” again packed City Hall, 2200 Civic Center Drive, during the council’s Aug. 3 meeting to beg city officials to keep open Silver Mesa Recreation Center, 4025 Allen Lane, and Neighborhood Recreation Center, 1638 N. Bruce St. The young and the old spoke in favor of keeping the centers open and argued the same points — maintaining active, healthy lifestyles and keeping children off the streets — as they did a few weeks ago when the council had considered the closures.
North Las Vegas houses the only beer distributor in the nation for Castello Premium Lagers. The Italian brews have been cropping up in the valley since mid-July from the Las Vegas Beer & Beverage Company’s 13,500-square-foot warehouse at 4606 Andrews St., Suite 2. Father-son duo Adam and Amesh Patel are the exclusive importers and distributors for the beer nationwide. They’re targeting pizzerias, restaurant chains, hotels and sports bars and are distributed in 25 states.
The Summerlin area’s newest trailhead at the Hualapai Canyon Trail lacks a parking lot, and with no street parking allowed, users are finding it a challenge to access.
For those who complain about the quality of education, kids who grow up unable to read or do math, teacher competency, the dropout rate and almost every other aspect of public schooling, here’s your chance to personally do something about it. The Clark County School District’s School-Community Partnership Program has been in place for 28 years and needs volunteers.
Retired political science professor Ted Gurr has written plenty of books, but his latest work, “Coming of Age in the West 1883-1906,” hits particularly close to home as it’s about his uncle Will Gurr’s time living on his own along Alaska’s Inside Passage.
Being a Girl Scout is more than earning badges and selling cookies. For these girls, it’s about giving back to the community.
Local girl scouts Vada Ortiz, 15, and Ashley Smith, 14, spent 19 days in India last month helping women and children learn about health and hygiene, nutrition and participated in other community projects.
Plans to restore the Historic Westside School campus including visions of million-dollar mixed use development — with retail and residential similar to Town Square or the District — were presented at a July 25 community workshop by Kelvin Haywood and Mel Green of KME Architects.
Find out about library, Clark County and casino events this week and beyond in this week’s Sunrise Neighborhood News.
Acting on complaints from Sunrise Manor Township residents and firefighters at the newly opened Fire Station No. 20 at 5865 Judson Ave., Clark County pest control specialists examined clouds of Chironomid midges that were originally mistaken for mosquitoes. The insects, also referred to as non-biting midges, were traced to their breeding ground, the Sloan Channel, just downstream from the newly operational North Las Vegas Water Treatment Facility.
Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Wolfson allowed View to join him recently as he drove around his ward to see how the Summerlin area is faring in these tough economic times.
The next few months will usher in a season of change at the Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort, thanks to the green light from the U.S. Forest Service regarding a master development plan. Proposed changes include 50 trails and 10 lifts, increased snow-making capability and parking, upgrades to equipment and additional guest facilities.
A pub is another word for a bar, typically thought of as the local corner bar in Great Britain. This isn’t Great Britain, but Winchell’s is a great pub with an even greater grill.
Pizza can be eaten any time of the day. And if that pizza is reminiscent of Naples or New York City, and if you can get that pizza just about any time of the day, then you have found Napoli Pizza.
When a restaurant introduces a new food item, it doesn’t take long for the word to get around town. At Durango’s, that item is a Burrango, also referred to as a smothered burrito.
POPS is an acronym for Pride of Philly Steaks. And Pop can be proud. These tasty sandwiches are not just close to the real thing, they are the real thing.
A little more than a year after her first Neighborhood Connection meeting, Councilwoman Debra March grabbed the microphone and updated residents on what’s happening in Henderson and Ward 2. March highlighted projects and proposals that are keeping the city going during rough times during theJuly 26 meeting at Desert Willow at Sun City MacDonald Ranch.
Henderson is expected to get a little greener in the next year with the development of five parks.The five projects, which total close to $70 million, were funded through Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act.
Henderson Police Department officers stopped using handheld cellphones while driving to set an example for other drivers due to a new state law.
From the corner of his eye, Mark Hall-Patton can see people gawking at him because they recognize either his long beard or signature Atwood hat. They don’t identify him as the administrator for the Clark County Museums, or even as an author, but rather as the go-to history expert on the reality television show “Pawn Stars” on the History Channel.
The skate team sponsored by the Winchester Cultural Center has proved a lifesaver for 12 youths who say participation in the sport inspired them to want to graduate.
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