There may be only 76 of them, but they easily do the work of 100. Education is a big part of what they do. But there’s also health and wellness issues, economic empowerment and mentoring. And each of those categories has numerous subcategories and sub-subcategories.
COVER STORY: A collection of gourmet food truck businesses have come to thrive in the valley. Some of them are having so much success that they’re branching into brick-and-mortar restaurants.
As miserable as the housing market has been in Las Vegas, Sherry Stidhum didn’t want to sit on the sidelines waiting for the upswing. The high school teacher at Advanced Technologies Academy purchased her first home last year in the midst of Southern Nevada’s crippling housing bust, paying $100,500 for a three-bedroom, 1,660-square-foot foreclosure home in the master-planned Aliante community of North Las Vegas.
Supporters of legislation that could land three destination-style casinos in South Florida weren’t overly disappointed Feb. 3 when state lawmakers canceled a planned vote on the controversial bill.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach John Beilein had one of the longest days of his career Saturday.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The pack is back. And so is the Big One.
The message a week ago was about climbing back on course, about again controlling one’s destiny, about going out and winning an outright regular-season conference basketball championship for the first time since 1991-92.
The reality today: UNLV is closer to fourth place than first.
Construction workers are beginning large-scale improvements on a shuttered landfill dubbed an eco-disaster in 1998 after floodwaters ripped open its earthen cap and sent heaps of refuse into the Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead.
For two Marines who fired machine guns in World War II, memories of the Battle of Iwo Jima that began 67 years ago today are a blur of sleepless nights and bullets flying through the salty air as they ducked for cover on black sand beaches.
Henderson Police Chief Jutta Chambers announced her retirement Thursday, less than two weeks after the city approved a settlement with a man in diabetic shock who was kicked in the head by officers during a traffic stop in 2010.
Former television journalist Ron Futrell says he won’t run for the Las Vegas Ward 2 City Council seat vacated by Steve Wolfson.
Welcome to Las Vegas. Now go lock your car. A string of thefts from the vehicles of unsuspecting tourists at the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada” sign ended abruptly earlier this month after Las Vegas police caught two people casing automobiles.
The rushed closure of F Street left a scar on the troubled psyche of this community that demanded correction. That much is clear.
