In their Feb. 8 meeting, the Clark County School District Board of Trustees decided to pursue a property tax increase to generate $5.3 billion over 10 years. These funds would be earmarked for construction projects, renovations, maintenance and new equipment.
Tucked behind a nondescript door in the back of a Boulder City industrial center 20 miles from Las Vegas, there’s a whole wide world of beans — sacks of imported, green coffee beans piled to the ceiling.
In a perfect world, newly appointed District Attorney Steve Wolfson would not have learned of the police assault of diabetic Henderson motorist Adam Greene from the media.
What would become the city of Henderson was born during World War II, around an industrial plant that supplied the country with magnesium for munition casings and airplane engines.
Red Rock Canyon: On Monday, learn about nature and geology on a moderate, 2½-mile hike from the Sandstone Quarry to the Red Spring Thrust Fault; for ages 10 and older. Also on Monday, bring a flashlight for a moderate, three-mile full-moon hike in the Sandstone Quarry area; for ages 10 and older. On Sunday, enjoy a spring brook, juniper and pinyon pine and beautiful wildflowers on an easy-to-moderate, four-mile hike. Also on Sunday, go for an easy, one-mile hike around the Fire Ecology loop.
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Everyone has that family member who tests the grit of their teeth and the roll of their eyes. Luckily, mine is part of the extended family, not the immediate. Still, when I got her Facebook friend request a couple of years back I felt like a captured fugitive.
Britton York interviewed students at Coronado High School.
Joe Garcia remembers — all too well — when and where he got his arm tattooed. It was 1963 and Joe — a 19-year-old Marine in training — was out on the town in San Diego with some buddies who dared him to do it.
COVER STORY: Some small businesses and startups that have had trouble landing loans and credit lines from traditional banks are now seeking them from alternative lending networks online.
The UNLV baseball team lost to UNR 3-2 on Saturday at Wilson Stadium.
