Adults, children, students and those interested in exploring a world of culture may enjoy the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ Festival of Communities, slated from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 21 on campus, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway.
“Oh My Gosh, Josh!” adds a tall tale twist to real-life stories about Josh Stephens, the young boy whose kindness inspired the Henderson-based Josh Stevens Foundation. Local children’s author, educator Domenic Russo interviewed Josh’s mother, Barbara Stevens, who shared tales of her son’s good deeds. Josh died after a 2009 accident, but the foundation and now the book preserve his memory.
Vikki Werner likes to brag that she started her business, Werner Family Taxidermy, with just $5 and a tarp to cover the carport her makeshift workshop.
Councilwoman Gerri Schroder gave updates and answered questions at her March 29 Neighborhood Connections meeting. This was Schroder’s third Ward 1 meeting since the city implemented the quarterly meetings in 2010.
I am a 78-year-old great-grandmother of a 4-year-old child that I believe is being mistreated by my grandson and his live-in girlfriend, whom he perceives as a wonderful woman and a great disciplinarian.
Clara Buck and Sarah DiSalvo, both 14, recently won a trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which is scheduled for May 13-18. The Intel ISEF is a global science competition featuring more than 1,500 high school students from 65 countries.
The Veterans Court at the Henderson Municipal Court helps defendants who might have committed misdemeanor crimes because of problems readjusting to life after returning home from service.
True Southern soul food has a distinctive taste all onto itself. So when it’s time to try some of this all American food, it behooves you to stop in and see Granny.
Right in the middle of old downtown Henderson is a comfortable, family restaurant that has a larger than usual kids’ menu.
Technology has changed ways in which people work, play and think. When it comes to speech pathology, Paradise-based therapist Marsha Steinberger and her clients embrace this concept
For 17 years, the Safe Community Partnership at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has been working to improve traffic and pedestrian safety in the valley.
Cheerleaders are supposed to inspire a crowd. None do it better than these kids. The Vegas Cheer Authority Aviators, a team created specifically for those with intellectual disabilities, has 15 members, ages 5 to 18, from all over the Las Vegas Valley.
The Silver State Legacy is a group of trailblazing women whose presence on the football field demands a change to Southern Nevada history.
Southern Nevada may possess a dry climate, but the desire for learning about plants and cultivation in the desert flows steadily with the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardeners program, which is marking its 20th anniversary this year.
Two sisters with a longtime plan of operating a vintage store made their dream come true in February by opening Electric Lemonade, 220 E. Charleston Blvd., near the 18b Arts District downtown.
Summerlin fitness trainer Michael Jackson has invented an apparatus he calls the PowerBox, which he plans to feature in an infomercial.
