The Nevada Legislative Session is over and the results are mixed for Nevada students, according to Tom Greene, Senior regional legislative director, Excel in Ed in Action.
The Regional Transportation Commission recently approved the purchase of a new DuraPatcher to be used in the Pahrump Valley. The equipment is hoped to help address the constant presence of potholes on area roads – Robin Hebrock/Pahrump Valley Times
The Clark County coroner’s office identified the man killed early Sunday in a suspected DUI crash involving a rented race car. Joshua Badell, 39, was in the passenger seat of a Toyota Camry parked in a strip mall near Tropicana Avenue and Pecos Road when a green McLaren 570S left the road and crashed into the vehicle, police said. He died of blunt force injuries, and his death was ruled an accident, the coroner’s office said.
The Clark County School District revealed for the first time Tuesday that it is facing a budget deficit of between $17 million and $18 million next year despite winning additional funding in the just concluded legislative session. That means the possibility of a teachers strike in the fall remains on the table.
In December 2020 the Las Vegas Bowl will be played at the Las Vegas Stadium, home of the Raiders, and will feature a team from the Pac-12 Conference vs. a team from either the SEC or Big Ten Conference in a six-year deal.
On Monday, Democrats extended the current Modified Business Tax rate, which would raise
around $100 million. The tax was scheduled to decline. The legislature has the ability to raise
taxes, but only with a two-thirds vote in both houses. Democrats claimed the MBT extension didn’t need a two-thirds vote, but their actions Monday showed they know they’re on shaky legal ground. They desperately tried to get a Republican vote, but Republicans remained unified in opposition.
The Nevada Highway Patrol will eventually start enforcing the new rules on HOV lanes and the 30-day grace period before fining drivers.
Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone’s Seven Magic Mountains art installation received a base coat of white as part of a restoration project to repaint the boulders. (MIchael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Please use this one instead — the title in the last one didn’t have the between “Sparrow” and “Wolf”
Lazy Dog, among Las Vegas restaurants that allow dogs, is probably the most accommodating, with free bowls of water and a doggy menu. (Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Marc Vetri will launch a new collaborative chef series June 18, with a little help from Sparrow + Wolf’s Brian Howard. (Al Mancini/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Heather Lang-Cassera, who will be Clark County’s third poet laureate on June 1, is interviewed at the Writer’s Block bookstore in Las Vegas, Friday, May 24, 2019. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Mark Georgantas, the man who’s criminal record includes white-collar financial frauds amounting to more than $1 million, carrying a firearm as a felon and battery of a peace officer, was sentenced Monday to 9 to 20 years.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department discusses additional details of the May 31, 2019 officer involved shooting that occurred in the 1200 block of North Town Center Drive.
Health club chain Life Time is running into the high-end multifamily segment with the launch of Life Time Living, a health-focused luxury residential experience that will be opening its first locations in Dallas, Henderson and Miami. (Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Life Time is running into the high-end multifamily segment with the launch of Life Time Living, a health-focused luxury residential experience that will be opening its first locations in Dallas, Henderson and Miami. Combined with Life Time Fitness and Life Time Work, these projects will now be Life Time Villages. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
The Golden Knights are saying goodbye to the Henderson Convention Center and hello to the team’s new hockey facility that will be located in the second largest city in Nevada. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
University of Nevada-Las Vegas Dentist George McAlpine … received more than $72,000 a year from College of Southern Nevada … while working his full-time job at UNLV. McAlpine also received nearly $460,000 in profit sharing … that a school attorney determined he didn’t deserve. McAlpine, Dental School Dean Karen West and school officials … declined comment on the payments.
Las Vegas Aces head coach Bill Laimbeer blames his team’s laziness and lack of energy as the cause for Sunday’s 80-74 loss to the Connecticut Sun.
The Las Vegas Aces suffered another heartbreaking loss, this time on Sunday afternoon to the Connecticut Sun. The Aces 21 turnovers were a major factor in the 80-74 loss.
One person is dead and two others are critically injured after a suspected DUI crash Sunday morning in the central valley. Shortly after 4 a.m., two vehicles collided at the intersection of East Tropicana Avenue and Pecos Road.
UNLV students are working to catalog and study the collection of items from the Walking Box Ranch, which was home to Rex Bell and Clara Bow beginning in the 1930s. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Officers responded to a domestic violence call about 7:45 a.m. on the 9000 block of West Russell Road, near the 215 Beltway, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Chris Holmes said.
Liverpool FC supporters, former players talk about the success of the inaugural KOPCON convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 1, 2019. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Project Neon paving beings as traffic piles up due to lane closures on the US-95 South.