Volunteers are needed to help count unsheltered homeless individuals in the Las Vegas Valley on Jan. 29 for the 2020 Southern Nevada Homeless Census.
Clark County
A city-county partnership plans to bring a $3.5 million project, dubbed the Historic Westside Leaders Park, to land near the southwest corner of Martin Luther King Jr. and Lake Mead boulevards.
Officials hope to make room for 1,800 more preschool students in the neediest schools by the 2020-21 academic year using an estimated $14 million in new tax revenue.
Muller Construction must also pay $56,000 in administrative penalties after losing its appeal. An attorney says the company will take the matter to state court.
County officials expect a rush of operators seeking to license their mobile billboards after Jan. 1, when the new ordinance is slated to take effect.
The 30-year department veteran will succeed retiring Chief Greg Cassell, who has occupied the role for nearly five years.
A proposed ordinance would set guidelines for how mobile billboards may operate in what some are calling an unprecedented step to address the growing industry.
Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly and a host of community groups organized the annual Thanksgiving turkey giveaway on Tuesday, handing out holiday birds to needy people in District D.
Negotiations are underway to build 195 affordable senior citizen apartment units northwest of the intersection of Pebble Road and Eastern Avenue.
The Nevada Museum of Art, Las Vegas, may ultimately find an alternative site via ongoing talks with the city but organizers are also interested in the nearby Clark County government center campus.
The partnership will focus on placing children who statistics indicate would otherwise have difficulty finding adoptive homes.
More than 550,000 acres in White Pine, Lincoln and Nye counties could be auctioned off this month by the Bureau of Land Management for oil and gas exploration. Local governments, Native American tribes and environmental groups are concerned.
Dillard A. Scott is seeking election to the District D seat on the Clark County Commission, currently represented by term-limited Commissioner Lawrence Weekly.
The application deadline for an unpaid, four-year term on the board is Dec. 2. The Clark County Commission will choose a board member on Dec. 17.
Clark County officials plan to spend $12 million to combat chronic absenteeism and truancy in schools, hoping that increasing classroom attendance will reduce juvenile delinquency.