Keith Weller, who lives with former Las Vegas City Attorney Brad Jerbic, is a registered sex offender — for now.
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Chad Williams, the controversial ex-director of Southern Nevada’s housing authority, is accused of punching a sleeping woman, and then kicking her in the ribs and face.
The Nevada National Guard distributed nearly a million pieces of personal protective equipment to 22 Southern Nevada nursing and assisted living facilities this week.
Clark County and the city of Las Vegas’ ISO-Q (Isolation and Quarantine) Complex at Cashman Center for the homeless was to begin accepting patients on Monday night.
The city of Las Vegas is considering using Cashman Field to house homeless people during the coronavirus crisis, as demand for shelter increases.
City officials say they have issued no citations and made no arrests under the new law and are instead stepping up efforts to get people into services.
Las Vegas police will begin enforcing a controversial camping ban on city streets on Saturday, but officials say they expect few fines or arrests.
Activists gathered on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to protest the two controversial city policies that ban camping downtown when there are beds available and during street cleaning hours.
The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday adopted a controversial proposal that bans people from camping and sleeping in public areas in downtown Las Vegas, and in residential areas throughout the city, if there are beds free at established homeless shelters.
As the City Council prepares to debate a proposed ordinance banning camping in public spaces, overwhelmed center for homeless services emerges as bone of contention.
The city of Las Vegas could make it a misdemeanor to camp or sleep in public if there are beds available at local homeless shelters.
The proposed law, which was introduced in the City Council on Wednesday, would make it illegal to camp or sleep downtown or in residential areas if shelter beds are available.
Despite some early growing pains, city officials say the the facility is already beginning to make a difference in addressing homelessness in Las Vegas.
Thirteen employees out of a total of about 30 working at the 24/7 shelter and resource center for the homeless have been terminated and replaced since January.
Democratic presidential hopeful and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee touched on a broad spectrum of policy issues in Las Vegas on Saturday, while denouncing the Trump administration for a secret shipment of plutonium to Nevada.