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Las Vegas City Council candidates talk about homelessness

When the new Las Vegas Ward 5 City Council member is seated next month it will be a couple weeks away from the launch of a 24/7 courtyard aimed at connecting the homeless population with a range of services.

Firms present concepts for reimagined Las Vegas Academy campus

Clark County School District construction director Jeff Wagner praised the three firms, KGA Architecture, Simpson Coulter Studio and Tate Snyder Kimsey, . He also emphasized that “this is not an end — this is the beginning” of the process for creating a new campus.

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Las Vegas council to vote on deal for minor league soccer team

The Las Vegas City Council has spent years trying to entice a professional soccer team to Cashman Field, and next week will vote on a stadium lease agreement for a United Soccer League team to begin play in 2018.

Education Notebook: School news and events for Nov. 12-18, 2015

Parents, school officials and members of the community are invited to see eighth-graders learn how to pay bills, manage their mortgages, determine childcare for their “kids” and much more at Capital One/Junior Achievement Finance Park.

Scholarship aids residents’ return to college, decades later

After putting school on hold for more than a decade, two Las Vegas residents are returning to a virtual classroom in hopes of enhancing their marketability in the workforce.

Literary Las Vegas: Heidi Loeb Hegerich

Like her “Love Target” protagonist, Nevada author Heidi Loeb Hegerich was an underage Las Vegas showgirl in the ’50s and swinging ’60s.