UNLV civil engineering students will put their project for the UNLV Senior Design Competition to real-life use this summer when they help villagers in Moshi, Tanzania, get clean water to their homes from a spring near the base of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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Juliana and Lindsey Remark, 18, have received the Barbara Malloy Memorial Leadership Service Award from Soroptimist International of Greater Las Vegas.
Peggy Selma plans to retire as principal of the 100 Academy of Excellence in North Las Vegas after the 2013-14 school year, and parents say she is leaving the place in better shape than she found it.
The Dinosaurs & Roses Resale Shoppe has a new home. Michele Morgan-Devore, executive director, has moved her nonprofit in with Qury Edmond’s New 2 U thrift store in West Las Vegas. Combined, they are now called New 2 U featuring Dinosaurs and Roses.
Jobs for America’s Graduates, or JAG, a pilot program at four high schools in the Clark County School District, is helping to put juniors and seniors who were unlikely to graduate back on the right path. The program encourages student to find work during and after high school.
Expect a lot more than finger painting at the Centennial Hills Children’s Arts Festival this weekend.
Las Vegas resident Chelsea Ramsey was searching for purpose in her life. She’d tried pursuing education in video game art and design, but it just wasn’t right. Finally, her mother asked her a life-changing question: “If you could choose to do anything, anything at all, what would it be?”
This week’s literary events include a signing by former Gov. Bob Miller and an appearance by model turned roll model Kylie Bisutti.
Hikers and cyclists can expect to find the likes of Matt Pearson on Mount Charleston’s trails this summer. He has trekked through the Grand Canyon, scaled Machu Picchu and grew up hiking parts of the Pacific Rim Trail, making him a good fit for Mount Charleston’s trail host program.
At 15, Connie Sheldon lied to her employer and claimed to be 16. Her father dropped her off in the parking lot every weekend for work. The year was 1960, and her employer was Lloyd Katz, owner of the Huntridge Theatre.
In order to accommodate more patients and expand services, the Rape Crisis Center moved to a new location April 27.
Fremont East Studios aims to be a one-stop shop for media production in an area the studio’s director of production, Freeman White III, said could use it.
On any given night, you can find something special at Lee’s Family Forum. Whether you are watching the future stars of the Vegas Golden Knights hit the ice with the Henderson Silver Knights, sitting front row to the world’s fastest football with the Vegas Knight Hawks, or watching some of the best volleyball players on […]
Early voting begins Saturday for the June 11 primary. Here’s what you need to know.
Colin Czech is accused of killing a man outside a downtown convenience store and eating parts of the victim’s face, police said.
The Las Vegas Strip casino introduced a new tier in its loyalty program, and visitors will need to reach at least that tier to receive unlimited free parking.
Harry Reid International Airport said its parking was in “high demand” this weekend, and expected Terminal 1 long term and economy parking to be at capacity.