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Racially charged situations topic at Black History Month event

“We’re talking about, how do you navigate stress in face-to-face encounters that relate to race? People get nervous when racial conversations come up,” Stevenson said. “They don’t know what to do. They get tongue-tied and end up making bad decisions in general because of it.”

Debate team pair brings UNLV national recognition

Football, basketball and other sports teams often look beyond state borders to recruit talented athletes. But another competitive organization on UNLV’s campus didn’t have to travel far to find one of its top performers.

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Squires Elementary archers take tournament

The North Las Vegas team’s top 18 students will compete next in the western nationals tournament of the National Archery in Schools Program in Utah in April.

Atkinson back to driving UNLV’s med school since health scare

A major health scare forced Barbara Atkinson away from her duties for about four months last year, leaving a medical school three weeks shy of its opening date hanging in the balance.

Misconduct training videos for Clark County schools criticized

Clark County schools had a chance to lead the nation in training employees on appropriate relationships with students but instead issued flawed videos that fail to address a number of concerns, according to experts who reviewed the new recordings at the request of the Review-Journal.

Student arrested over threats against Las Vegas middle school

A student was arrested Friday after allegedly issuing a threat aimed at Cadwallader Middle School, Clark County School District officials announced Friday afternoon. It was the second arrest of a Clark County student this week.

New contractor to get UNLV housing project back on track

Construction on the site of the complex ended in September with the project 73 percent complete because of disputes that arose between Midby, the project’s developer, and its former general contractor, the Korte Company.

CSN’s North Las Vegas campus announces job fair

The College of Southern Nevada’s North Las Vegas campus will hold a job fair aimed at connecting students with 42 local companies, college officials said.

Clark County school trustees delay vote on gender policy

The Clark County School Board once again delays a vote on whether to craft a policy on how to address the needs of gender-diverse students, sparking backlash at individual trustees from people on both sides of the controversial debate.

 
Las Vegas teen arrested after threatening shooting at Rancho High

Police said the student called one of the district offices and made the threat, after which police were able to track him down and arrest him without incident Wednesday evening in a public place.