In downtown Las Vegas, inspiration is being drawn from Houston, Denver and Barcelona to revamp a stretch of Third Street into a walkable corridor and a place for people to congregate.
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Isaac Barron was selected by his City Council colleagues to serve the next year as mayor pro-tem, making him the first Latino to hold the position in North Las Vegas.
Two men were arrested Monday in connection with the shooting death of a 22-year-old man that morning in the northeast valley.
Abel Correa’s family still has doubts about the man’s fatal shooting by Las Vegas police in August.
When utility boxes on South Maryland Parkway were painted over less than a year after their completion as public artwork for Clark County’s Zap 7 Project, suspicion immediately fell to nearby business manager Paul Klein because he had previously complained about the piece while it was still in progress by local artist Lance Smith.
Until January, Glenn Smith had been performing on stage all of his adult life. That’s when his son took ill, and he stopped performing to take care of him.
As of May 25, Rebekah Solorzano, 18, completed her senior year at Chaparral High School. That same day, Solorzano was named grand prize winner of the Every Kid in a Park art contest sponsored by the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and Forever Resorts, the National Park Service concessionaire donating the prizes. Solorzano will have her artwork featured on a collectible sticker in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area gift store.
Someone with a mental disorder may be the last person to realize they need help. According to the World Health Organization, mental illnesses account for more disability in developed countries than any other group of illnesses.
Parisian Django Reinhardt’s left side of his body was severely burned, partially paralyzing two of his fingers, and yet he discovered the music of Louis Armstrong and other New Orleans jazz and swing artists, combined it with the traditional Romani music of his people and invented a new form of jazz.
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