A drone video shows abandoned mine openings before and after they were filled in by a construction crew working in the hills just west of Fort Apache and Warm Springs roads. (Nevada Division of Minerals)
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Following four years of work and lengthy discussion on the need for better prepared high school graduates, the State Board of Education adopted new criteria for a standard high school diploma on Thursday. The requirements were increased from 22.5 credits to 23, adding two credits to demonstrate college or career readiness while reducing elective courses from 7.5 to 6 credits. The changes will take effect beginning with Nevada’s class of 2022, or next year’s freshmen. The change in the diploma reflects a change in need — board Vice President Mark Newburn noted that far fewer jobs require only a high school diploma or less today than was the case in the 1970s.
Sneak peak at the new “Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire” VR experience at the Grand Canal Shoppes.
Golden Knights fans will have to wait a little longer to show support for their team on a license plate. Officials with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles say the department has gone back-and-forth with the team for six months over the design of the plates. Once Knights submit a design, it will only take a few weeks for the DMV to manufacture, distribute and solicit sales for the plates. The plate’s Knights insignia, logos and messages may only take up roughly one-third of the specialty plates, leaving enough room for “Nevada” at the top and the license number. The plates will cost $37, followed by a $10 annual renewal fee.
The Las Vegas Medical Marijuana Association hosted a media tour of three dispensaries on April 20 April 20th (420) is the unofficial national celebration of marijuana Reporters toured NuWu Cannabis, run by the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe and called the largest dispensary in the world They toured Acres Cannabis, which has developed the first fully legal marijuana farmers market in Nevada The tour ended at Exhale Nevada, which wants to market itself more to medical marijuana buyers
Donald Contursi talks about Lip Smacking Foodie Tours, which offers walking tours of restaurants on and off Las Vegas Boulevard with food samples and tidbits of history about the places they visit.
Paris Wade, who made national headlines for operating the “Liberty Writers” website and boasts about getting President Donald Trump elected in 2016, speaks during an interview with the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Friday, April 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. Wade is running for Nevada Assembly. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal @bizutesfaye
Nevada State College is pursuing the creation of a master’s in speech pathology program. It will be the college’s first master’s program, and is being created to help with the growing workforce demand for speech pathologists. NSC students volunteer at a RiteCare speech language pathology clinic
as part of the program.
Patriot Place Apartments, an affordable housing facility that gives preference to veterans, started moving people in in August. The apartment buildings have 41, one-bedroom and 9 two-bedrooms and provide rental assistance or subsidized rent to residents based on their income. Thirteen apartments were fully furnished and set-aside specifically for low-income veterans with a disability and who are facing the challenges of homelessness. The facility also offers activities like crafting to help vets socialize and build confidence. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Captain Sasha Larkin, of Metro’s Northwest Area Command, discusses what issues face the northwest valley’s residents and what police are doing to address them. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal)