The state’s Democratic Party chairman will face off against a former Las Vegas fire chief, seeking to replace Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly in District D.
Shea Johnson
Former Local Government Reporter
Unlike three other Clark County Commission races, the contest for District C is pitting two candidates against each other who hold political experience.
Marilyn Kirkpatrick, the Democratic chairwoman of the Clark County Commission, faces a Republican and third-party challenger to her quest for a second full term in District B.
Both candidates battling it out to be Clark County Commissioner for District A, including the incumbent, are similar in at least one way: Neither has been elected to the office before.
Clark County officials will allow 250 people to attend the 1 October Sunrise Remembrance on Thursday morning, to echo the governor’s easing of a statewide limit on crowd size.
Las Vegas will pause to remember the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history during events to observe the third anniversary of the Oct. 1, 2017, attack.
Officials are urging the public to watch the 1 October Sunrise Remembrance ceremony remotely this year, in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
The pipeline would transport 86,000 acre-feet each year from the Colorado River to Washington County in Utah. Opponents say it will be a drain on the river’s water supply.
Southern Nevada faces a $342 million annual shortfall to effectively tackle a homelessness crisis that regional officials continue to fear will be worsened by the coronavirus pandemic.
Phil Stoeckinger, an ex-deputy director of Economic and Urban Development, filed a federal lawsuit against the city in October 2018, a year after his departure from City Hall.
Clark County expects to assist as many as 15,000 households struggling with housing payments due to the coronavirus pandemic, using $50 million in federal relief dollars either earmarked by commissioners or provided by the state.
The mother of a 14-year-old boy struck and killed by a car as he crossed a southeastern Las Vegas thoroughfare in April has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Clark County over an out-of-service crosswalk.
The first marijuana dispensary in Las Vegas’ Ward 5 was approved over the objections of the councilman who represents the area, Cedric Crear.
Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria is hosting a virtual town hall on Facebook at 6 p.m. Thursday to provide information to the public and answer questions about the Nov. 3 general election.
After distributing over $2 million to more than 500 small businesses this summer, Clark County is opening a second round of grant funding to help establishments hurt by the pandemic to pay rent, utilities, employees and more.
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