Higher Ground Climbing and Wellness aims to introduce underprivileged youth to rock climbing and appears to be the first nonprofit of its kind in Las Vegas.
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Just past the ninth anniversary of the Newtown, Connecticut, mass shooting, the leader of the Sandy Hook memorial project offers advice to 1 October Memorial Committee.
The contribution from a Las Vegas law firm was announced Wednesday by the 1 October Memorial Committee during its monthly meeting.
A look back at the immediate and lasting impact that the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, had on our state.
In the shadow of 9/11, some found a path into law enforcement. Others remained on course, but with a renewed sense of service for their country.
THT Health’s latest financial crisis was detailed in a letter sent this week to medical providers.
“I have no choice but to resign immediately,” the woman wrote. “I simply wouldn’t be able to look my daughter in the eye or myself in the mirror otherwise.”
“The Mesquite Police Department’s attempt to misrepresent what happened to her for their own political gain demonstrates a misogynistic culture,” said the city’s former attorney.
Jessica DuPreez, the fiancee of Henderson casino manager “Big Mike” Freedy, now urges everyone to get vaccinated.
“I think it demonstrates as much as anything does that their heart is where it ought to be as we work on this,” Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson said of MGM Resorts International.
“This is an interesting walk down memory lane that I think I denied myself for a long time,” said the former agent, who led the FBI’s Las Vegas office in 2001.
A study showed that up to 40 percent of domestic violence victims stayed in abusive situations rather than leave their pets behind, yet only 17 percent of U.S. shelters allow pets.
The investigation began after the officer changed his Facebook profile photo to a shot of himself outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the day of the four-hour riot.
The online survey, which included 15 questions and was distributed by the 1 October Memorial Committee, ran between March 1 and 14.
The 83-year-old Las Vegas man, who worked for the Clark County School District, was known for his motto: “Today is a great day to be above the ground.”
Updated numbers from the state Department of Health and Human Services put Nevada’s cumulative totals at 300,680 cases and 5,161 deaths.
A Las Vegas police spokesman said a passerby called 911 to report a man had been struck by a brown sedan but “was awake.”
Some are who we think of as first responders — health-care workers, police officers and firefighters — but others were unexpectedly thrust into the coronavirus’ crosshairs.
More than 5,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Nevada. The victims came from all walks of life. They were doctors, nurses, educators. Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters. Our neighbors.
“When we first announced we were moving here, we knew we were going to bring this issue of importance with us,” said Marc Badain, president of the Raiders.
After his cousin died, Truman Brown recognized a need in the heart of the city’s Black community for access to affordable funeral services.