Teachers union leaders are lashing out at their former executive director and the Clark County School District superintendent in response to Sunday’s Review-Journal stories about huge salaries drawn by union officials and the questionable spending of $2.4 million in taxpayer funds.
Wesley Barrientos, who lost his legs to a roadside bomb in Iraq, cranked his three-wheeled cycle with his hands and arms Tuesday, headed north on U.S. 95 from Laughlin with fellow veteran Jeremy Staat riding a bicycle beside him. They were in the ninth day of a 4,163-mile ride from the Wall of Valor in Bakersfield, Calif., to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.
Everybody loves being first.
Las Vegas-born and -raised artist/author Ashlee Fletcher put her illustration bachelor’s degree from Laguna College of Art & Design to work in her first book, “My Dog, My Cat,” published by Tanglewood Books.
Mary Jo Buttafuoco, who was shot in the head by former “Long Island Lolita” Amy Fisher in 1992, has tied the knot in Las Vegas.
Every year, Dan Dykes’ son advanced another grade closer to high school graduation.
Native American culture and the spirit of the contemporary powwow are the subjects of the newest exhibit at the Clark County Museum. The exhibit, “What Continues the Dream: Contemporary Arts and Crafts from the Powwow Tradition,” is on loan from the Nevada Arts Council’s Nevada Touring Initiative and runs until May 6 at the museum, 1830 S. Boulder Highway.
