An excuse to visit Las Vegas was a reason several runners cited for participating in Sunday’s races, including a marathon, half-marathon and 10K. More than 40,000 people from 50 states and 86 countries registered for the event, according to organizers.
The event, billed as the largest Veterans Day parade west of the Mississippi, lasted about two hours and featured more than 100 parade groups, including Mayor Carolyn Goodman and her husband, former Mayor Oscar Goodman. Sunday’s event was the 23rd put on by the nonprofit Veterans Action Group.
State is home to enough old mines and other former industrial sites to accommodate the new solar, wind and geothermal plants that would enable it to reach the 50 percent renewable energy standard, an analysis shows.
With two newly elected members, the trustees appear to be unified as the district readies itself to fight for a new formula for funding education and settles into operations under a new superintendent.
Most of the valley is not expected to hit freezing, the weather service said, but areas like Mountain’s Edge, Summerlin, Nellis Air Force Base and higher terrain in Henderson could experience temperatures in the low 30s.
