The Henderson City Council unanimously approved nearly $2.02 million in city fee increases and cost savings Tuesday to help bridge a large budget shortfall. The Council approved cutting back some parks and recreation services, including decreasing hours at the Heritage Park Senior Facility and other recreation centers, eliminating a weekend food program at senior centers and increasing some fees.
Clark County commissioners voted to change the way medical marijuana licenses are divvied up in a unanimous vote that took from Henderson and North Las Vegas, gave big to the county and contributed a slight bump to the city of Las Vegas. In a move by Commissioners Steve Sisolak and Chris Giunchigliani, the number of medical marijuana licenses was revised based on population.
Helldorado Days, the city’s annual five-day tribute to its Wild West heritage, includes a parade that will close downtown streets Saturday.
Gaming industry icon Burton Cohen died Monday at his home in the Regency Towers in the Las Vegas Country Club, sources tell the Review-Journal. During his 50 years in Las Vegas, Cohen ran a number of major casinos, including Desert Inn, Dunes and Frontier.
Clark County officials have extended an air quality advisory for dust until 5 p.m. Tuesday. The advisory had been scheduled to expire Tuesday morning.
A man was stabbed during an apparent robbery in the east valley Tuesday afternoon, Las Vegas police said. Officers responded to calls near East Sahara Avenue and Lamb Boulevard and found the victim with a stab wound.
Las Vegas police are looking for a man who escaped from an Oregon mental health facility and is suspected of killing his grandfather. Metro police said they believe Steven Woodard, 43, killed an elderly man in a home near Tropicana Avenue and Eastern Avenue in the Southeast valley.
A Tuesday morning suicide shut down eastbound Summerlin Parkway near the U.S. 95 for nearly five hours. Nevada Highway Patrol responded just before 5:30 a.m. to a woman who jumped from the Summerlin Parkway overpass.
Henderson City Council will consider cutting back some parks and recreation services, including decreasing hours at the Heritage Park Senior Facility and eliminating a weekend food program at both senior centers, and increasing some fees to generate revenue.
One person is dead after a Tuesday morning shooting near Boulder Highway and Tropicana Avenue.
