Southern Nevada, along with Central Arizona and Southern California, make up a “hot zone” that is reporting the highest number of mosquito-borne West Nile virus cases in the country. The Southern Nevada Health District recently reported 28 cases of West Nile virus in Clark County. (Le’Andre Fox/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
CCSD and the CCEA have reached an agreement on teacher pay avoiding a potential strike from teachers all across the Clark County School District.
Stainless steel cables are being put into place at Allegiant Stadium to begin the process of putting the roof on the 65,000-seat stadium in Las Vegas. Stadium Chief Operating Officer Don Webb explains how the cables will be used to get the roof put on the future home of the Raiders and UNLV football. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Jason Goudie, the chief financial officer for the Clark County School District, talks about teacher pay and raises. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Known as the only medically supervised camp of its kind in Nevada, Camp Mend-a-Heart at Torino Ranch is completely cost-free for children ages 7-18 who are born with or have developed a serious heart condition. (Cassie Soto/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The newest member of the Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat family at The Mirage is making a big splash. The unnamed calf was born to first-time mother Bella on Aug. 16 and marks the fourth generation of dolphins born at the habitat. (Cassie Soto/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The 32-foot-tall marshmallow-like structure was torn down Tuesday night, as part of owner Alex Meruelo’s re-branding of SLS Las Vegas, but the statue did not go down without a bang. The hotel is going back to its original name and will officially become Sahara Las Vegas on Thursday, with ongoing changes to the resort happening through 2020. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dana Fishburn, the acting deputy field office director for ICE in Nevada, talks about issues faced by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, at the ICE Field office in Las Vegas on Aug, 23, 2019. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
