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A seat on the North Las Vegas City Council isn’t cheap, according to campaign finance reports filed July 15. In the contentious Ward 4 race, candidates Wade Wagner and Richard Cherchio — who were separated by one vote — spent a combined $330,835. After much legal back-and-forth that included a recount of the votes July 22, Wagner was sworn in as the representative.
The city’s recreational centers will stay open for now as the North Las Vegas City Council studies its finances. Families carrying signs that read “Save our park + rec services,” again packed City Hall, 2200 Civic Center Drive, during the council’s Aug. 3 meeting to beg city officials to keep open Silver Mesa Recreation Center, 4025 Allen Lane, and Neighborhood Recreation Center, 1638 N. Bruce St. The young and the old spoke in favor of keeping the centers open and argued the same points — maintaining active, healthy lifestyles and keeping children off the streets — as they did a few weeks ago when the council had considered the closures.
North Las Vegas houses the only beer distributor in the nation for Castello Premium Lagers. The Italian brews have been cropping up in the valley since mid-July from the Las Vegas Beer & Beverage Company’s 13,500-square-foot warehouse at 4606 Andrews St., Suite 2. Father-son duo Adam and Amesh Patel are the exclusive importers and distributors for the beer nationwide. They’re targeting pizzerias, restaurant chains, hotels and sports bars and are distributed in 25 states.
The Summerlin area’s newest trailhead at the Hualapai Canyon Trail lacks a parking lot, and with no street parking allowed, users are finding it a challenge to access.
For those who complain about the quality of education, kids who grow up unable to read or do math, teacher competency, the dropout rate and almost every other aspect of public schooling, here’s your chance to personally do something about it. The Clark County School District’s School-Community Partnership Program has been in place for 28 years and needs volunteers.
Retired political science professor Ted Gurr has written plenty of books, but his latest work, “Coming of Age in the West 1883-1906,” hits particularly close to home as it’s about his uncle Will Gurr’s time living on his own along Alaska’s Inside Passage.
Being a Girl Scout is more than earning badges and selling cookies. For these girls, it’s about giving back to the community.
Local girl scouts Vada Ortiz, 15, and Ashley Smith, 14, spent 19 days in India last month helping women and children learn about health and hygiene, nutrition and participated in other community projects.
Plans to restore the Historic Westside School campus including visions of million-dollar mixed use development — with retail and residential similar to Town Square or the District — were presented at a July 25 community workshop by Kelvin Haywood and Mel Green of KME Architects.