Thousands of Southern Nevadans gathered in downtown Las Vegas on Friday for the annual Veterans Day Parade.
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It’s been speculated that payday loan stores have a specific business target: low-income, minority neighborhoods and other at-risk groups.
During World War II, Clark County created the Las Vegas Army Air Field to help train pilots how to use machine guns on bombers. In the 75 years since, it was renamed Nellis Air Force Base, which still has portions of the gunnery school air field. The county is honoring that history with its latest exhibit, “Training the Gunners: America’s First Flexible Gunnery School and the Las Vegas Army Air Field.”
While one may survive military service, those hoping to find peace and comfort inside their newly civilian uniform may find it’s not an easy transition. To easily connect veterans with resources and services, the Veterans Transition Resource Center opened this month.
Too often, veterans return from war with memories of unspeakable violence and horror. They’ve survived the worst that humanity has to offer, and while they may have left the war in another county, a tougher battle is waiting for them at home.
Charles Baker did everything right in life, but he fell through the cracks. A retired Marine, he grew up in downtown Las Vegas and said he knew an education was his ticket out of the circumstances he saw.