Nevada Energy Foundation contribution bolsters science education

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

July 22, 2013 - 2:59 pm

New funding will help renew a program that helps support Nevada educators in science-based environmental education.

NV Energy, NV Energy Foundation and the Desert Research Institute renewed their commitment to continue to support pre-kindergarten to grade 12 educators in shaping the next generation of scientists, according to a news release.

The Nevada Energy Foundation contributed $180,000 to support the GreenPower program for two years. An additional $70,400 from NV Energy will fund an expansion of the program’s Energy Wise Educators Academy throughout the state.

Food service workers pull completed trays off assembly lines at CCSD’s Central Kitchen T ...

40M meals per year: Inside the kitchen that feeds CCSD’s students

By Spencer Levering / RJ

December 29, 2025 - 7:30 am

CCSD’s Central Kitchen is the school district’s hub for producing and distributing meals that fed students an average of 238,000 meals per day last year.

Don’t toss your Christmas tree, Las Vegas. UNLV wants to turn it into mulch

By Alan Halaly / RJ

December 25, 2025 - 2:19 pm

Last year, about 10,000 Christmas trees transformed into 86 tons of mulch for use in city parks.

Developer aims to break ground next year on university campus in North Las Vegas

By Eli Segall / RJ

December 26, 2025 - 8:02 am

A California real estate firm plans to develop a new building for a Southern Nevada university.

Boulder City High School head football coach coach Frank "Bubba" Mariani poses for a portrait i ...

Police investigating high school football coach after player alleges ‘disgusting’ behavior

By Bill Evans Boulder City Review

December 19, 2025 - 8:53 am

The mother of a Boulder City High School football player said she filed a complaint with police about coach Frank “Bubba” Mariani after her son alleged Mariani made “disgusting” sexual comments and gestures around the team.

Police investigate a two-vehicle crash involving a school bus Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, on East ...

2-vehicle crash in east Las Vegas Valley involves school bus

By Tony Garcia / RJ

December 18, 2025 - 9:21 am

Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash involving a school bus Thursday morning in the east Las Vegas Valley. No children were reported injured.

Trustees listen to student presenters during the last Clark County School Board meeting of the ...

Amid decline in enrollment, School Board revises final budget

By Spencer Levering / RJ

December 11, 2025 - 8:10 pm

The last board meeting of the year was filled with reflection on the school district’s accomplishments in 2025 and a vote to revise the district’s budget as enrollment falls.

‘This is just a start’: Lombardo, educators mark school zone safety bill signing

By Spencer Levering / RJ

December 11, 2025 - 6:20 pm

Superintendent Jhone Ebert said more than 200 students in Clark County have been struck this year, a remarkable increase from years prior. A new bill aims to curb that.

Members of UNLV's student government unveil an art piece during a memorial event commemorating ...

Two years after shooting, UNLV community gathers to remember ‘unthinkable tragedy’

By Bryan Horwath / RJ

December 6, 2025 - 3:36 pm

Three professors were killed and one assistant professor was critically injured in the Dec. 6, 2023, shooting on UNLV’s campus.

Nevada System of Higher Education Regent Heather Brown listens as fellow Regent Stephanie Goodm ...

‘Nobody wants to pay more’: Nevada Board of Regents punts on proposed tuition, fee hikes

By Casey Harrison / RJ

December 6, 2025 - 6:30 am

The regents delayed consideration of a proposal that could raise tuition by as much as 12 percent and increase other fees that some officials say are needed to offset a $46.5 million budget shortfall.

An artist rendering of the future NSU North Las Vegas Campus. (Courtesy of Agora Realty)

‘First official step’ taken toward opening of Nevada State University campus in NLV

By Bryan Horwath / RJ

December 6, 2025 - 6:15 am

Nevada State University is a step closer toward opening a new campus in North Las Vegas following a Board of Regents vote Friday, officials announced.