The money will go toward the planting of about 3,000 trees in neighborhoods surrounding UNLV and in east Las Vegas, the Historic Westside and some parts of North Las Vegas.
Education
Joey Gilbert will now serve as the Douglas County School District’s legal counsel after its Board of Trustees voted to select his law firm for the job.
School police will increase their presence at Thurman White Middle School in Henderson on Friday after threatening social media posts were shared online.
CCSD union teachers overwhelmingly don’t trust the superintendent’s ability to decide how to spend additional state money, according to survey results released Thursday.
An autistic Jewish Clark High School student came home from school in mid-March with what appeared to be a swastika scratched into his back, according to the Israeli-American Council.
The Clark County School District holds meetings twice a year where employees are involuntarily transferred to other sites based on student enrollment.
The Clark County School Board will consider authorizing a second $9 million settlement agreement in a case related to a former school bus driver who is serving prison time for sexually assaulting preschoolers.
UNLV’s winter commencement featured two Latina students graduating with Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering.
The purpose of an advisory board is to “facilitate broad community input and to provide advice and assistance to local school precincts and the Clark County School Board of Trustees,” according to a draft ordinance.
Two employees at Legacy High School were injured while breaking up a fight on campus on Friday, school officials said.
The nonprofit Green Our Planet held the nation’s largest student-run farmers market Thursday at the Clark County Government Center.
Lt. Gov. Lisa Cano Burkhead announced Thursday she filed a bill draft request that would allow for at least one appointed member on each Nevada school board.
Centennial High School Principal Keith Wipperman has been reinstated after parents and students protested his removal this month.
A ribbon cutting and opening event was held Tuesday at the West Henderson Library on Bicentennial Parkway. It included western-themed activities.
Borrowers who meet income requirements can get up to $10,000 in federal student loan forgiveness, and Pell Grant recipients can get up to $20,000.