With its kempt Scotch ’80s homes on one end and its aging infrastructure on the other, Ward 1 seems to be a tale of two cities.
About 100,000 people live in one of the city’s oldest areas, battling graffiti, drug houses, decaying sidewalks and abandoned homes. Squatters have taken over on some properties, at times, pirating electricity and other utilities.
Question: Help! My Italian cypress are drying out and dying mostly from the top down. They have their own bubblers for water.
Clark County School District administrators, counselors and teachers visited about 300 homes across the Las Vegas Valley on a recent Saturday morning as part of the Reclaim Your Future initiative to encourage students who have not enrolled this year to come back to class.
Children with disabilities face an uphill battle in school as it is. For those without parents or guardians to look out for their best interests, it’s even tougher.
The Educational Surrogate Parent Program provides these children with an advocate whose sole purpose is to ensure their academic needs are being met.
If you have ever aspired to hike the world-famous Zion Narrows, over the next month or so is an ideal time to do so. Water and air temperatures remain as pleasant as they’ll ever be, and the threat of flash flooding is lower than the last couple of months.
Joi A. Goynes, a 2011 graduate of Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School, maintained the level of Merit Scholar throughout high school.
For three days only, discovering Greece won’t require a costly trip around the globe. The annual Las Vegas Greek Festival is scheduled Friday through Sunday at the St. John Greek Orthodox Church, 5300 S. El Camino Road.
