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Firefighters douse burning booth at Sands convention center

Clark County fire crews fought a fire at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on Thursday night. Firefighters responded to the alarm at 8:15 p.m. with four engines, a truck, a rescue vehicle and two battalion chiefs.

 
Biker’s attorney sues Metro in federal court

A Nevada attorney who was acquitted of a misdemeanor obstruction charge in March has sued the Metropolitan Police Department in U.S. District Court, claiming violation of constitutional rights, false arrest and negligence.

Higher education emerging as legislative priority

Higher education reform is emerging as a key priority among Southern Nevada leaders as they begin drafting a policy agenda for the upcoming legislative term in Carson City.

Book Review: ‘Heroes of the American West’ tells tales of Buffalo Soldiers

At the beginning of the Civil War, many freedmen and recent-runaway slaves tried to enlist in the Army to fight for the North. There were laws against that kind of thing then, but after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the Union Army was open to former slaves.

Las Vegas Book Briefs for Nov. 12-18, 2015

Local author and College of Southern Nevada professor Laura McBride is set to talk about her novel “We Are Called to Rise” from 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 14 at the Paseo Verde Library.

Literary Las Vegas: April Awalt

After bedtime stories, Henderson resident April Awalt always told her son, Christopher, that she loved him to the moon and back. One night, he countered with “Mommy, I love you to the sun and back because it is farther.”

Angry tenants voice complaints about Downtown Container Park

Tony Hsieh’s beloved Downtown Container Park may publicly sport a happy face, but behind the scenes Downtown Project’s flagship commercial center has some unhappy tenants.