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North Las Vegas to use grant for ‘livable center’ study

The Regional Transportation Committee of Southern Nevada put out a call for projects last year offering a competitive grant to help further economic development, according to Johanna Murphy, the city’s principal planner. North Las Vegas received the grant, which will pay for “livable center” construction.

Las Vegas integration pioneer’s notes detail others’ cruelty

When Brenda Williams’s husband, Monroe, became one of the Las Vegas Fire Department’s first two African-American employees in July 1963, some of his new coworkers weren’t welcoming. After Monroe’s death in 2012 , Brenda found detailed accounts of the harsh treatment in notes Monroe had written before he died. He’d never told her about it.

 
Las Vegas veterans get new shine from village’s salon

The T.H.E. (Total Hair Experience) Salon at the downtown Veterans Village II complex will offer free makeovers, including hair-removal waxing if requested, to all new residents and serve current residents at cut-rate prices.