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Henderson library campaign asks public to knit for charity

The Gibson Library ‘s fourth annual Crafting for a Cause donation campaign is set to begin Oct. 7. The library will provide people with yarn to take home and craft blankets, hats, mittens, booties or other items to be donated to Las Vegas Valley charities and nonprofits.

Budget cuts not equally felt across school district

“We’re feeling the pinch in other areas, but not in a way that’s directly impacting kids,” Miller Middle School principal Nicole Donadio said.

‘Eclectic’ mix of vendors fill Foodie Fest in Henderson

Food trucks from the Las Vegas area and neighboring states filled the parking lot outside the resort, serving sushi burritos, shrimp skewers, funnel cakes, beef jerky, barbecue, pizza and burgers.

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Henderson one step closer to retail marijuana sales

Henderson inched closer to the sale of legalized recreational marijuana Tuesday night after city officials approved ordinances days before a 7-month moratorium expires.

Henderson appoints member to housing authority

The Henderson City Council appointed Cherryl Young as the resident commissioner to the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.

Henderson barbecue eatery reflects owner’s Georgia roots

After starting in a parking lot with just a tent and a meat smoker, Derrick and Bernadette Eason were able to buy their ownrestaurant space in late May and expand Boss’s Slow Smoked Barbecue.

Henderson boy, 11, volunteers at memory-care facility

Amid the bustling dining room in Poet’s Walk Memory Care Facility, dinner is served to the home’s elderly residents, and the buzz of conversation seems to overtake the setting. Workers and aids move about the room, but the quickest of the workers is a young boy, clad in a full suit, who whisks from table to table, serving plates, pouring drinks and making conversation at each table – his braces shining behind his wide smile.

New flyover ramp to relieve traffic out of McCarran opens

A new $52.5 million flyover ramp linking the southbound Airport Connector tunnel to the eastbound 215 Beltway was christened Monday morning, aimed at relieving traffic headed out of McCarran International Airport.