Even before it opens, management at McCarran International Airport has decided that they had too few gates for flights from other countries.
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Upcoming book event highlights include Summerlin author Debra Gauthier’s plans to sign “Bright Lights, Dark Places: Pioneering as a Female Police Officer in Las Vegas” and Las Vegas Writers Group’s plans to feature Rick Lax, author of “Fool Me Once,” “Lawyer Boy” and the soon-to-be-released “I Get Paid for This.”
“Uptown Dreams” by Kelli London, tells the tale of four students at Harlem’s Academy of Creative and Performing Arts.
Event highlights this week in Paradise and downtown include Insurgo Theater’s original production “Nutcracker,” Jewish Community Night at The Venetian, the Bagel Ball and the last two midnight shows of “Santa Claus vs. the Martians.”
Students in the Clark County School District come into the lunchroom every day expecting a tasty meal, but few of them know the lengths that food service staff go through to feed all 309,000 of them. The staff at Kelly Elementary School near downtown Las Vegas, stands above the rest, having just received the district’s first Food Service Five Star Award for excellence in the areas of health, safety and attitude.
The president of the Charleston Neighborhood Preservation Association is June Ingram. A Dec. 6 Paradise/Downtown View article titled “Lieburn had pivotal role in opening senior center” identified the president incorrectly.
The sound of a trumpet blaring over the loudspeaker is the first clue that this is not a regular clinic day at the UNLV School of Dental Medicine. This is the Sergeant Clint Ferrin Dental Clinic, which provides care to veterans with no dental coverage.
Students with special needs were given the opportunity to learn the importance of using the crosswalk and to practice how to properly cross the street.
“All evil includes sin, but not all sin is evil.” Would lying fit here? For example: lying is a sin, but lying to save somebody from harm is not evil. “Crime most often includes sin, but not all sin is criminal.” Would consensual sex between two single adults fit here? Their act is a sin because they are not married, but it is not a crime.
Brady Bowles, founder of His Hands Ministry, spends most of his time and little income hosting Bible studies and community outreach events for people of all ages, operating out of an old church building on Roosevelt Street in North Las Vegas, just north of downtown Las Vegas.
There’s Christmas spirit, and then there’s allowing the hoopla of the season to seep into every aspect of life. For the last 25 years, Tom Devoe has comfortably managed somewhere in the middle. The 69-year-old’s white hair and bristly beard are his signature look from March to Dec. 26. Neighbors, grandkids and strangers greet him as “Santa.”
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Las Vegas Personal Injury attorney Ryan Alexander has always believed that the holidays should be a time of joy, hope, and togetherness. Determined to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others, he launched his charitable initiative, “Give Hope & Help.”
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The mountains were expected to get between eight and 16 inches for areas above 7,500 feet, said the National Weather Service, with wind gusts up to 35 mph.
Last year, about 10,000 Christmas trees transformed into 86 tons of mulch for use in city parks.
Rosa Cortez was unanimously ratified as a deputy city manager on Aug. 20, becoming the first Latina at the post in the municipality’s history.
A lawyer for Carrie Cox asked a judge to dismiss a felony charge against the Henderson councilwoman for allegedly recording another councilwoman’s private conversation due to insufficient evidence.
