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Literary Las Vegas: Heidi Loeb Hegerich

Like her “Love Target” protagonist, Nevada author Heidi Loeb Hegerich was an underage Las Vegas showgirl in the ’50s and swinging ’60s.

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Arizona candidate for UNLV president talks qualifications

Len Jessup, dean of the University of Arizona’s Eller School of Management and one of three candidates to be UNLV’s next president, told a packed audience of faculty, students and alumni that he was ready to take on the mandate of making the university a prestigious research school.

CCSD: More performance ratings fall than rise

Nevada’s public schools ratings were released Friday, along with detailed data on student performance, discipline and staffing for the 2013-14 school year that’s used by the Nevada Department of Education to assign one to five stars to 633 campuses.

Two accused in Las Vegas school cheating reinstated

State School Superintendent Dale Erquiaga responded Monday to critics who say his investigation of alleged proficiency test cheating at Kelly Elementary School was built on “manipulated and manufactured” evidence to prove a “predetermined outcome.”

Conservative think tank proposes school improvements

The Nevada Policy Research Institute released a report this week claiming to have found 33 ways to improve Nevada’s education system without spending more taxpayer money.

Tuberculosis case investigated at Coronado High School

An individual at Coronado High School has been diagnosed with contagious pulmonary tuberculosis, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.

Henderson man launches foundation to feed children

One hour after Dale Darcas got word that his father had died on Father’s Day weekend in 2012, he was told that the nonprofit he served as executive director for two years, Caring 4 Kids was being put to rest, too.

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COMEDY MAGICIAN MAC KING TO HOST BOOK DRIVE THROUGH FEBRUARY

Ghost who goes moo can’t keep dancers away from new facility

The new dance room at the Winchester Cultural Center at 3130 S. McLeod Drive was opened and dedicated Jan. 25 despite complications that some staff members joked were caused by the ghost of a cow.

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