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AMERICA’S NEWEST CITIZENS GREETED AT OATH CEREMONY

April 13, 2011 - 8:36 am

Twenty new Americans were sworn in Tuesday during a citizenship ceremony in front of students at Henderson’s Thurman White Middle School. They are show above receiving congratulations from dignitaries, including U.S. District Court judge Lloyd D. George and Vegas Confidential’s Norm Clarke, who was invited by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Las Vegas to be the keynote speakere. (See Norm’s Wednesday column). (Photo courtesy Ryan Gourley)

Personal care aid Irma Nunez stretches a client's legs in April 2021 in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmi ...

Home care workers get $16 minimum wage increase in new Nevada budget

By McKenna Ross / RJ

June 7, 2023 - 5:11 pm

The pay raise for home care workers is significant in an industry where demand for their services is growing, while median wages have stagnated over a decade.

Mike Janssen at Las Vegas City Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Ellen Schmidt/Las ...

City of Las Vegas gets a new leader

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

June 7, 2023 - 4:21 pm

The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday voted to appoint Mike Janssen, the city’s infrastructure director, as the new city manager.

The Henderson City Council approved an ordinance prohibiting camping in public spaces despite s ...

Henderson council passes ordinance outlawing public camping

By Mark Credico / RJ

June 7, 2023 - 2:37 pm

The ordinance amends Henderson’s city code regulating public camping in the city, expanding the legal definition of camping and outlawing camping in public spaces.

Clark County Water Reclamation District workers responded to a sewage leak at the Whitney Lift ...

More than 850,000 gallons of sewage spills in east valley

By Colton Lochhead / RJ

June 7, 2023 - 5:07 pm

A leak at a wastewater pumping station caused the sewage to spill out of a manhole, and some of it ended up in a wash that leads to Lake Mead.

The Colorado River meanders within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area near the Hite Cross ...

Agency now has power to limit residential water use in Las Vegas

By Colton Lochhead / RJ

June 7, 2023 - 3:56 pm

Nevada is the first state in the nation to give a local water agency the power to limit individual home water use.

‘Incredibly hesitant’: Nevada lawmakers question A’s ballpark backers

By Taylor R. Avery, Jessica Hill and Mick Akers / RJ

June 7, 2023 - 10:38 pm

State senators peppered supporters of the Oakland A’s stadium project with questions during a hearing in a special session.

After 3-month pause, Hawaii’s Kilauea begins erupting

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Mark Thiessen The Associated Press

June 7, 2023 - 2:50 pm

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said in a statement that a glow was detected in webcam images from Kilauea’s summit early in the morning

FILE - Chris Licht attends the 16th annual CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute on Dec. 11, 2022, in New ...

CNN chief executive Chris Licht out after tumultuous run

By David Bauder The Associated Press

June 7, 2023 - 1:29 pm

A lengthy profile in Atlantic magazine that came out on Friday, titled “Inside the Meltdown at CNN,” proved embarrassing and likely sealed his fate.

Kim Frankel, a former detective with the Washoe County Sheriff's Office, was diagnosed with dys ...

‘Broken’ workers’ compensation system set for an overhaul

By Jessica Hill / RJ

June 7, 2023 - 6:00 am

Senate Bill 274 is on Gov. Joe Lombardo’s desk, and it includes several changes to Nevada’s worker’s compensation system.

Sen. Dina Neal, D-North Las Vegas, seen in February 2023 in Carson City. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Veg ...

What are they hiding? Legislators write themselves out of public record laws

By Briana Erickson / RJ

June 7, 2023 - 5:00 am

The Nevada Legislature uses tax dollars to investigate its own lawmakers but blocks the public release of information about the investigations.