Nevada Energy Foundation contribution bolsters science education

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

July 22, 2013 - 2:59 pm

New funding will help renew a program that helps support Nevada educators in science-based environmental education.

NV Energy, NV Energy Foundation and the Desert Research Institute renewed their commitment to continue to support pre-kindergarten to grade 12 educators in shaping the next generation of scientists, according to a news release.

The Nevada Energy Foundation contributed $180,000 to support the GreenPower program for two years. An additional $70,400 from NV Energy will fund an expansion of the program’s Energy Wise Educators Academy throughout the state.

‘A great safe space’: West Las Vegas Library turns 50 as community celebrates

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

April 24, 2024 - 8:14 pm

A ’70s theme for the evening celebration proved fitting, given that the library first opened in a tiny storefront in 1973.

Las Vegas to let drivers pay some parking tickets with school supply donation

By Caitlin Lilly / RJ

April 25, 2024 - 8:46 am

The city of Las Vegas has announced that it will again allow drivers to pay for some parking tickets with the donation of school supplies.

Sig Rogich Middle School is seen on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in Las Vegas. Students at the Summ ...

Summerlin middle school repeats its title in Vocabulary Bowl

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

April 22, 2024 - 2:00 pm

The school tallied 35,229 words for middle schools, those with enrollments of 500 to 1,000 students. The total ranked them seventh among all schools in the country.

Kids get college scholarships promised to them as third graders in 2015

By Jeff Burbank / RJ

April 22, 2024 - 7:27 pm

Ten former elementary school students received four-year college scholarships as promised in 2015 by a non-profit group.

‘We’re still here’: Native pride flashes at UNLV powwow — PHOTOS

By Alan Halaly / RJ

April 19, 2024 - 8:18 pm

The two-day event brought Nevada’s Indigenous people to the forefront, allowing Las Vegans to gain an appreciation for those who inhabited the land before them.

An artist's rendering of the Oakland Athletics planned Las Vegas ballpark. (Athletics)

A’s file to intervene in teacher-union backed stadium funding lawsuit

By Mick Akers / RJ

April 19, 2024 - 3:23 pm

The Oakland Athletics filed a motion to intervene in a teachers union-backed lawsuit aimed at halting the team’s public stadium financing.

UNLV’s tech park still growing, targets high-profile companies

By Sean Hemmersmeier / RJ

April 18, 2024 - 11:15 pm

More than half of the 120-acre tech park in the southwest valley is still undeveloped but a film studio and more are in the works.

The Kenneth J. Sullivan Jr. administrative building of Bishop Gorman Catholic High School. (Las ...

Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas will welcome new principal

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

April 12, 2024 - 7:00 pm

Bishop Gorman High School will soon have a new principal, according to a letter sent to the private school’s community.

CCSD approves $3.4B budget amid drop in student enrollment

By Jeff Burbank / RJ

April 12, 2024 - 7:31 pm

The Clark County School Board approved a tentative $3.4 billion budget for the 2024-25 school year. The tentative budget now will be filed with the State of Nevada for review.

Peppermint, left, and Ace, members of the Clark County School District Police Department K-9 sq ...

After drug scare, CCSD police K-9s back on duty

By Paul Pearson / RJ

April 9, 2024 - 4:43 pm

Two K-9s from the Clark County School District Police Department have returned to work after being exposed to “dangerous drugs.”