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FOURTH OF JULY CLOSURES

July 3, 2008 - 9:00 pm

July 4 closures

Federal offices: Closed

State offices: Closed

County offices: Closed

Municipal offices: Closed

Courts: Closed

U.S. Postal Service: Closed

Las Vegas-Clark County Library District: Closed

North Las Vegas Library District: Closed

Henderson District Public Libraries: Closed

Clark County School District: Closed

College of Southern Nevada: Closed

UNLV: Closed

Republic Services of Nevada: Regular trash collection

Southwest Gas: Closed

Nevada Power: Closed

Review-Journal: Delivery as usual

Banks: Call individual bank

A Los Angeles County lifeguard patrols the closed Playa Del Rey Beach amid coronavirus pandemic ...

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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times

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People workout at the Planet Fitness gym in Las Vegas, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (Erik Verduzco / ...

Planet Fitness raises prices for first time in over 25 years

Rebecca Mezistrano AMG-TheStreet

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Planet Fitness is doing something it hasn’t done in 26 years: raising the price of membership.

Pride Month merchandise is displayed at a Target store on May 31, 2023 in San Francisco. Target ...

Target limits Pride merchandise to select stores after last year’s backlash

Nicole Norfleet Star Tribune

May 10, 2024 - 6:43 am

Target has Pride merchandise in fewer stores this year after backlash it received after pulling some items from last year’s collection.

Seen is the eastern Sierra Nevada, with Mt. Whitney, the largest of three pinnacles at center, ...

2 California climbers found dead on Mount Whitney

The Associated Press

May 10, 2024 - 5:00 am

Two climbers reported missing on California’s towering Mount Whitney have been found dead, officials said.

Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

‘Responsible mining’ bill makes progress; critics push back

By Jessica Hill / RJ

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Legislation that would allow mining companies to use public land regardless of whether mineral deposits have been found on the land passed the House and will head to the Senate.

Former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, left, speaks alongside Councilwoman Victoria Seaman, right, ...

Berkley, Seaman tackle public safety, housing in Las Vegas mayoral debate

By Jeff Burbank / RJ

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Eldorado High School in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Eldorado High School reverses denial of grad’s cultural regalia

By Laura Anaya-Morga / RJ

May 9, 2024 - 5:31 pm

Eldorado High School had barred a senior from wearing cultural regalia but reversed its position after the ACLU became involved.

Police detain three a pro-Palestinian demonstrators who attempted to block traffic to the garag ...

Several detained as protestors block parking garage at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

By Steve LeBlanc The Associated Press

May 9, 2024 - 5:18 pm

Police detained several people Thursday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after demonstrators blocked a parking garage in their ongoing protest movement connected to the Israel-Hamas war.