Officer involved in shooting was inquest witness in 2005

When Las Vegas police Detective Jeremy Hendricks testifies before a coroner’s inquest jury in August about the slaying of a sexual assault suspect, it won’t be his first inquest experience.

Geothermal system to put cool in school

Its natural lighting, V-shaped hallways and loftlike design give a cutting edge vibe to the new Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy. … What’s also cool is what can’t be seen: a geothermal system of 180 wells buried 400 feet deep. … They cool the building through a closed-loop system that sends hot water to be cooled beneath the Earth’s surface.

Doctor’s LV practice under investigation

Federal authorities who filed felony charges accusing a Nevada physician of writing illegal drug prescriptions at a clinic he operated in Arizona are also investigating his Las Vegas practice.

Budget alarm sounded

The financial body shots that left Clark County reeling are spurring one commissioner to create a task force to deflect future budgetary blows.

How long to cross the road?

This week readers want to know why some crosswalk signals count down 22 seconds when flashing “don’t walk,” what is the construction for on Washington Avenue east of Nellis Boulevard, and is it legal to drive a car in Nevada with only a rear license plate showing?

Just a little ‘fee’

Nevada is not a “home rule” state. This means the Las Vegas City Council can’t vote to raise the sales tax rate, property taxes or other levies within city limits, as many American municipalities can. The power to raise those taxes lies solely with the Nevada Legislature.

Free speech and ‘Hillary’

Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case Citizens United v. FEC — “Hillary: the Movie.”

RESTAURANT REPORT

Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop, Aliante Station, 7300 Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas, received 20 demerits June 29. Violations included front make table not maintaining proper temperature. GRADE: B

The Grotto Red

Wine: The Grotto Red

Readers come through with HP steak sauce

In the prime (har!) of steak season, reader Terri Hohl is looking for HP steak sauce, and HP steak sauce she shall have.

Back in Vogue

The vagaries of fashion — the ups and downs of hemlines and heel heights, the way colors and coiffures shift in and out of style — got nothin’ on the culinary world.

IN BRIEF

Las Vegas Sands Corp. executive promoted

Nevada banks facing merger

A New York investment company led by former casino analyst Jason Ader has agreed to buy the Nevada deposits and some assets of Colonial Bank of Montgomery, Ala., and North Las Vegas-based 1st Commerce Bank, the company said Tuesday.

LVCVA votes to continue R&R pact

Las Vegas boosters approved a new deal Tuesday with the makers of the “What happens here, stays here” ads that have become ubiquitous in the last seven years — but at a lower cost than previous pacts.

Simply red, lots of cred

Dennis Phillips isn’t a poker circuit regular and he doesn’t own a World Series of Poker individual event champion bracelet. … Yet, to the legions of poker fans who crowded the Rio’s convention pavilion over the past six weeks to watch the 2009 World Series of Poker, Phillips is a hero.

FADING BY DEGREES: Valley residents know the difference when it’s 110

Temperatures might have soared to 110 degrees on Wednesday in Las Vegas, but one local golfer stood defiant. “Heat? What’s heat?” Bob Blackman said between practice shots Wednesday afternoon. “The heat don’t bother me.”

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