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Stabbing outside downtown Las Vegas school triggers lockdown

By Aleksandra Appleton / Las Vegas Review-Journal

April 1, 2020 - 2:50 pm

Updated April 1, 2020 - 3:05 pm

A member of the Clark County School District transportation department has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to an email sent to district transportation staff Wednesday.

The Southern Nevada Health District doesn’t think any buses or transportation buildings are at risk based on when the individual is thought to have contracted the virus, the email said.

Contact Aleksandra Appleton at 702-383-0218 or aappleton@reviewjournal.com. Follow @aleksappleton on Twitter.

UNLV donor pulls millions in funding, cites ‘adversarial behavior’

By Alan Halaly / RJ

May 18, 2024 - 10:25 am

Though current student scholarships are safe, The Engelstad Foundation’s CEO has severed ties with the university over squabbles with administration.

Las Vegas’ top student journalists honored in annual contest

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez / RJ

May 17, 2024 - 4:19 pm

A budding crop of local journalists who honed their skills at their high schools were honored by the Las Vegas Review-Journal in its 45th annual High School Journalism Awards.

Substitute teacher at Summerlin school arrested

By Marvin Clemons / RJ

May 17, 2024 - 4:00 pm

A Clark County School District substitute teacher has been arrested on suspicion of unlawful contact with a minor.

Stabbing outside downtown Las Vegas school triggers lockdown

By Tony Garcia / RJ

May 17, 2024 - 1:20 pm

A man was stabbed and a suspect was taken into custody outside a school in downtown Las Vegas, which went on lockdown as a result.

Teacher arrested, accused of abusing student at Summerlin school

By Caitlin Lilly / RJ

May 17, 2024 - 7:42 pm

A teacher at a school in the western Las Vegas Valley is facing a felony child abuse charge, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

No longer on burrowed time: Students celebrate contest win with Mojave Max

By Taylor Lane / RJ

May 17, 2024 - 7:23 pm

Twenty-three students from Goldfarb Elementary School got to meet Mojave Max, the tortoise mascot of the Clark County Desert Conservation Program, at the Springs Preserve.

‘Focus is on learning’: CCSD to limit online access on student cellphones

By Jeff Burbank / RJ

May 17, 2024 - 12:18 pm

When the new school year starts, some CCSD students won’t have access to the internet on their cellphones on campus and must wear ID badges.

Sierra Vista High School at 8100 W. Robindale Road in Las Vegas. (Google streetview)

Police find gun in vehicle in southwest valley high school parking lot

By Taylor Lane / RJ

May 15, 2024 - 4:14 pm

A Las Vegas high school was placed on soft lockdown and a man was arrested after police discovered a gun in a car stopped in the school’s parking lot.