Jesus Jara, deputy superintendent of Orange County Public Schools in Florida, was selected as the next head for Clark County at a contentious Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday.
Henderson
Born on May 4, 1988, in a Henderson hospital, Rebekah Johnson was the youngest person injured in the historic PEPCON explosions.
Henderson fire Capt. Don Griffie, now retired, was one of the first to arrive at the scene of the PEPCON fire and subsequent explosions. In his recurring nightmares, he’s forced to relive every detail of the May 4, 1988, events.
The 1988 event could be felt throughout the valley and would later be described as the largest domestic, non-nuclear explosion in recorded history.
Since being hired in 2011, Reid focused on updating the city’s municipal code and charter. Reid said he submitted close to 200 ordinances to update the city’s municipal code.
A man arrested after a barricade inside of a Henderson residence Tuesday had been on the run from law enforcement for more than 10 years, officials said.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the man who was found dead last week in a Henderson mobile home community as Dustin Callison, 49.
No one was injured Thursday morning in an attempted robbery in Henderson.
It happened about 8:40 p.m. on the 2300 block of Paseo Verde Parkway, near Green Valley Parkway, according to a Henderson Police Department release.
Morgan Brophy, a freshman at Coronado, and Andrew Navarro, a Green Valley freshman, will participate in the prestigious USA Swimming camps.
A father-son duo from Las Vegas pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to robbing six smoke shops and two credit unions in early 2017.
Valley High School senior Kyle “Kai” Catarata was presented with a $1,000 scholarship from the Henderson Writers Group at the nonprofit group’s annual banquet Saturday. Catarata plans to pursue a degree in political science at UNLV in the fall.
Nevada State College is developing a program to boost the number of speech therapists with master’s degrees who work in Clark County schools.
A multiagency task force on Thursday arrested a man suspected of robbing two Las Vegas Valley banks at gunpoint earlier this week.
Students from at least 11 schools around the Las Vegas Valley have signed up to take part in a national walkout on Friday to protest gun violence and call for legislative reform.
