This is the first year that Las Vegas and North Las Vegas have replaced precincts with voting centers for election day.
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Voters in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas will not have to travel more than 3½ miles to cast ballots in city elections Tuesday. The two cities are debuting voting centers for Tuesday’s primary elections, aimed at augmenting accessibility for voters.
As social media avenues have evolved, so have the city of Henderson’s strategies for engaging with residents.
It took a lot for Carol Ruegge to convince her husband, Dave, to start an indoor batting cage. The Ruegges believe their Vegas Valley Batter’s Box, 7370 Eastgate Road, Suite 100, will pay off. “Batting cages haven’t been around (in Henderson) for 12 years,” Carol said. “There’s a need for them.”
The Red Cross and the Professional Fire Fighters of Nevada have partnered for the fifth straight year to help families displaced by house fires. The “Fire Hurts. Red Cross Helps.” campaign is raising money to provide families with a place to stay, food and clothing.
Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg on Monday changed the manner of death for attorney Susan Winters from suicide to undetermined.
Dakota Routh said he had no idea his then 12-year-old daughter filed a written complaint last year against her teacher, Jeffrey Schultz, until Henderson police called him last week.
Two Houston men have been arrested in connection with five incidents in a trending crime police are calling “jugging.” The crime involves suspects stalking victims from banks and businesses who have bank bags or envelopes. Police said the crime is named after the nickname for a bank bag.
Three Las Vegas middle school students reported being inappropriately touched and harassed by their math teacher starting as early as August, according to a police report.
Nearly 20,000 voters cast ballots during the first 10 days of early voting in Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas and Boulder City municipal elections, a tiny percentage of eligible voters.
It’s running behind schedule, but Smith’s is poised to start building two massive supermarkets in the Las Vegas Valley in coming months.
Charles Stango, 73, gets 10 years behind bars for using a telephone to plan the murder, which was never carried out.
Henderson mayoral contestants convened Monday to discuss the issues, including housing a long-term community development plan and public safety.
The fire at the southeast valley park was first reported about 7 p.m., and as of 7:30 p.m., Clark County Fire Department officials said they were working to determine the cause.
Gregory Beasley, 57, was arrested at his home Monday without incident, Clark County School District police said. As of Monday afternoon, he was being held at the Clark County Detention Center.
