Barbara Atkinson will serve as planning dean for the proposed UNLV School of Medicine, the university announced Wednesday.
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A portion of Pecos Road will get a ceremonial name change to honor the late Cesar Chavez and his efforts on behalf of farm workers, but the actual addresses on that segment will remain the same, the Las Vegas City Council decided Wednesday.
Opening statements are expected Thursday in a murder trial that shocked the Las Vegas performance community and garnered national attention. Jason “Blu” Griffith is charged with murder in the killing of his on-again, off-again girlfriend Debbie Flores Narvaez, whose strangled and dismembered body was found cemented in tubs in an empty downtown Las Vegas home in January 2011.
Clark County Schools and the state have sufficient requirements in place to investigate, report and discipline bullies, but school workers need to better follow them, a special school district task force on bullying said Wednesday.
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A body police described as a “homeless man” was discovered in a desert lot in Henderson on Wednesday.
Get ready for Las Vegas to take over another of your weeknights: Now, along with hanging out at First Friday, you can head to Wednesdays Downtown on Fremont Street.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Wednesday recommended that Malaysia-based Genting Berhad be found suitable to hold a state gaming license, which will lead the way to development of the $4 billion Resorts World Las Vegas.
Las Vegas police on Wednesday morning arrested a man who escaped from an Oregon mental health facility and is suspected of killing his grandfather. Metro police say Steven Woodard, 43, killed his grandfather, 91-year-old Richard Hill, in a home near Tropicana Avenue and Eastern Avenue.
A three-vehicle car accident caused some lane closures Wednesday morning on the U.S. Highway 95 southbound near Rancho Drive.
The Henderson City Council unanimously approved nearly $2.02 million in city fee increases and cost savings Tuesday to help bridge a large budget shortfall. The Council approved cutting back some parks and recreation services, including decreasing hours at the Heritage Park Senior Facility and other recreation centers, eliminating a weekend food program at senior centers and increasing some fees.
Clark County commissioners voted to change the way medical marijuana licenses are divvied up in a unanimous vote that took from Henderson and North Las Vegas, gave big to the county and contributed a slight bump to the city of Las Vegas. In a move by Commissioners Steve Sisolak and Chris Giunchigliani, the number of medical marijuana licenses was revised based on population.
Helldorado Days, the city’s annual five-day tribute to its Wild West heritage, includes a parade that will close downtown streets Saturday.
Gaming industry icon Burton Cohen died Monday at his home in the Regency Towers in the Las Vegas Country Club, sources tell the Review-Journal. During his 50 years in Las Vegas, Cohen ran a number of major casinos, including Desert Inn, Dunes and Frontier.
Clark County officials have extended an air quality advisory for dust until 5 p.m. Tuesday. The advisory had been scheduled to expire Tuesday morning.
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