I recently engaged a reader’s question about the on-and-off controversy over the NFL name Redskins. P.T., a friend of both the reader (A.K.) and myself, responded. His letter, greatly edited for space, follows in bold face, with my rejoinders …
Local Las Vegas
Hundreds of people, many of them homeless or at risk of living on the streets, lined up Tuesday morning against the wall at Cashman Center as they waited for access to crucial services.
A 26-year-old man shot himself at the Las Vegas Mormon Temple Tuesday night, Las Vegas police said.
UNLV doesn’t draw much national attention for what it does on the football field, but the Rebels did crack the top 5 for their recycling efforts at Sam Boyd Stadium this season.
Clark County commissioners approved a plan Tuesday that will allow curbside single-stream recycling services for residential customers in unincorporated areas of the county.
A tenth of Coronado High School students and staff, or about 325 people, are at risk for contracting the potentially lethal disease tuberculosis because of their exposure to a confirmed case at the Henderson campus, according to a spokesperson for the Southern Nevada Health District
Summerlin Hospital Medical Center is being sued by a group of employees, former patients and visitors who say they were exposed to tuberculosis earlier this year.
Clark County commissioners on Tuesday tabled a proposal to raise the sales tax to pay for police officers.
A proposal to block new liquor store applications at the Fremont Street Experience won support from a City Council committee on Monday, and more restrictions could be on the way.
Child deaths in Clark County have dropped by about 29 percent since 2008, according to a report released Monday, with significant declines in suicides and weapons’ fatalities.
Dangerous drugs left in the offices of the KE Medical Group that abruptly closed earlier this month — leaving hundreds of patients without health care — have been confiscated by state authorities, according to Doug Cooper, executive director of the Nevada State Medical Board.
A solar tree to power the iconic “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign should be in place by early 2014.
On leave from the Air Force on a perfect night for running, Jason Brosseau barely broke a sweat en route to winning his first marathon with a time of 2:35:26 in Sunday’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon.
You love getting presents — but do you know how much fun it is to give them? In the new book, “Boris and Stella and the Perfect Gift” by Dara Goldman, you’ll see that giving is sometimes better than getting.
HopeLink, East Valley Family Services, Olive Crest and Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada’s West Las Vegas location teamed up to apply for a grant from Nevada’s Department of Health and Human Services to focus on recurring byproducts of poverty such as food insecurity.
