Retired Las Vegas Fire & Rescue firefighter and artist Allan Albaitis is determined to test the expression, “a phoenix rises from the ashes. ” The Centennial Hills resident is the talent behind FireArt Inc., and he’ll be the first to tell you, “It’s going down by the bow.”
This is an open dialogue with a man I have never met, but would like to meet. A reader introduced me to his website. He is Robert Masters, a psychotherapist in Canada. In the words of the late singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg, I decided Masters and I are “twin sons of different mothers.” He’s, like, my Human Matters counterpart north of the border.
Blue Star Mothers of Henderson and Boulder City is searching for a facility to store the larger donations it acquires to help veterans who are settling in Las Vegas.
When the North Las Vegas Detention and Corrections facility closed July 1, about 100 employees received pink slips, and nearly 300 prisoners got an eviction notice. The decision was to save millions for the cash-strapped city, but it left a choppy wake for at least one group – North Las Vegas bail bondsmen.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas recently hosted the second annual CampUs Las Vegas program to help prepare kids for high school and college.
Residents may be familiar with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers throughout the valley, but there are some lesser-known employees – the four-legged ones – that play a vital role in the organization.
Shift Vegas, led by individuals who seek to promote active lifestyles among downtown-area residents, have started the Sunday Reset Project, an event set for 7 a.m. on the first Sunday of each month at the former Downtown Senior Services Center building, 310 S. Ninth St.
The Plaza, the Gold Spike and the Golden Gate are some of the hotels downtown that have undergone renovations in the past couple of years. Now the D, 301 Fremont St., can be added to the list.
