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“The Last Camel Charge: The Untold Story of America’s Desert Military Experiment” is 30-year Las Vegas resident Forrest Bryant Johnson’s eighth book, but it’s the first time the historian has tackled an important historical event in Nevada.
More than 100 middle school students from across the Las Vegas Valley attended Henderson Summer July 9 through Aug. 10 at The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain. Sponsored by GB Henderson Education, the program taught kids about the food industry.
Is your favorite soup from China, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan or Korea? It makes no difference, as a little of everything is at this new restaurant with an extensive menu.
Along the many tangled lines of my life, I am stupid rich in teachers. And countless more people whom I shall never meet, but whose words I have read. Every single day, these folks’ words come out of my mouth. Add to this people who took the risk of hiring me. Investing in me. Believing in me.
Pet lover and syndicated radio talk show host Dennis Silvers and his veterinarian, Dr. Mark Beerenstrauch, both Summerlin residents, have joined up to launch “Pet Talk With Dr. B.” It began airing the first week of July on KXNT 100.5 FM and 840 AM.
You can own a piece of history and help out a good cause when Michael Jackson’s costumes hit the auction block in California this winter to benefit the Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas.
The Clark County School District will be starting school Monday with a shortage of teachers and class size increases. Regardless, Superintendent Dwight Jones and new Deputy Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky expect improvements in state standardized test scores and the district’s graduation rate.
From an award-winning novel to a feature film and national Broadway production, “The Color Purple” has captured audiences and gained fans throughout the world. This weekend, Broadway in the Hood brings the story to life with a local twist.
Truancy, along with graffiti, is the biggest school-related problem that the Metropolitan Police Department deals with, according to officer Jeff Willis.