Daniel Berc, warning coordination meteorologist at the Las Vegas forecast office, said one of the station’s primary responsibilities is working with local emergency response teams. During the response to the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting, the station provided emergency management with weather forecasts throughout the night, Berc said.
The Speeding Theatre-Over 55 and Super Summer Theatre cast members put on “Any Body for Tea?” and “The Omelet Murder Case” — two one-act plays — on March 7. With a cast of mostly Las Vegas residents 55 and older, the plays were performed first at the Super Summer Theatre space.
Clark County Commissioners Michael Naft and Justin Jones held a meet-and-greet Feb. 26 at Desert Breeze Community Center that drew about 50 people. Lisa Skurow told them she has seen some “serious violations” of the county’s short-term rental ban in her neighborhood, near Jones Boulevard and Edna Avenue.
Hannah McCready held the class Feb. 20 at the Metropolitan Police Department’s Spring Valley Area Command substation to teach attendees how to prevent sexual assault, violent crime, and property theft and damage. She is a crime-prevention specialist for the department.
Dr. Robert Green met Martin Luther King Jr. in 1956 while working as a taxicab driver in San Francisco.
At age 26, Christa Welther is the exception in an industry dominated by male baby boomers. Robert Foreman, a Department of Motor Vehicles truck driving tester, said the combination of baby boomer retirement and higher demand for freight has resulted in a shortage of truck drivers across the country.
Archer Haley West of southwest Las Vegas finished in third place out of 102 girls in her division at the Vegas Shoot at the South Point on Feb. 8-10. West, 12, competed for the first time in the youth division, made up of archers ages 12-14. She received a $500 scholarship for her finish.
Impact Archery shooters have been preparing for months for The Vegas Shoot, happening Feb. 8-10 at the South Point. The Vegas Shoot, put on by the National Field Archery Association, is the largest indoor archery tournament in the world
The Goodie Two Shoes Foundation is a nonprofit in southwest Las Vegas that provides shoes to at-risk Clark County School District students. Nikki Berti found the organization with her husband, Tony.
The Nevada Highway Patrol determined that an off-duty Las Vegas officer and a motorcyclist were both at fault in a Jan. 12 crash in the southwest Las Vegas Valley that resulted in the motorcyclist’s death.
In March, Bishop Gorman freshman Roman Jimenez will learn from motivational speakers and discover potential creative career paths during the four-day Disney Dreamers Academy at Disney World in Florida.
The Nevada Highway Patrol on Tuesday had not determined which vehicle was at fault in Saturday’s fatal crash involving a motorcyclist and an off-duty Las Vegas police officer’s personal car.
A pair of 215 Beltway widening projects at relieving congestion are scheduled to start this year.
Aarash Taghdir of Las Vegas suffered mysterious symptoms including drooping eyelids, double vision and severe fatigue for eight years before he was diagnosed with the rare disease myasthenia gravis. Now his challenges are financial as well as physical.
Xavia Johnson was 11 when her mom’s friend told her she could no longer stay at her place. It was a few days beforeHalloween, she said. She had nowhere to go.
