Two Henderson youth programs — Battle Born Kids and Battle Born Teens — will be extended through the fall to help with distance learning.
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Blake Apgar joined the Review-Journal as a general assignment reporter in January 2017 after graduating from the University of Minnesota. He interned at the Review-Journal in the summer of 2016, and now covers North Las Vegas and Henderson government. He was raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The city of Henderson announced a grant program for businesses feeling financial strain from the coronavirus outbreak. The deadline to apply is Aug. 24.
Gov. Steve Sisolak on Friday signed two police reform bills from a special legislative session. Lawmakers addressed police reform after a wave of national protests.
A 7-year-old, very good boy from Henderson was one of just a handful of dogs picked to be part of a whisky company’s national campaign.
Henderson City Council members voted unanimously to approve a two-year contract with a marketing firm to help with city’s economic development efforts.
Las Vegas police agreed to settle a lawsuit that stemmed from the May 2017 death of Tashii Brown. Brown died after an encounter with an officer.
A group of Henderson residents who oppose replacing the Henderson Pavilion with an arena announced Thursday that it would not keep up the fight against the project.
The Henderson City Council unanimously approved holding its regular meetings during the business day. The city has said the change will save money on staff overtime.
The groups that backed the boycott also held a rally Monday in front of the Sawyer Building at Washington Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard North.
An attorney for Tashii Brown’s children said a tentative settlement agreement has been reached in the federal lawsuit that was filed in 2017.
The Henderson City Council voted Thursday to uphold a city finding that an initiative petition targeting a proposed arena slated for the Henderson Pavilion was insufficient because it did not meet a legal requirement.
The Henderson City Council will review a petition that seeks to block an arena at the Henderson Pavilion, and the group behind the petition has vowed to go to court if the city rejects the document.
The Metropolitan Police Department announced Wednesday a change to its use of force policy to limit neck restraint tactics.
The Henderson City Council on Tuesday approved spending another $1.2 million on a downtown hockey practice arena for the Henderson Silver Knights.
Henderson will consider removing the standard council meeting time of 6 p.m. The plan, according to the city, is to hold meetings earlier in the day.
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