Crews are making progress on a community ice arena in Henderson. The facility will be home base for a new minor league hockey team and will be available for public use.
Blake Apgar
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 Cracker Barrel chain of restaurants may open its third Las Vegas Valley location. The company opened locations in North Las Vegas and beside the Silverton in 2016.
Though the upper basin snowpack is about 14 percent above average so far, dry soils have experts forecasting that flows to Lake Powell will fall 20 percent below average.
The Henderson City Council is scheduled to vote next Tuesday on expanding allowable areas for short-term rentals such as those listed on Airbnb to downtown.
Golden Knights owner Bill Foley said Friday he is mulling names for the Las Vegas Valley’s new minor league hockey team, but has one that is “right at the top of the list.”
The city of Henderson is considering changing its rules regarding marijuana dispensary licenses. Currently, pot shops must offer both medical and recreational marijuana.
Women- or minority-owned businesses that are fewer than two years old are eligible to apply for free office space in downtown Henderson. A one-year lease would begin March 1.
A developer submitted a concept plan for 132 units behind a neighborhood near Paseo Verde and Horizon Ridge parkways.
Former North Las Vegas City Manager Qiong Liu filed a lawsuit last week claiming the mayor conspired with current City Manager Ryann Juden to fire her for cause.
The credit rating agency bumped the city up two notches from BB to BBB-, giving North Las Vegas an investment-grade rating with a stable outlook.
North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee reviewed his city’s accomplishments and discussed future development at the Apex Industrial Park during his annual state of the city speech on Wednesday.
A judge on Thursday sided with a North Las Vegas motion to alter a previous judgment. The judge originally granted a motion to dismiss the case in September.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority donated engineer training simulators that don’t waste water to fire departments in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson and Clark County.
The city of Henderson denied it discriminated against its former police chief in a letter to the Nevada Equal Rights Commission.
Fire Station 53 at Gowan Road and Simmons Street started sinking before it turned 10 years old. North Las Vegas is now trying to recoup its costs in a legal battle.