Henderson police chief LaTesha Watson has been fired after less than two years on the job, Deputy City Manager Bristol Ellington said Thursday.
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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.
A Henderson senior facility and aquatic center won a regional award, the city announced Tuesday.
Potential presidential contender Pete Buttigieg on Monday was the latest in a string of Democratic candidates making early stops in Nevada in the race for the White House. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., who is still operating an exploratory committee, would not say whether he was officially running for president, but he did tease a special announcement scheduled for Sunday.
Henderson is going high-tech to solve some vexing city problems. Last year, the city was one of three Southern Nevada agencies chosen to participate in Startup in Residence, a program developed by the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation that is dedicated to pairing tech companies with governments.
Henderson Police Chief LaTesha Watson is now on unpaid leave, a high-ranking city official said Thursday.
The Henderson Animal Care and Control facility will offer a substantial discount for cat, dog and rabbit adoptions on Saturday.
An ordinance introduced at Wednesday’s North Las Vegas City Council meeting would limit smoking at trails, parks and recreation facilities within the city.
North Las Vegas City Manager Ryann Juden on Wednesday received a hefty pay raise and nearly three more years on the job.
Michelle Romero will serve as the Ward 1 representative on the Henderson City Council for the next four years.
North Las Vegas Ward 4 incumbent councilman Richard Cherchio will face longtime businessman Pete Shields in the general municipal election on June 11.
Discord on the North Las Vegas City Council has reared its head again as municipal primary election day approaches. Ward 4 incumbent Richard Cherchio is vying for reelection this year in a crowded field, and he’s doing it while Mayor John Lee mounts an attack on his record.
Development and experience are the centerpiece issues for the race to fill the Henderson City Council’s Ward 1 seat.
Early voting for municipal primary elections in four Las Vegas Valley cities ends Friday. This year’s early voting period for municipal elections is on pace to have the second-lowest turnout in the last two decades.
Five teenagers were were injured in a shooting Monday afternoon in North Las Vegas, police said.
Presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke rounded out his first campaign trip in Nevada on Sunday with three stops in Las Vegas.
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