North Las Vegas officials on Tuesday announced several promotions and one new addition to city staff.
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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.
Partly cloudy skies are expected on Wednesday, which has a forecast high of 65 degrees. Mostly clear conditions will return Thursday and continue through Sunday, with highs in the upper-60s.
The event, billed as the largest Veterans Day parade west of the Mississippi, lasted about two hours and featured more than 100 parade groups, including Mayor Carolyn Goodman and her husband, former Mayor Oscar Goodman. Sunday’s event was the 23rd put on by the nonprofit Veterans Action Group.
Most of the valley is not expected to hit freezing, the weather service said, but areas like Mountain’s Edge, Summerlin, Nellis Air Force Base and higher terrain in Henderson could experience temperatures in the low 30s.
This week North Las Vegas Constable Robert Eliason convincingly won a second term to a job that Nevada law says he is not qualified to hold.
Henderson and Las Vegas have claimed top-10 spots as local governments that use technology to improve the lives of residents.
Robert Eliason beat Republican challenger Jimmy Vega with 65.6 percent of the vote as of 12:20 a.m. Wednesday. At the same time, Vega had 34.4 percent of the vote.
A man died after a highway crash in the northwest valley Monday morning, the Nevada Highway Patrol said.
The candidates for Henderson constable have different approaches to restoring public trust in an office that has been shrouded in controversy.
Henderson officials are collecting surveys from residents to better understand how people feel about things like quality of life, infrastructure, and city services.
The woman who died after being struck by a pickup truck on Oct. 22 was not the mother of a 4-year-old boy killed in the same crash, according to police and an attorney representing the woman’s family.
The Clark County coroner’s office on Monday released the identity of the man who was gunned down at a North Las Vegas apartment complex.
Although a handful of Nevada Assembly races favor Democrats, several factors make for intriguing matchups.
The Henderson Fire Department made a technological leap this month with a system that officials say will save time and property while improving safety.
A North Las Vegas judge on Monday scheduled a preliminary hearing for a man accused of shooting and killing three members of a family.
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