The Basic Magnesium Inc. plant in Henderson helped change the face of Las Vegas during World War II, attracting black workers from throughout the South to new defense-related job opportunities here.
Briana Erickson
Reporter: Homeless and veterans issues
Email: berickson@reviewjournal.com
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Briana Erickson covers homeless and veterans’ issues for the Review-Journal. A proud “Florida Woman” living in the desert, she centers her reporting around people living in the shadows.
Before joining the Review-Journal in 2017, the University of Florida graduate wrote for the North Central Florida NPR affiliate and the South Florida Sun Sentinel. She was named College Journalist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists.
The T.H.E. (Total Hair Experience) Salon at the downtown Veterans Village II complex will offer free makeovers, including hair-removal waxing if requested, to all new residents and serve current residents at cut-rate prices.
More than 25 years removed from its humble beginnings, the Edward Kline Memorial Homeless Veterans Fund recently hired its first executive director with an eye toward expanding its reach and impact.
With Red Flag training exercises still underway Friday, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson highlighted one of Nellis Air Force Base’s most important missions: the continued improvement of its training infrastructure.
The cost of building the city of Las Vegas’ courtyard for the homeless continues to climb as the “scope and site” of the ambitious project expands.
Organizations that minister to the Las Vegas Valley’s homeless are applauding the Clark County Commission’s vote last month to direct up to $12 million a year in marijuana fees to build new housing.
The VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System will co-host a Veterans Transition Fair and quarterly town hall meeting Saturday at its location in North Las Vegas.
Michael Yates ,is head of the national Blue Water Navy Association, which helped fund the appeal that led to a federal court victory that will extend the VA benefits to roughly 50,000 who served at sea during the Vietnam War.
Dozens of homeless assistance programs in Nevada will receive nearly $15 million in federal grants, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Wednesday.
Six months after it began operating around the clock, the complex where the homeless can sleep and access a range of services has seen the departure of the main contractor hired to run it and a delay in planned construction.
A file of volunteers and workers counting the homeless in Las Vegas on Tuesday night passed beneath a railroad overpass on Washington Avenue near Main Street without stopping, but William Kight paused to take a closer look.
In January 2017, Alexandria Sawin enrolled at UNLV, where she served as the first woman president of the Rebel Vets organization. On Sunday, the 27-year-old was named the 2018 Student Veteran of the Year, the highest individual honor given by the nonprofit Student Veterans of America.
Wherever William Austin “Autie” Goodman went in life — from the ranch to the battlefield to the Strip — music followed.
Closed facilities and limited services are among the inconveniences facing visitors to national parks, including Death Valley National Park and Red Rock Canyon National Recreation Area.
Melialani Chihiro Manning came into the world at 12:10 a.m. at Henderson Hospital. She is the Las Vegas Valley’s first baby of the new year.
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