The demonstration Tuesday at Veterans Village in downtown Las Vegas set in motion the first phase of a project focused on housing veterans closely together.
Briana Erickson
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.
Twenty-eight contestants from across the country are in Las Vegas to compete to be crowned 2019 Miss Rodeo America.
Las Vegas residents Edward Hall and Winifred Kamen share a connection to the “day of infamy” when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. But one has no memory of the attack while the other will never forget.
A 93-year-old World War II Army veteran says he was “roughed up” and arrested by police at the VA Medical Center in North Las Vegas after a dispute over a tardy shuttle.
Authorities issued at least 17 citations to motorists who parked illegally on Foremaster Lane near the city’s homeless courtyard to hand out food. The city says the tickets are for creating a hazard, not helping the needy.
Coffin said that the valley’s homeless issue is one of public safety, and goes far beyond social services and “lending a hand up” and requires a steady revenue to solve the problem.
A rodent caused more than 13,000 buildings to lose power in Henderson on Thanksgiving night.
Thousands in the Las Vegas Valley spent Thanksgiving shopping, hours before they would have dinner themselves.
Employees from Wynn Las Vegas served about 170 residents at the Shade Tree shelter for women and children in downtown Las Vegas. It was the first time the hotel, which brought its own flatware, tables and chairs, had catered for the organization.
The Shade Tree has embarked on an extensive renovation project at the North Las Vegas shelter. While the renovation effort has many sponsors and partners, its main catalyst comes from a $1.5 million donation from Wynn Las Vegas.
The new center at 741 S. Rainbow Dr. will join two previous locations at 3700 S. Maryland Parkway and 3345 E. Tropicana Ave. in providing expanded services, thanks to $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Charm McElree connects veterans with a federal program that helps those who left school for the service get those long-overdue diplomas. She was honored by Gov. Brian Sandoval and other officials Thursday in Las Vegas.
Volunteers with the Las Vegas-based nonprofit Project 150 on Wednesday began preparing 2,000 holiday meal boxes for students in need for distribution this week. Each one feeds a family of four.
Most veterans using the Forever GI Bill to attend UNLV have not faced the backlog affecting thousands of others who have yet to receive benefits or have received them late.
North Las Vegas officers are investigating a shooting Saturday morning that left a 3-year-old boy critically injured, police spokesman Aaron Patty said.