Henderson announced Feb. 25 that it plans a new police substation and included a map of the area, but officials haven’t disclosed the exact location or when the substation will open.
Julie Wootton-Greener
Education reporter
Email: jgreener@reviewjournal.com
Phone: 702-387-2921
Julie joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in July 2019 as a reporter for The View, covering the southwest/Henderson area. She grew up in southern California, and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and mass communication from Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. She worked as an education and health reporter at the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho for eight years. Before that, she was an education and county government reporter for two years at the Elko Daily Free Press in Elko, Nev.
The 17th annual event is set for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Cornerstone Park, 600 Wigwam Parkway in Henderson. The city expects at least 3,000 people — plus their dogs — will attend.
Fire Station No. 85 — which will cost $9.7 million to build — will open in July at the park on Horizon Drive. It will be the city’s 11th fire station.
Kiki’s Kids Corp. gained nonprofit status in July 2019 and is holding its first-ever classes this spring at Black Mountain Recreation Center in Henderson.
Attendees are encouraged to bring photos, slides or negatives showing images from the 1960s-’90s to “Las Vegas: Snapshots of History,” set for 9-11 a.m. March 7 at Springs Preserve
Avi Newlyn Pacheco is among 13 ambassadors for 2020 chosen by the nonprofit Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Youth Well-Being Program.
Windy conditions are in the forecast, with a chance of rain showers Sunday night. High temperatures are expected to gradually increase, up to the upper 70s by Friday.
The church held a dedication ceremony Jan. 26 for its new Green Valley campus on East Sunset Road in Las Vegas. It also has a Seven Hills campus on West Horizon Ridge Parkway.
The charter school held a groundbreaking ceremony Feb. 6. The new campus will be on Patrick Lane and will accommodate up to 650 students in kindergarten through sixth grades.
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Feb. 12 for the Children’s Learning Center at the foundation’s office on South Arroyo Grande Boulevard in Henderson.
Jose Israel Ramirez Gamez — a math teacher and graduation advocate at the school — has a rare, aggressive form of adrenal cancer. Students created a GoFundMe page.
The incident is on Gamebird Road at Prairie Avenue, Capt. David Boruchowitz said Saturday in a video statement at 1:07 p.m. The road is closed and it’s an active scene.
St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic School will initially accommodate around 260 students in preschool through eighth grades and will be at St. Francis of Assisi’s campus.
The CITYPAK Project — a nonprofit initiative founded by music executive Ron Kaplan — held an event Saturday at the Las Vegas Rescue Mission.
Detectives executed a search warrant on a residence, and four suspects were booked into the Nye County Detention Center, the sheriff’s office said Saturday.
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