Pioneer Day is the biggest event of the year at the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park near downtown, parks interpreter Carson Fehner said.
Julie Wootton-Greener
Education reporter
Email: jgreener@reviewjournal.com
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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.
Twenty-seven incoming high school juniors and seniors — as well as class of 2019 graduates — participated in a weeklong summer nursing camp at UNLV.
Semifinalists from Henderson’s “Start Tank” will be invited to a workshop Aug. 17 at the College of Southern Nevada. Finalists will give a business pitch at the Connect Expo.
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman recently designated July 13 — which is Barbershop Music Appreciation Day — as “Lady Luck Showtime Chorus Appreciation Day,” following a request from the chorus.
Ghost Bikes Las Vegas formed more than 2 1/2 years ago to promote the safety of cyclists and teach drivers about how to be more cautious.
