Henderson leadership turnover creates challenges, opportunities

Fri, Jul 3, 2009 (2:05 a.m.)

By Jeremy Twitchell

There’s been an election, a messy divorce and a Godfather-like buyout offer that proved too good for more than 100 Henderson employees to refuse. For various reasons, dozens of longtime, high-ranking city of Henderson employees have left in recent months, at a time the city is facing some of the most significant challenges in its history as falling revenues have necessitated $60 million in budget cuts over the last year. Their departures raise the question of how well Henderson can assimilate replacements and replace their experience.

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Jack Goodman, 4, cools himself off with a fan while his 2-year-old brother eats a popsicle during the North Las Vegas Independence Day Jubilee.

North Las Vegas kicks off holiday festivities with tribute to troops

Fri, Jul 3, 2009 (1:41 a.m.)

By Torey Van Oot

Thousands of revelers filled Seastrand Park in North Las Vegas on Thursday to kick off the Fourth of July weekend at the 10th annual North Las Vegas Independence Day Jubilee. This year’s jubilee was themed “A Tribute to Our Troops.” Organizers said they chose the theme as a reminder of the sacrifices that have made Independence Day possible. “Really, the reason we can celebrate on this day is because of our armed forces, so we wanted to say thank you to them for allowing the freedoms that we have;” said Aneessa Snowden, recreation coordinator for the city of North Las ...

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Leila Navidi

Jennifer Rogers and fiance Steven Maples wait with their children, Peter, 2, and Kevin, 9 months, at Red Rock Resort during a job fair Tuesday. The openings -- in kitchen work, service and management -- are for a local outpost of a famous Hollywood hot dog stand, Pink's, that is to open outside Planet Hollywood on the Strip.

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One couple, two kids, 40 openings

Thu, Jul 2, 2009 (2 a.m.)

By Brendan Buhler

Steven Maples and his fiancee, Jennifer Rogers, are sitting in the back of a ballroom at Red Rock Resort, each waiting to be called for a brief job interview. Jennifer is holding their 2-year-old son, Peter, on her hip, his blond head resting on her chest. Steven is rocking their 9-month-old son, Kevin, in a car seat.

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Justin M. Bowen

Former Garrett Junior High School teacher Charles Richard Rogers pleaded not guilty July 2 in District Court to 76 counts of sexual assault of a minor, lewdness with a child, use of a child in pornography and possession of child pornography.

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Former teacher pleads not guilty in child porn case

Thu, Jul 2, 2009 (2:18 p.m.)

By Jean Reid Norman

Former Garrett Junior High School teacher Charles Richard Rogers pleaded not guilty today in District Court to 76 counts of sexual assault of a minor, lewdness with a child, use of a child in pornography and possession of child pornography. In a small basement courtroom in the Regional Justice Center, Rogers, 46, appeared behind a glass wall in a jail jumpsuit and glasses and told District Judge Kevin Williams that he had a copy of the indictment against him. Rogers was arrested March 26 after police received a computer storage device containing child pornography that allegedly had come from his ...

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