Sara MacNeil

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Some middle and high schoolers return to the classroom today: Monday, March 22, 2021; Public middle and high schools in Clark County opened today for students in the sixth, ninth and 12th grades after a yearlong shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. Teachers waited at their classroom doors at ...
Las Vegas food bank caters to those struggling in Asian community: Sunday, March 21, 2021; Since he was laid off in March from his job at the Aria as a food service worker, Victor Ly has struggled to provide his family the Vietnamese meals they are accustomed to enjoying.
Metro Police program gives young adults chance to explore career in law enforcement: Saturday, March 20, 2021; Explorers affiliated with Metro Police gather at department headquarters near downtown Las Vegas twice weekly, learning how to handcuff a suspect, conduct a traffic stop, respond to a domestic violence call, search for a weapon, rescue an injured police officer and ...
Las Vegas dental clinic free to children ages 5 to 15: Saturday, March 20, 2021; The UNLV School of Dental Medicine and Liberty Dental Plan of Nevada have teamed up to provide dental care for low-income children.
Some high schoolers heading back to the classroom next week: Friday, March 19, 2021; Come Monday, Lauren Engel, a math teacher at Valley High School, will be back in the classroom with students sitting at their desks. What once was routine ...
Ordinance would prohibit animal abusers from owning pets: Wednesday, March 17, 2021; A person convicted of animal abuse would not be allowed to own a pet for up to five years under an ordinance introduced today in the Las Vegas City Council. "If you abuse an ...
Las Vegas mayor says no proof pandemic shutdowns did any good: Wednesday, March 17, 2021; Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman asserted today there is no evidence business and school closures helped prevent the spread of the coronavirus ...
Mental health experts address suicide prevention in schools: Tuesday, March 16, 2021; Kevin Hines screamed at the voices in his head as he cried on a bus to the Golden Gate Bridge, where he planned to end his life. He remembers wishing somebody would ask him if he ...
School nurses in Las Vegas get $10,000 bonuses to handle COVID-19 duties: Saturday, March 13, 2021; The Clark County School Board has approved $10,000 bonuses for school nurses performing coronavirus-related tasks like testing, contact tracing and helping administer vaccines. Many school nurses have already been performing such duties during the pandemic ...
Rain, cool temperatures expected through Friday: Thursday, March 11, 2021; A slow-moving storm system will bring rain and cooler weather to the valley for the next couple days before sunny skies and warmer temperatures return for the weekend. There is ...
Las Vegas restaurant owners team up to take on big food delivery services: Thursday, March 11, 2021; Fed up with the fees charged by third-party delivery services, a group of Las Vegas restaurants is banding together to form their own service, Loco Co-op. As many as 70 restaurants will be able to buy a share of ownership in the Loco Las Vegas franchise established by Kristen Corral of ...
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Las Vegas teen earns $10,000 scholarship, chance to meet Biden: Saturday, March 6, 2021; At age 18, Alex Wong has been more involved in his community and government than most people ever will be. A senior at West Career and Technical Academy, he is a member of the Nevada Youth Legislature, organized a youth summit for U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, founded his ...
CCSD: 8 staffers positive for COVID in first week of in-person learning: Friday, March 5, 2021; Eight Clark County School District staff members tested positive for coronavirus during the first week of in-person learning in the gradual return to the classroom after ...
UNLV student recognized for helping fellow military veterans on campus: Friday, March 5, 2021; As an Air Force veteran, Andrew Ho felt out of place when he enrolled at UNLV. "The military was my life. It was who I was; it was my identity,” he said. Four years later, Ho, 29, is being recognized for helping other veterans make the transition to college. He was recently named ...
Las Vegas denies plan for Arts District food truck court: Wednesday, March 3, 2021; The Las Vegas City Council denied a proposal for a food truck court in the Arts District after nearby business owners complained about the plan. The food court, proposed by property ...
Las Vegas OKs drive-thru service for marijuana dispensaries: Wednesday, March 3, 2021; The Las Vegas City Council today approved allowing drive-thru service at marijuana dispensaries. In an emergency order last May, the state temporarily allowed curbside pickup for ...
‘Today is the day’: Young students eagerly return to the classroom: Monday, March 1, 2021; Seven-year-old Christopher Jones woke his mother up on his first day back to school today after nearly a year of online learning. "Mommy, today is ...
After a year, first students return to CCSD classrooms: Monday, March 1, 2021; Reading, writing and arithmetic just got a lot tougher for elementary school teachers preparing to return to the classroom today in Las Vegas.
Fed-up families clamor for CCSD's return to full-time, in-person classes: Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021; “We have never been through this, a pandemic. I understand that. What I don’t understand is why we can’t go to school if 48 other states are doing that,” a Valley High student said.
North Las Vegas mayor talks to students about leadership: Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021; The key to developing a strong team is surrounding yourself with honest people, North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee students at Somerset Academy today. Lee, who spoke to ...
School District announces plan to bring all students back to classroom: Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021; Clark County School District students in all grades can return to the classroom by early April after more than a year of remote learning because of the pandemic ...
This Las Vegas school shows off safety protocols to welcome students back: Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021; Jesus Jara, superintendent of the Clark County School District, visited Goolsby Elementary School in Las Vegas on Tuesday afternoon to see what safety protocols were in place to welcome students back next week ...
Will children eventually need the COVID vaccine to attend school in Las Vegas?: Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021; Students must have a number of vaccines — from measles to mumps to chickenpox — before entering school. The new coronavirus vaccine isn’t among them yet ...
Custodians on front lines of safety as Las Vegas students return to school: Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021; With some students returning to the classroom in just over a week, the stakes have never been higher for the small army of custodians who keep schools clean and safe. Clark County School District students will start returning March 1 ...
Las Vegas foster mom, cancer survivor is getting her smile restored for free: Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021; After years of medical struggles and losing her teeth, Tonja Brauch said it wasn't the uncomfortable stares that hurt the most, but ugly comments aimed at her children. "We've had neighbors that have said rude stuff about me to them ... said I was a hillbilly or a crackhead."
Boulder City looking to put a leash on dogs running loose: Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021; Boulder City is trying to rein in a problem of dogs running loose, in some cases attacking people and other animals. The city gets several complaints a day about ...
Agreement clears path for some CCSD students to return to school: Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021; Some Las Vegas-area students in the Clark County School District will return to partial in-person learning on March 1. The School Board on Thursday approved ...
Getting married in Las Vegas? Here’s what you need to know: Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021; How fast it can happen, what paperwork is required, where to find a wedding officiant and more.
School Board to consider $2 million contract for employee COVID testing: Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021; The Clark County School District is asking the School Board to approve a $2 million contract for random, mandatory COVID-19 testing for all employees. The testing is part of ...
15 missing children found in Las Vegas rescue event: Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021; Calley Crowley’s teenage daughter was missing for six days before Metro Police found her on the Strip with sex traffickers. Crowley said the girl hitchhiked to Las Vegas with ...
Eva G. Simmons helped pave way for other Black educators in Las Vegas: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021; When a retired teacher visited Eva G. Simmons Elementary School to read to students, the children were fascinated upon learning her name — Eva G. Simmons. "They couldn't believe that she was actually a real person," said Christina Hardeman, an administrator at ...
Real Bodies exhibit at Bally’s pivots to tell coronavirus story: Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021; Operating amid the biggest health crisis of a lifetime, the Real Bodies exhibit at Bally’s has scrambled to tell the story of the coronavirus pandemic. "They really thought about this early on in the pandemic when ...
Angry Crab Shack spices up the Henderson food scene: Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021; After a delay of almost a year, the restaurant—which specializes in Cajun dishes with Asian spices and homestyle fixings—recently debuted in the long-vacant former Joe’s Crab Shack space on Sunset Road at Green Valley Parkway.
Superintendent: Pandemic puts schools under stress, but teachers won’t buckle: Friday, Jan. 29, 2021; The Clark County School District is not merely “under stress” because of the coronavirus pandemic, “we are in grief,” Superintendent Jesus Jara said during ...
Clark County School Board votes down gun safety resolution: Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021; The resolution, which failed on a 4-3 vote, was considered partially because of an increase in suicides throughout CCSD during the pandemic ...
No details on when older students will return to classroom: Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021; While young students will return to the classroom in March, details have not been worked out for bringing back older children, Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara said today. "I want to make sure we bring in ...
Some Las Vegas students returning to the classroom in March: Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021; The Clark County School District will bring its youngest students back to the classroom in March, following months of remote learning because of the coronavirus pandemic ...
Group gives Las Vegas nursing home tablets to connect patients with families: Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021; Because of coronavirus restrictions, video chat is often the only way nursing home patients can see their families. Sadly, with in-person visits curtailed, it is the only way some will ever see ...
New report focuses on how to better recruit, retain teachers: Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021; A new report on how to better recruit and keep teachers recommends streamlining the hiring process and enhancing mentorships and coaching to help avoid ...
Las Vegas City Council OKs third-party alcohol delivery: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021; The Las Vegas City Council enacted an ordinance today that lets businesses contract with third-party services to deliver alcoholic beverages to customers. Delivery to hotels and casinos is not allowed. "The main ...
Las Vegas High mariachi group eager to perform in Biden inauguration: Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021; Mariachi students from Las Vegas High School’s Mariachi Joya will perform in Joe Biden’s virtual presidential inauguration parade today.
Fear of feds could prevent Las Vegas immigrants from seeking COVID vaccine: Monday, Jan. 18, 2021; The biggest obstacle to getting undocumented immigrants in Las Vegas vaccinated against COVID-19 might not be fear of the shot, but the unwarranted fear of being outed to federal authorities, advocates said. That’s why state officials and immigration advocates are working to spread the word that ...
Junior Classical League in Las Vegas helps keep Latin and Greek alive: Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021; Latin might be a dead language, but the Nevada Junior Classical League has been helping keep it alive for teens in Nevada for 16 years.
CCSD inches closer to reopening campuses for some students: Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021; Principals in the Clark County School District will be tasked with creating individual sites plans to re-open their schools for in-person learning after months of closures because of the pandemic.
Film recounts story of sex trafficking victim in Las Vegas: Monday, Jan. 11, 2021; Amy Ayoub is proud of her gray hair. A former victim of sex trafficking in Las Vegas, she didn’t think she would live to see it.
How Las Vegas educators are explaining the Capitol siege: Friday, Jan. 8, 2021; Andrew Magness teaches his students at Valley High School that the U.S. Capitol building is a symbol of democracy. So, when a mob of pro-President Donald Trump rioters breached the building’s doors Wednesday to stop the constitutionally mandated process to ...
State of the City: Goodman eyes 'very special comeback' in 2021: Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021; Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman is a veteran of nine State of the City addresses, always optimistically detailing future endeavors planned for the city and celebrating past accomplishments.
Discarded sleds among 'huge mess' left behind at Mount Charleston: Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021; Every winter thousands of visitors from the Las Vegas area head to Mount Charleston for a day of sledding on its idyllic, snowy slopes. But when the snow melts, what’s left ...
Union says it's wary of new School Board member's conflict of interest: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021; A union that represents teachers in Clark County is raising concerns that a new School Board member could have a conflict of interest because she works for an organization with ties to a competing union.
Henderson woman hit by suspected DUI driver is fighting for her life: Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021; Jessica Lesmeister decided to start the new year off right by getting out for some exercise on Saturday evening. But a leisurely stroll turned tragic when ...