Henderson’s ArtBeat concert series will kick off its fall season this weekend with a performance by Peace Frog, a tribute band in the style of 1960s-rockers the Doors.
Six carhops from across the country strapped on roller skates and busted a move in the parking lot of a Henderson Sonic Drive-In on Monday morning as part of a national competition for the fast-food chain.
Parking in downtown Las Vegas can often be a confusing and challenging experience, whether it’s finding change for the meter, figuring out where to get a ticket validated or even just finding a spot.
More than 1,600 of the world’s top athletes will swim, bike and run across Henderson this weekend as part of an Ironman world championship triathlon. This is the first year the race, officially called the Marine Corps Ironman World Championship 70.3, will be held in Henderson.
Alana Milawski doesn’t remember the day that made her famous. Just 3 years old at the time, Alana was with her family at the Thomas & Mack Center for a candlelight vigil the night after the 9/11 attacks.
The Henderson parks system is getting more trails, improved connectivity and some new amenities — including a campsite and a BMX bike park — as part of two separate multi-million dollar projects.
When billionaire candy tycoon Forrest Mars Sr. retired and moved to Henderson in the late 1970s, the man who invented M&Ms and the Mars bar wanted to make chocolates distinct from the ones that made him a fortune. The man, referred to as a “modern day Willie Wonka” and the “Howard Hughes of candy,” chose a spot near Sunset Road and Mountain Vista Street and opened a gourmet chocolate factory named in honor of his mother.
A developer’s plan to build a multi-billion-dollar sports complex in Southern Nevada took a small step forward Tuesday night at a Henderson City Council meeting.
During the boom years, life for Dwayne Eshenbaugh was good. And now, having lost his job, he’s wondering if it just got better. An architect at one of Las Vegas’ top firms, Eshenbaugh, 45, said there was no shortage of great projects during the fat years. He had a home in Henderson, a six-figure salary and lived a comfortable life. But when the recession hit in 2008, work dried up, and by October 2009, Eshenbaugh was unemployed.
Plans for a proposed multiple-stadium sports complex near M Resort are scheduled to be unveiled Tuesday at the Henderson City Council meeting. The proposed complex would be situated on federal land east of Interstate 15.
In September, the city of Henderson will be hosting some of the top tri-athletes from around the world, but beginners can get in on the fun, too, through a workshop with the Parks and Recreation Department.
300,000 students back in class in the Clark County School District
Monday, Aug. 29, 2011
Summer break is officially over and more than 300,000 Clark County students returned to school Monday. At Clark High School, students milled about on the lawn in front of the school as they greeted old friends.
As foreclosures and vacant homes sweep across the valley, they bring a rash of problems residents are becoming more and more familiar with. Unkempt lawns, green pools and squatters are becoming common problems, and on Wednesday night, residents in Henderson gathered to learn how they can combat these issues.
After years as a Henderson Chamber of Commerce member and a stint serving on its board of directors, Scott Muelrath is ready to take a shot at leading the organization.
North Las Vegas Acting City Manager Maryann Ustick has accepted an offer to become the city manager of Destin, Fla., pending the negotiation of a contract.
The tug of war over the fate of the Pittman Wash in Henderson is nearing a resolution. After more than a month of back-and-forth discussions between city officials and residents, meetings and walks through the wash, new ideas have emerged on how to deal with erosion problems.
Metro Police officials are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a man who robbed a north valley business last month. The robbery occurred at about 5:20 p.m. July 28 at a business near Craig Road and Nellis Boulevard.
Federal agents raided a gun store near the Las Vegas Strip on Friday afternoon but released few details, saying only it was part of an ongoing investigation. The raid, which included agents from the FBI and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, was conducted at Citadel Gun and Safe.
On the corner of Basic Road and Pacific Avenue in Henderson sits a large, fenced-off concrete slab. The lot was meant to be the site of Parkline Lofts, a condominium development that was one of several ambitious projects.
Henderson residents will have plenty of options for weekend fun this fall, with more than two dozen different musical, cultural and theatrical events planned around the city.
The local and national economies are still in turmoil, but the tone was decidedly optimistic Friday as Henderson business leaders gathered to celebrate outgoing Henderson Chamber of Commerce President Alice Martz. “As of this moment, the stock market is up,” Cox Communications Vice President Steve Schorr said, eliciting laughs and applause from the luncheon crowd.
Henderson City Attorney Elizabeth Quillin’s job will be on the line Monday as she faces the City Council for the first time since her May drunken driving arrest.
At a traffic light, green means go, except if you’re turning left. Then, green means yield. To help reduce confusion and congestion, Henderson will be installing flashing yellow turn signals at nearly 80 intersections over the next year. These left turn signals will replace older signals that had five indicator lights.
After building the country’s largest photovoltaic power plant in Boulder City, California-based Sempra Generation is coming back to Southern Nevada with even bigger plans.
Depending on where you get your news, Henderson might be one of the best places in the country to retire. Or it could be among the worst. Two national news organizations recently tackled the issue of where to retire.
Three years ago — in the waning days of Las Vegas’ building boom — developers envisioned high-rise condominiums and mixed-use retail at Stephanie Street and Wigwam Parkway, just off Interstate 215 in Henderson. What a difference a recession makes.
A dusty parcel of land at the corner of Stephanie Street and Wigwam Parkway in Henderson is the future home of Cornerstone Park, a 100-acre, $16.4 million project.
Railroad Pass turns 80, making it the oldest operating casino in Nevada
Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011
When he’s in town, Bob Gossett visits the Railroad Pass casino almost every day. A construction worker who splits his time between Boulder City and Dolan Springs, Ariz., Gossett passes time at the casino playing the slots or dining with friends.
Recycling in test neighborhoods has increased from 6 percent to more than 30 percent
Saturday, July 30, 2011
For years, residential waste in Henderson has been handled the same way. Trash is picked up twice a week. Recycling gets sorted into paper, plastic, glass and cans, and is picked up every other week.
A 35-year-old New Mexico man was killed in a single-vehicle rollover crash Friday night on Interstate 15 near Jean, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
Metro Police are investigating the death of an elderly woman found in her central valley home Friday afternoon as a possible homicide. Officers responded to the home near Valley View and Oakey boulevards about 3:30 p.m. after a neighbor reported not seeing the woman for a day, Metro Lt. Dan McGrath said.
In Matthew Ryba’s third-floor office sits a whiteboard filled with colored drawings and shorthand notations detailing power use at the manufacturing site for Henderson-based ProCaps Laboratories. Ryba, director of special projects for ProCaps, is figuring out how to reduce the 170,000-square-foot building’s power consumption to zero.
The weekend started early at the Las Vegas Distillery, as hundreds of people packed the warehouse beginning at 11 a.m. Friday to celebrate and sample Nevada’s first homegrown vodka. People took off work and traveled from as far as Washington state to taste the distillery’s first product — Nevada Vodka — which is made with wheat from Winnemucca farms.
The Rainbow Company Youth Theatre is holding an open audition for actors and actresses of all ages to perform in its stage-adaptation of “Charlotte’s Web.”
He hasn't acquired a taste for fish and isn't yet prone to showing off with flips and waves, but the newest member of the dolphin family at the Mirage is quickly becoming a fan favorite. People who lined up around the dolphin tank at Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden on Wednesday oohed and aahed as the 17-day-old calf trailed his mother, Duchess, around the pool.
More than a month after besting Richard Cherchio in the general election by a single vote, Wade Wagner was sworn in Monday night as the North Llas Vegas Ward 4 City Council member.
North Las Vegas officials say Wade Wagner will be sworn in tonight as a member of the city council. The decision follows a ruling Monday by Judge Elizabeth Gonzales that dissolved a temporary restraining order.
Construction could still be 18 months away, Caesars Entertainment representative says
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Plans for a $400 million dining, retail and entertainment plaza on the Strip dubbed Project Linq resurfaced Tuesday night at a Paradise Town Advisory Board meeting.
George Racz’s distilling background is limited. His grandfather made fruit brandy on a small copper still in Transylvania when Racz was a child, and since then he has taken classes at another craft distillery in Washington.
The vodka is distilled; the whiskey is aging and bottling will start this week. Now all George Racz needs is a little luck. Racz, 43, is the founder and owner of the Las Vegas Distillery, a first-of-its-kind operation in Nevada that plans to market craft spirits throughout the valley.