Holiday closures

Friday, Jan. 17, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

The holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated on the third Monday in January. It became a federal holiday in 1983. King was born Jan. 15, 1929, and killed in 1968. Here's what is open and closed on Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day:

* SAFETY: Police and fire emergency services as usual. Administrative offices closed.

* UTILITIES: Closed: Nevada Power, Las Vegas Valley Water District, Prime Cable. Open: Sprint, Southwest Gas.

* GOVERNMENT: Closed: Las Vegas, Henderson, Boulder City, North Las Vegas, Clark County, state, courts, federal offices, federal courthouse. The Nevada Legislature will open its 1997 session despite the holiday.

* SCHOOLS: Closed, no classes: Clark County School District, Community College of Southern Nevada, UNLV.

* MAIL: Closed, no deliveries: U.S. Postal Service (however, eight Post Office Express sites in area Lucky stores will be open and pickups will be made from blue collection boxes). Open, deliveries as usual: United Parcel Service.

* NEWSPAPER: SUN offices open, afternoon editions published and delivered as usual.

* TRANSIT: Downtown Transportation Center: Open. City Trolleys: Holiday schedule (no Meadows Mall route). Citizen Area Transit: Holiday schedule (extra peak-hour buses will not be in operation).

* LIBRARIES: Closed: Las Vegas-Clark County, North Las Vegas. Open: Henderson, Boulder City.

* GARBAGE: Silver State Disposal pickups as usual. Offices also are open.

* MATRIMONY: Marriage License Bureau open 24 hours, starting 8 a.m. Friday, closing 12 a.m. Tuesday.

* FINANCES: Closed: Banks. Open: Brokerage firms.

* ZOO: Open: Southern Nevada Zoological Botanical Park.

* PARKING: City's parking metered spaces free on Monday.