Holiday Closings

Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004 | 8:57 a.m.

Many government and service agencies will be closed Friday and Saturday, Christmas Day. Here's a list of what will be open and closed.

SAFETY: Police and fire emergency services as usual. Offices closed.

UTILITIES: Closed Thursday, Friday and Saturday: Nevada Power Co., Southwest Gas. Closed Friday and Saturday: Las Vegas Valley Water District. Open but closing early Friday, closed Saturday: Sprint, Cox Communications cable television.

GOVERNMENT: Closed Friday and Saturday: Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Boulder City, Clark County, state, courts, federal offices, federal courthouse.

SCHOOLS: Closed, no classes: Clark County School District (classes resume Jan. 3), UNLV (classes resume Jan. 18), Community College of Southern Nevada (classes resume Jan. 24.).

DELIVERIES: Open Friday for deliveries and pickups, closed Saturday: U.S. Postal Service. Open Friday for deliveries but no pickups, closed Saturday: United Parcel Service.

NEWSPAPER: The Las Vegas Sun's offices closed both days. The Sun is published in combined morning editions with the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

TRANSIT: Downtown Transportation Center: Open Friday, closed Saturday. City Ride natural gas buses: Regular schedule Friday with three vehicles in operation, not running Saturday. Citizen Area Transit: Regular schedule Friday, weekend-holiday schedule (fewer buses on fixed routes) Saturday.

LIBRARIES: Closed Friday and Saturday: Las Vegas-Clark County District, Henderson District, North Las Vegas District, Boulder City District.

GARBAGE: Republic Services of Southern Nevada pickups as usual.

FINANCIAL: Closed Friday and Saturday: Brokerage firms, some banks. (Note: State law gives banks the option of opening on holidays as long as transactions are posted to the next regular business day. Check your local branches for holiday hours.)

PARKING: Las Vegas city parking metered spaces are free both Friday and Saturday.