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- Mostly sunny today for Las Vegas
- Afternoon temperatures to climb into the upper 60s through weekend,
- Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
- If you've got some pre-Thanksgiving chores to take care of this weekend, the weather will cooperate - mostly sunny skies with highs in the upper 60s are in store for Las Vegas, according to the National Weather Service.
- Berkley Square neighborhood on National Historic Register
- Neighborhood was built in mid 1950s by and for Las Vegas' African-Americans
- Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
- The Berkley Square Neighborhood, the first subdivision in Nevada built by and for African-American residents in west Las Vegas, has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
- Las Vegas Valley to warm up into the 70s
- Storm moving in to Nevada could produce strong winds north of the valley
- Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
- Pull out the sunglasses and head outside this afternoon - Las Vegas will be sunny and warm today, hitting a high of 73 degrees.
- Mayor: Morale not good among LV city employees
- Decision to lay off 19 workers approved Wednesday by city council
- Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
- Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman didn't mince his words about morale among city employees today following Wednesday's announcement that 19 employees would be cut. "Let's put it this way: Morale can't be good," Goodman said.
- Highs to hit upper 60s today in Las Vegas
- Winter storm moving through region to bypass southern Nevada
- Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
- A winter storm that will bring as much as a half-foot of snow Friday to the mountains of northern Nevada is steering clear of the Las Vegas Valley.
- Las Vegas to lay off 19 city employees as part of budget cuts
- City manager says 74 positions have been cut, with most of them already vacant
- Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
- Seventeen full-time and two part-time employees of the city of Las Vegas will be notified in the next couple of days that they're out — they no longer have jobs with the city as of Jan. 29.
- Las Vegas mob museum continues to move forward
- City approves more funding for the $50 million downtown project
- Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
- The Las Vegas City Council took another step forward this morning on building a mob museum in the city's downtown. And they also heard it is still on track to be open to the public in a little more than a year in the historic federal office building and post office building at 300 Stewart. On a 6-1 vote, the council approved spending another $83,020 from the Nevada Commission for Cultural Affairs to continue seismic retrofit measures.
- Temperatures to hit upper 60s in Las Vegas
- Some neighborhoods getting temperatures in 30s this morning
- Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
- While a cold front is bringing heavy snow and blustery winds across northern Nevada, the Las Vegas area will continue to be sunny and relatively warm today through the weekend, says the National Weather Service.
- Chihuly coming to CityCenter
- Exhibition at Crystals to feature collection of artist's work
- Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
- Soon more work by the artist who created the three-dimension glass sculpture in the Bellagio Hotel and Casino lobby will be coming to Las Vegas.
- Wanted: Las Vegas eyesores for TV's 'Desperate Landscapes'
- Casting call goes out to local homeowners for DIY Network show
- Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
- Do you have one of those front yard landscapes that make the neighbors cringe when they drive by? Then "Desperate Landscapes" wants you.
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- When the phone cops arrive
- Wednesday, June 17, 2009
- Remember the phone cops episode from the "WKRP" TV comedy? And Dr. Johnny Fever's unfounded 1980s paranoid rant, "Don't you people get it? It was the phone cops!" I had a flashback to that episode Wednesday night at my apartment in Henderson.
- Chance for thunderstorms
- Monday, July 21, 2008
- Hot, sticky weather is on tap today for the Las Vegas Valley, with a chance for thunderstorms.
- Thunderstorms, flooding in forecast
- Sunday, July 20, 2008
- Be prepared for some periods of heavy rain today. And watch out for flooding while you drive.
- UPDATE: Police hunt for 17-year-old in man's death
- Friday, July 18, 2008
- Authorities were searching tonight in Las Vegas for a 17-year-old Las Vegas youth who they believed shot and killed his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend this morning in a home in the northeast part of the city
- Flood advisory issued for Las Vegas
- Thursday, July 17, 2008
- Thunderstorms were passing through the area this afternoon, bringing possible flooding throughout the Las Vegas area
- Scattered storms moving in
- Wednesday, July 16, 2008
- If a storm pops up today while you're driving, watch out for street flooding.
- More thunderstorms possible
- Tuesday, July 15, 2008
- Keep your umbrella handy and make sure your windshield wipers work. Las Vegas could be drenched with another round of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.
- Storms bring weather show to Las Vegas
- Monday, July 14, 2008
- The Las Vegas Valley was treated to a weather extravaganza this afternoon, featuring a cast of characters that rarely perform in the desert except in monsoon season — hail, heavy downpours and even street flooding.
- Storms bringing chance of flooding
- Sunday, July 13, 2008
- Thunderstorms crackled and boomed into the Las Vegas Valley this afternoon, flashing lightning, pouring rain onto city streets and creating the potential for flash floods.
- Woman arrested after robbery and chase
- Sunday, July 13, 2008
- Henderson police say they arrested a 28-year-old woman today after she robbed a pet store at gunpoint, fled in a car through traffic shooting at police as they chased her and finally took an elderly female hostage at a gas station.
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