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Monday
A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before 1 pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 32. Wind chill values as low as -1. Southeast wind 10-15 mph, becoming south in the afternoon. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A 20 percent chance of snow before 1a.m. Partly cloudy at night, with a low around 15. East wind 10-15 mph, decreasing to 5-10 mph after midnight.

Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Southwest wind 10-15 mph. Partly cloudy at night, with a low around 29.

Wednesday

After months of playing nice, City Councilor Tonita Gurule-Giron and Mayor Alfonso Ortiz took off the gloves Wednesday and traded verbal barbs over the apparent automatic extension of the city manager’s contract.

The exchange occurred toward the end of a nearly three-hour City Council meeting when Gurule-Giron asked for the status of Timothy Dodge’s contract.

Ortiz reminded the Council that he had previously informed them of his intent to recommend Dodge’s continued employment.

David Romero, 36, was elected chairman of the West Las Vegas School board last week, replacing Gary Gold who served in that position since 2011.

Romero originally nominated both Henry Abeyta and Marvin Martinez for the chairman position; however, both declined. Abeyta eventually nominated Romero for the position.

“We’ve always talked about giving everyone a chance to serve as chair during their four-year term,” Romero said.