Today's News

Robertson High School’s former football coach, who is accused in connection with attacks during a team camp, is questioning the impartiality of the district attorney and a state police captain.

The coach, Ray Woods, is charged with failure to report child abuse in connection with the attacks during the camp last August in the Gallinas Canyon.

Federal stimulus money is being put to use in a number of areas in Las Vegas, including enabling kids on the west side of town to participate in summer activities that wouldn’t be available otherwise.

This year, the district didn’t receive funding through the 21st Century Program.

Director Elaine Martinez-Gonzales and Assistant Director Gary Luna say that even though the funding source has changed, the spirit of the program remains as it has since 2002.

I was delighted to see that Las Vegas (was) considering a moratorium on filmmaking. As a veteran location manager of many Las Vegas projects (including Wyatt Earp, East Meets West, John Carpenter’s Vampires and North Country), I have watched the film climate in Las Vegas steadily erode over the years. Most recently, the ambivalence (and dare I say greed) I experienced from some segments of the business community during the filming of No Country For Old Men left a bitter taste in my mouth.

Summertime fun is the theme for 280 kids from the Las Vegas City Schools participating in the 21st Century summer program.

Program director Michell Aragon said every day children are engaged in a host of activities, including academics, activity enrichment and physical education. She said the roster filled up quickly and is open to kids entering the second grade.

“We are pretty full. I know I disappointed a lot of the younger kids coming out of kindergarten because we just weren’t ready for them due to the academic part of the program,” Aragon said.