Feds boost homeland security funding for state of Nevada

Las Vegas Review Journal - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

CARSON CITY -- Nevada has received a federal homeland security grant of $3.46 million, an increase over last year of nearly $700,000, the state Department of Public Safety announced Tuesday. The grant was awarded to the state Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "I am pleased Nevada has been awarded this grant, with an ...

Southern Nevada nature opens eyes of Hispanic youth

Las Vegas Review Journal - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Brushing the hair out of his eyes, Julian Elias tilts his head back and gazes up at something most Las Vegans have seen. The Hoover Dam. But few have the security clearance to view it from the bottom of Black Canyon, a location accessed by a winding worker's road reachable only by those with a key code to open the gate. Standing in the shadow of Hoover Dam's 726-foot wall of water ...

Nevada justices reject immigrants drivers license request

Las Vegas Review Journal - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

CARSON CITY -- The state Supreme Court has denied granting a Nevada driver's license to a man who might have been better off waiting for the new state driver's authorization cards to go into effect in January. A panel of the high court, in a unanimous 3-0 decision issued last week, refused Laszlo Schoka's petition that the Department of Motor Vehicles be ordered to grant him a ...

Census Nevada Non-Hispanic white population shrinks

Las Vegas Review Journal - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

POPULATION BY COUNTYNew population estimates for Nevada's six larges counties:-- Clark 1.97 million-- Washoe, 425,400-- Carson City, 54,838-- Lyon, 51,327-- Elko, 51,216-- Douglas, 46,996-- Nye, ...

A Taste of Nevada Nevada Style Chicken Strips

Examiner - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The Silver State of Nevada is truly one of the most gorgeous geographical places on the face of the earth. Whether it be the unbelievable beauty of the Nordic lake known as Tahoe, the high desert of ...

New Miss Nevada winners plan for national pageant as Miss America chief rankles Vegas

Las Vegas Sun - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Pageant contestants line up during the Miss Nevada and Miss Nevada Outstanding Teen contest on Saturday, June 15, 2013. Clockwise from top left are Randi Sundquist, Ellie Smith, Miss Nevada Outstanding Teen Katarina Clark and Miss Nevada Diana Sweeney. END .inline-content --> The Miss America pageant has returned to Atlantic City after a seven-year run here at Planet Hollywood on the Strip. ...