Henderson mom lands a job at her kids’ elementary school after volunteering there for nearly a decade.
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http://www.reviewjournal.com/view/henderson/mother-strived-qualify-school-job-she-did-free-years
A small Spring Valley nonprofit organization helps intellectually disabled adults find jobs.
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http://www.lvrj.com/view/small-nonprofit-aids-intellectually-disabled-adults-193238731.html
A group of five former homeless people and recovered drug addicts start a ministry to help others get off the streets of Las Vegas.
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Southwest Las Vegas residents Bob and Ann Brown share their story of falling in love. Bob proposed to Ann two months after meeting her and they wed two months later.
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http://www.lvrj.com/view/love-in-the-southwest-190801621.html
Five local students got the chance to play with the Las Vegas Philharmonic at the city’s grandest of venues, The Smith Center for the Performing Arts. Thousands of fourth- and fifth-graders comprised the audience.
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http://www.lvrj.com/view/variety-school-opens-new-campus-for-special-needs-students-187841861.html
Family and Child Treatment of Southern Nevada, a southwest-area nonprofit organization, helps children who have been sexually abused or involved in sex trafficking.
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http://www.lvrj.com/view/nonprofit-aids-those-without-voices-in-society-187841431.html
Clark County School District opened a new campus designed specifically for students with special needs.
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http://www.lvrj.com/view/variety-school-opens-new-campus-for-special-needs-students-187841861.html
Southwest-area residents share their stories of struggle while trying to find work in the state with the nation’s highest unemployment.
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http://www.lvrj.com/view/unemployed-valley-residents-share-their-stories-of-struggle-186905651.html
The Second Chance Boutique sells second-hand items and employs people in recovery for drug and alcohol addiction. It will employ a few recovering addicts every few months and help them find another job outside of the treatment facility.
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The Red Rock Climbing Center in Summerlin is the Las Vegas Valley’s largest indoor rock climbing gym.
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http://www.lvrj.com/view/rock-climbers-step-up-to-challenging-sport-181958081.html
The UNLV mounted patrol unit’s two horses, Rebel and Pride, are great for policing, but are best used to engage students with the officers.
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http://www.lvrj.com/view/mounted-patrol-horses-help-police-bridge-gap-to-public-180090841.html
Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School in Las Vegas installed a system of more than 4,500 solar panels to cut its power bill in half. The best part, school officials said, was that it didn’t cost them a dime.
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http://www.lvrj.com/view/faith-lutheran-gains-new-power-loses-chunk-off-its-bill-179058531.html
Summerlin KinderCare preschool teacher Nicole Lowery received an unexpected check for $10,000 while reading aloud to students in her class.
Meet the woman with the world’s longest fingernails.
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http://www.lvrj.com/view/southwest-area-woman-holds-record-for-longest-fingernails-131499528.html
A local principal of a nontraditional high school is named to the Nevada Education Hall of Fame in Carson City.
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