The Ute V. Perkins Elementary Spring Dance Festival brought students, families and community members together Friday evening, May 8, at the Moapa Valley High School gym for a night filled with music, movement and school spirit. Students from preschool through fifth grade participated in themed performances throughout the evening, each grade level bringing its own… Read more: Perkins Elementary Spring Dance Festival brings community together

Clark County Family Services has announced a series of upcoming information sessions in Moapa Valley and Mesquite to address a critical shortage of local foster homes. According to agency data, approximately 30 children from these communities are in foster care on any given day. Due to the current lack of local providers, these children are… Read more: County Family Services to host foster care information sessions in Moapa Valley and Mesquite

With a combined 40 years of service, three police officers have recently retired from the Las Vegas Metro Police Department (LVMPD) Northeast Area Command as Moapa Valley resident section officers. They leave behind careers marked by dedication, sacrifice and deep connections with the people they served. Officer Chris Kohntopp retired after over nine years of… Read more: As officers retire, Moapa Valley welcomes new resident officers

The short-term rentals/vacation rentals special meeting held at City Hall on Tuesday, May 5, resulted in the Mesquite City Council unanimously accepting the proposed recommendation made by the STR Committee to Title 2, Chapter 13, vacation home rentals. This was the second special meeting held, but unlike the first one, the council chamber was barely… Read more: Recommendations for STR accepted by council at special meeting

In a marathon session on April 28, the Mesquite City Council grappled with two of the most contentious issues facing the city: the future of short-term rentals (STRs) and a contract impasse with the Mesquite Police Officers Association (MPOA). While the evening began with celebrations of community generosity and student achievement, it ended in a… Read more: City council: STR regulations tabled, police contract hits impasse

On Tuesday, May 5, Clark County School District (CCSD) held its final public Facilities Master Plan (FMP) meeting at the Moapa Valley High School library. The meeting was a general overview of three plans CCSD may adopt for the four Moapa Valley schools over the next five to 15 years, and a preview of the… Read more: CCSD FMP holds final MV public meeting

Every year the people of Virgin Valley come together to celebrate the birth of Mesquite. Starting when a group of Mormon pioneers established a farming town in the late 1890s, Mesquite quickly grew. Then, on May 24, 1984, Clark County and the state of Nevada formally recognized Mesquite as an incorporated city. Every May, the city… Read more: Mesquite honors its roots