State adds its support to Communities in Schools of Nevada with $2M in funding

Treasure Monroe had an adult looking out for her when she was a student at Monaco Middle School, urging her ...     [STATE ADDS ITS SUPPORT TO COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF NEVADA WITH $2M IN FUNDING]( [Treasure Monroe had an adult looking out for her when she was a student at Monaco Middle School, urging her to go to class when she was hanging out in the halls chatting with friends and reminding her to eat when she was grieving the death of her grandmother. That person’s name was Miranda, and she was a site coordinator with the nonprofit Communities in Schools of Nevada. She acted as Monroe’s counselor, social worker and mentor.]( [EDITORIAL: BATTLE AGAINST DRUG ADDICTION IS ONGOING, BUT STATE HAS TOOLS TO FIGHT IT]( [It’s not every day that elected officials are able to make good on lofty campaign promises, let alone a promise to deliver more than a quarter-billion dollars to the Nevada economy. But with the announcement of a $285 million settlement with Walgreens earlier this week, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford delivered big, and made good on his promise to continue to prioritize the issue of opioid abuse.]( [BLM AIMS TO ROUND UP MORE THAN 3,000 WILD HORSES OVER SIX WEEKS]( [The Bureau of Land Management plans to remove about 3,100 wild horses in a roundup starting this weekend in rural eastern Nevada. The BLM aims to gather the “excess” mustangs in the Ely and Elko areas with the assistance of helicopters, the agency said in a pair of news releases.]( [NBA’S LAS VEGAS SUMMER LEAGUE REACHES CRITICAL MASS]( [Summer basketball exhibitions are not supposed to be glamorous. At any level, from the under-12 circuit to the pros, the logistics of securing a gym, prepping it for dozens of games, attracting teams and executing a byzantine schedule is usually hard, thankless work. And there was a time when the Las Vegas NBA Summer League could be described as such.]( [WHAT TO WATCH AND HOW TO BET AT UFC 290]( [UFC 290 is perhaps the most uncompetitive fight card in promotional history on paper. The pay-per-view capper to International Fight Week on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena is high on star power if not intriguing matchups; just not ones that are particularly evenly-matched by the betting odds.](   MOST READ: [Video shows Britney Spears inadvertently hit herself in the face in Las Vegas encounter]( [Threatening image diverts Las Vegas-to-Maui flight](  [Volkanovski returns to featherweight to reclaim title at UFC 290]( [Grand Canyon gets $27.5 million federal grant for greener shuttle buses]( [United Methodists lose one-fifth of U.S. churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans](   [Facebook](  [Twitter](     Greenspun Media Group | 2275 Corporate Circle, Suite 300, Henderson, NV 89074 [Unsubscribe {EMAIL}]( [Update Profile]( | [Our Privacy Policy]( | [Constant Contact Data Notice]( Sent by gmginfo@gmgvegas.com