Mesquite News

It will be a busy Independence Day in Mesquite Saturday. The city's recreation and parks department has a full schedule of activities at the Recreation Center, starting at 10 a.m. with the basketball competition in the gym, with outdoor activities starting at 11 a.m. Those include water balloon tosses, watermelon football, slip and slide races, ...

The new police headquarters facility will be the top priority for redevelopment bond funding approved last Tuesday by the redevelopment agency.

Victor W. Hall passed away peacefully at home in Mesquite, his loving wife, Ina, by his side.

On a vacant piece of land near Nellis Air Force Base, the promise of solar energy has collided into the demands of military training.

The first thing a person notices about Pastor Jim Robinson is the calm surrounding him.

Stephens Media LLC, owner of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and other publications in Nevada and eight other states, has purchased the Mesquite Local News, a weekly newspaper based 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

What? Christmas already? On July 24 at 2 p.m. the residents of Highland Manor will be visited by an unlikely Santa by the name of Jolene Macrae of Colonial Property Management, and a bunch of elves from around Mesquite and members of the Chamber of Commerce, bearing gifts that will be just for them.

The Mesquite Summer Dogs went 0-3 at the Panguitch, Utah Invitational over the weekend leaving the team in search of its first win of the summer.

It what is likely its shortest meeting on record - about five minutes - Mesquite city council Tuesday declared the June 2 general election official.

Virgin Valley Elementary School was full of principals last Friday as the school hosted the Clark County School District Northeast Region June principal's conference.

During the 2009 legislative session, Nevada lawmakers cracked down on gang members trying to recruit minors and required school districts to establish policies barring criminal gang activity on school grounds.

A team of basketball players who attend Virgin Valley High School will compete in the annual Utah Summer Games Monday through Wednesday in Cedar City.

Monday, 15 June 2009 'Last Cup: The Road to the World Series of Beer Pong' [DVD only] - A fun-filled, wacky, high-energy, entertaining documentary that explores the mechanics, antics, and strategies of the popular and competitive sport of beer pong by interviewing cofounders Billy Gaines and Duncan Carroll, who started the World Series of Beer ...

The city will retain two valuable tools in its economical development tool chest, thanks to action the state legislature didn't take.

Las Vegas artist Brian Porray's forceful depiction of the 1995 Landmark implosion, below, is the Friends of Winchester Public Art Committee's choice to represent Clark County's centennial.

Omission of a document in the senior center addition project bid package was a factor in council bypassing a St.

Sun City Mesquite announced on June 5 2009 that they have lowered the prices of all Sun City new homes for sale in Mesquite.

Photo credit Tim Hipps U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Hixson wins the 2008 Military Long Drive Championship presented by 7UP with a drive of 389 yards in Mesquite, Nev.

They were on their way to a church camp when suddenly their SUV rolled out of control.

Tradition was broken and new tradition began during Virgin Valley High School's 98th annual commencement exercises Thursday.