Las Vegas Optic

2 days ago | lasvegasoptic.com | Vanessa Maciel

Due to budget deficits, Las Vegas City Schools reposted all of the district’s head coaching positions, including that of the athletic director. Melissa Sandoval, LVCS Board of Education superintendent, said the district needed to reduce costs by $1.1 million in order to balance its 2025-2026 budget. To this end, coaching stipends for the upcoming school year were decreased in an effort to help the district decrease its 2025-2026 budget. About $70,000 has been trimmed from athletics, Sandoval said.

2 days ago | lasvegasoptic.com | Vanessa Maciel

After reviewing documents pertaining to the city’s plans for a new water treatment facility, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham told a crowd of about 150 people that the city was taking too long and Las Vegas cannot afford to wait. “Three more years is what they’re proposing,” the governor said, holding a signed MOU between Las Vegas and FEMA for construction of the treatment plant.

3 days ago | lasvegasoptic.com | Vanessa Maciel

A 29-year-old man has been reported as missing by members of his Las Vegas family, who say they have not seen nor heard from him since May 18. Hayden Alter, who was residing in a rehabilitation center in Albuquerque, was visiting his mother, Deanna Romero, and brother, Greg Baker, in Las Vegas when, they said, he vanished. They said Alter had been in Las Vegas since May 16 and had been staying at Romero’s home. Alter’s vehicle, a 2019 black Kia Soul, is also missing, his mother and brother said.

5 days ago | lasvegasoptic.com | Vanessa Maciel

The Tierra Encantada Farmers Market, on hiatus for about two years, is returning to its former spot on the corner of Mills Avenue and Hot Springs Boulevard this Wednesday at 8 a.m. Vendors of fresh produce, meat and items like remedios are being sought to help revive the farmers market on the West side of Las Vegas, and there’s still time to sign up for this week’s event.

6 days ago | lasvegasoptic.com | Julia Goldberg

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday released a list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” it says “are deliberately and shamefully obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws endangering American communities.