Ricardo Torres-Cortez
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NewsLas Vegas conference shines light on immigration reform
Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021 Addressing this week’s National Immigrant Integration Conference in Las Vegas, Rulon Pete spoke about changing demographics. After all, most of everyone else’s ancestors were once immigrants at one point, said Pete, a member of the Las Vegas Paiute tribe ...
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NewsCounty honors UNLV med student who helped save man's life before Raiders game
Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021 Before the Clark County Commission declared Oct. 5 “Elizabeth Groesbeck Day,” the third-year UNLV medical student was quick to recognize others who stepped up to help a hit-and-run crash victim whose life she’s credited with helping save this summer.
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CommunityEx-addict who found hope at Mission High now eager to help others
Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 Landynn Meyers graduated last term as a Clark County School District Star Graduate, a recognition bestowed upon 45 students for academic excellence or for overcoming odds. Now three years sober, Meyers hopes to one day help counsel other young people ...
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NewsCulinary Union marches for return to jobs on the Las Vegas Strip
Friday, Sept. 24, 2021 In an unusual sight for the Strip teeming with tourists on a packed Friday evening, a tide of red-shirt-clad protesters marched down Las Vegas Boulevard.
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NewsCounty honors philanthropist who helped solve 1989 slaying of Las Vegas schoolgirl
Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 A local philanthropist whose donation helped solve the slaying of a Las Vegas teenager three decades ago was honored this week by the Clark County Commission ...
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ImmigrationUNLV clinic gets windfall to assist immigrants facing deportation
Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 UNLV’s Immigration Clinic at William S. Boyd School of Law will add a half-million dollars to its coffers to defend immigrants facing deportation ...
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NewsCounty declares public health crisis over COVID misinformation, enraging protesters
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 For the Clark County Commission, a resolution declaring misinformation on the COVID-19 vaccines a “public health crisis” is simply a statement of their position with no enforcement capabilities. It wasn’t clear if that’s how protesters, who showed up to speak against ...
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North Las VegasAt North Las Vegas event, congressmen push the case for ‘Break the Cycle of Violence Act’
Friday, Sept. 17, 2021 If the bill were signed into law, the Department of Health and Human Services would appropriate $5 billion in grants for programs focused on community-based violence intervention.
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News'She was fearless': Arrest made in fentanyl overdose death of Vegas teen
Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 Mia Gugino, 17, was one of five children to die from a drug overdose in Clark County this year, four of whom were killed by fentanyl.
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SportsSmiles are contagious for children, Raiders' Abram at Big Brothers Big Sisters shoe giveaway
Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 The mere sight of the NFL player sent the children, and some of the adults, into a craze. Photos were snapped, autographs signed and ...
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SoccerLas Vegas Lights FC Hold Tryouts
Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020 A Las Vegas Lights FC support group gathers at Cashman Field for an open-house and team tryout on Jan. 11, 2020. (Ricardo Torres-Cortez / Las Vegas Sun)
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SoccerLas Vegas Lights FC Hold Tryouts
Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020 Open tryout participants run through drills at Cashman Field on Jan. 11. Hundreds of prospects attended the event, trying to land a spot on Las Vegas Lights FC. (Ricardo Torres-Cortez / Las Vegas Sun)
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SoccerLas Vegas Lights FC Hold Tryouts
Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020 Michael Denman, a Las Vegas Lights FC season ticket holder, watches a support group cheer on tryout participants during an open-house at Cashman Field on Jan. 11, 2020. (Ricardo Torres-Cortez / Las Vegas Sun)
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SoccerLas Vegas Lights FC Hold Tryouts
Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020 A Las Vegas Lights FC support group gathers at Cashman Field for an open-house and team tryout on Jan. 11, 2020. (Ricardo Torres-Cortez / Las Vegas Sun)
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March for Science
Saturday, April 22, 2017
