A Las Vegas suburb is now getting into the recreational marijuana business, months after the state of Nevada began sales.

The Henderson City Council voted Tuesday to establish retail marijuana regulations and licenses.

Sales could begin as soon as October.

The suburb had put a moratorium on recreational marijuana after voters approved it last year.

The law went into effect in January and sales across the state began in July, though officials are still working through the regulatory framework for distribution.

Henderson's seven-month moratorium on recreational marijuana is expiring on Thursday. The city already has medical marijuana facilities.

An analyst said Henderson could reap more than $80 million in retail marijuana tax revenue by the year 2021... Read More

Deputy Fire Chief Shawn White has been named the eleventh City of Henderson Fire Chief.

"Chief White has the experience and skills that we need at the helm of the Henderson Fire Department and he knows our community firsthand," said Henderson City Manager Bob Murnane.

White replaces Fire Chief Matthew Morris, who has accepted a position as fire chief with Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority after 21 years with the Henderson Fire Department. White will be sworn in as interim Henderson fire chief on Sept. 7 with permanent ratification of the chief position by Mayor and Council expected to take place at the Sept. 19 City Council Meeting.

White began his career in the fire service in 1989 with the Albuquerque Fire Department, where he reached the rank of lieutenant. He joined the Henderson Fire Department in 1999 as a firefighter/paramedic, and was promoted to captain and battalion chief before he was named deputy fire chief in 2014... Read More

A missing 80-year-old Henderson woman has died. According to police, Janine Cassidy was found dead in her car Thursday evening around 5:30 p.m.

Cassidy's car was found in a parking lot near the 2700 block of East Pebble Road, Henderson Police said.

According to officers, Cassidy hadn't been seen since Wednesday around 11:45 a.m. when she was driving in the area of Saint Rose Parkway and Interstate 215.

Cassidy was driving in a tan 2007 Lincoln Town Car to Saint Rose Dominican Hospital - Siena Campus, to meet with a family member, but she never arrived.

According to her family, she possibly had early onset of dementia.

The cause and manner of death in which she died will be released by the Clark County Coroner's Office at a later date... Read More