Nevada
Nevada veterans get unexpected thank you at Korean War Memorial during Honor Flight
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Korean War veterans from Nevada laid a wreath at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in a recent honor flight to Washington D.C.
And while at the memorial, they heard some unexpected words from the President of the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation, Steve Lee.
“Thank you for all that you did in the defense of South Korea all those decades ago. What you did for a country that you didn’t know and a people you didn’t know, was you saved them, changed their history and you made America better. It is as simple and as profound as that,” said Steve Lee.
“I can’t explain it in words, but it means so much to me that the people think that much of us for what we did. And we thank God that he brought us through it, brought us back to where we can be here today,” said Korean War veteran Matthew Harville.
The group later toured the 9/11 Memorial where a plane hit the Pentagon. There are 184 memorial benches with reflecting pools to remember the people killed on the plane and inside the Pentagon.
“This is the first time I’ve gotten to see the memorial. And it’s very moving. It really is. It brings back memories,” said John Ottery.
Ottery was an Honor Flight guardian on the trip with Honor Flight Southern Nevada. Guardians are paired with a veteran the entire trip.
Ottery was working in D.C. on 9/11 and was supposed to be at the Pentagon for a meeting. But he did not go to the Pentagon because the meeting was canceled.
He says a couple of his friends were also set to be at the meeting, which was not in the area where the plane hit. His friends stayed in the Pentagon and ended up in the same location where the plane struck the Pentagon. Both of Ottery’s friends died, including Navy Lt. Commander Eric Cranford, a helicopter pilot who served two tours in the Persian Gulf. Also killed was Lt. Scott Lamana, who helped monitor the Navy’s global fleet in the Pentagon’s Navy Command Center.
“Good guy, young guy with a family, just kind of starting out. Doing what the Navy asked him to do. Just another day on the job,” said Ottery.
The group also visited the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery along with several other memorials.
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Nevada (NIAA) high school football playoffs: 2024 brackets, state championship matchups, game times
Playoff season wraps up in Nevada high school football.
The postseason concludes early next week, as the Nevada playoffs reach the state championship round.
>>Nevada high school football playoff brackets
Stick with High School on SI for all of the matchups, game times and scores throughout the 2024 NIAA football playoffs.
Nevada high school football playoffs 2024 brackets
Here are the Nevada high school football playoff brackets, with state championship matchups and game times from NIAA Classes 1A-5A:
Championship matchup
(1) Bishop Gorman vs. (2) Arbor View
7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26
2024 NIAA Division 5 DI State bracket
Championship matchup
(1) Faith Lutheran vs. (1) Bishop Manogue
1:30 p.m. Saturday
2024 NIAA Division 5 DII State bracket
Championship matchup
(1) Galena vs. (1) Centennial
12 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25
Class 5A Division III state bracket
Championship matchup
Mojave vs. Canyon Springs
3:40 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26
Class 4A State
Championship matchup
(1) Sports Leadership and Management vs. (1) Truckee
12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26
Class 3A State bracket
Championship matchup
(1) Pershing County vs. (2) Incline
10 a.m. Saturday
Class 2A State bracket
Championship matchup
(1) Tonopah vs. (3) Pahranagat Valley
9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26
Class 1A State bracket
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Which Nevada legislative leader travelled to Rio and Dublin, Norway and Normandy?
Rio and Dublin, Norway and Normandy, are popular tourist destinations. They are also locations of “legislative leaders study tours” taken by a leader of Nevada’s Assembly last year.
The trips, paid for by outside groups, were among those reported by Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager in a financial disclosure statement required under Nevada law.
Yeager, a Las Vegas Democrat, disclosed about $15,500 in expenses for sponsored travel outside the U.S. in 2023, as well as $11,000 in sponsored travel within the country.
“These working trips are never funded by taxpayer dollars, obviously,” Yeager wrote in an email to the Review-Journal.
The National Conference of State Legislatures sponsored legislative leaders study tours to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Bayeux in Normandy, France; Dublin, Ireland; and Mexico City, Mexico. The State Legislative Leaders Foundation sponsored a study tour to Oslo, Norway, according to Yeager’s disclosure statement.
“National nonprofit, non-partisan groups such as NCSL and SLLF support state legislators with leadership development seminars as well as information sessions and legislative updates from around the country,” Yeager wrote.
NCSL’s mission includes advancing the effectiveness of legislatures and fostering interstate cooperation, according to its website. SLLF is dedicated to professional development for current and future state legislative leaders, it states.
The speaker reported trips in the United States for training, meetings and summits sponsored by the aforementioned groups as well as by the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. The locations included Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City and Newport, Rhode Island.
Yeager also disclosed $12,100 in expenses for tickets, food and beverage related to a Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee fundraiser in Las Vegas. The DLCC works to elect Democrats to state legislatures.
Asked for specifics on the fundraiser, he said it was in connection with the 2023 Formula 1 race.
“As an unpaid member of its national board, I attended a DLCC fundraiser in Las Vegas around last year’s F1 race,” he wrote. “F1 tickets have a high retail face value, no question about it, and I disclosed that value to maintain transparency. The race was, and remains, an event important to Las Vegas’ local economy.”
He also disclosed $1,500 in expenses for a leaders in technology program sponsored by the Consumer Technology Association. The trade group owns and produces the CES trade show.
Yeager and his counterpart in the Nevada Senate – Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, D-Las Vegas – were both re-elected earlier this month.
Cannizzaro disclosed $9,100 in expenses for tickets, food and beverage for the DLCC fundraiser. She also reported $2,200 in expenses for a summit in Vail, Colorado, sponsored by the DLCC
She reported accepting gifts of $2,900 in tickets to events and non-profit dinners, including $1,600 in tickets from Allegiant Stadium to two unspecified events.
In October, the ethics commission required training for the executive director and staff of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District in connection with accepting free Super Bowl tickets. An ethics commissioner also urged government officials not to accept tickets to sporting events offered in Las Vegas.
Among the leaders across the aisle in the Nevada Legislature, Sen. Robin Titus, R-Wellington reported $500 in sponsored travel to attend the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education annual meeting in Phoenix. She was named the Senate minority leader in January when state Sen. Heidi Seevers Gansert, R-Reno, stepped down from the post.
Gansert and Assembly Minority Leader P.K. O’Neill, R-Carson City, reported no sponsored meetings, events, travel or gifts.
The Review-Journal has reported on the disclosed gifts and sponsored travel of Nevada’s constitutional officers, Clark County commissioners, Las Vegas City Council members, and Henderson City Council members.
Contact Mary Hynes at mhynes@reviewjournal.com or at 702-383-0336. Follow @MaryHynes1 on X. Hynes is a member of the Review-Journal’s investigative team, focusing on reporting that holds leaders and agencies accountable and exposes wrongdoing.
Nevada
Nevada National Guard are back to support first responders during F1
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — During the Formula 1 race, the Nevada National Guard will be activated throughout Clark County to help boost security and emergency responses.
From Nov. 20-24, up to 80 soldiers and airmen will be deployed in various locations in Clark County, such as the Las Vegas Strip and two area hospitals.
“The activation underlines our ongoing partnership between the Nevada National Guard and local emergency response agencies, showcasing their commitment to public safety and effective collaboration to ensure a safe, largescale sporting event such as the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix,” said Col. Kyle Cerfoglio, Nevada National Guard Joint Staff Director.
This is the second year the Guard has been called upon to support our first responders in Clark County.
This year’s race is expected to bring close to 300,000 people to the valley.
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