vegasinc.com | december 24-30, 2017
Mementos fill a community healing garden that opened Oct. 6, five days after the mass shooting that killed 58 people at a concert on the Strip. (WADE VANDERVORT/staff file)
Wounded psyche State’s lack of mental health resources further exposed in wake of mass shooting By Danielle Birkin | SPECIAL TO VEGAS INC
Almost three months after the mass shooting on the Strip, employers and policymakers are still working to address the shortage of resources for counseling needs of victims and their loved ones, eyewitnesses, first responders and other members of the community. ¶ Given the national dearth of mental health care providers — a scarcity which is acute mental health, Continue d on page 15
30%
Reduction in production of Christmas trees from 2002 to 2012. About 95 million homes have a Christmas tree this year but only about 18 million are live trees, according to a Nielsen survey.
7,958
Pounds of rattlesnakes caught this year in the Sweetwater, Texas, Rattlesnake Roundup. The snakes are gathered for venom extraction, food and leather.
27
Age of John Collison, a Harvard dropout who is the youngest self-made billionaire in the world. Collison co-founded the tech company Stripe with his brother when he was 19.
$220M
Amount “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” made on its opening weekend. It was the second-best box office performance for a film’s first weekend, behind “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” ($248 million).