The Vox Box

Mon., Dec. 22, 2008

Las Vegas Snow Storm cancels flights

Apparently, Spokane wasn't the only place to recieve a dumping of snow last Wednesday. A rare snowfall blanketed Las Vegas on Wednesday, canceling all flights in and out of the city, snarling traffic and dusting palm trees and marquees along the Las Vegas Strip.

Now, Las Vegas is located in Nevada. In the desert. It snows around Las Vegas, on the mountains, but not in the city itself. So when 8 inches dropped on rooftops and palm trees, residents were delighted.

3 inches of accumulation on the Strip would break the December record of two inches set in 1967, but not the record of nine inches set in 1974.

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Posted Dec. 22, 2008, 2 p.m.

In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.