KLAS 8 News Now: I-Team’s reports about dying trees played role in building new east Las Vegas library

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- The opening of a $30 million dollar library and community center in east Las Vegas is being hailed as a game changer.  The  East Las Vegas Library is located on Bonanza Road, which is just past Eastern Avenue.

The I-Team played a role in the library's creation after nagging various agencies about some dying trees in the area.

The grand opening of the new library and community center is something that public officials and residents have wanted for 25 years but couldn't accomplish. Gone are the gangsters and criminals who once plagued the same turf. It's been replaced by hundreds of library patrons who flooded the new facility the moment it opened.

 

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