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Dining Pick of the Week: Ping Pong Thai

More restaurants are becoming vegan-friendly, and you can add Ping Pong to the list.

Wholesome Tummies provides meals to private schools

After months of volunteering to prepare meals for schoolchildren, Southern Highlands resident Stephanie Springel made it her career as the local franchisee of Wholesome Tummies, which provides meals to eight private schools in the Las Vegas Valley.

First step in securing a home can be qualifying for a loan

In addition to trying to find a home, there are steps potential homeowners can take to make sure they have the best home loan to help them afford their house.

Literary Las Vegas: Ken Hinman

Ken Hinman, born in 1934, grew up on a farm in northwest Nebraska. Hinman taps his childhood experiences in the new book “Jimmy John the Tractor,” a nostalgic true tale of farming, illustrated by Arizona artist Trish Gename.

THE LATEST
Book Briefs for April 16-22

Black Mountain Institute
to host poet Amaranth Borsuk

Area briefing

CROSSWALK DEDICATED
IN MEMORY OF PEDESTRIAN

Selling homes can open possible security gaps

Most people wouldn’t open their front door and invite a stranger to come inside and have a look around. But that is, essentially, what people are doing when they put their home up for sale and show it to potential buyers.

Disparity, scarcity of homes fill market in Paradise and downtown

A shortage of homes for sale in the downtown and Paradise areas paired with high demand has driven home prices up by an average of 10.65 percent, according to a March report released by the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.

Tour de Summerlin to mark fourth year raising funds for Candlelighters

Stretch those Achilles tendons, pump up those tires and mark your calendar for Saturday. That’s when the Tour de Summerlin is set to be held to benefit the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada.

Children’s Festival to celebrate 20th anniversary

The Clark County Children’s Festival has become one of the perennial favorites, drawing children from across the valley to enjoy live performances, carnival rides and much more.

Recreation briefs

Check out recreational things to do in and around the valley

Favorite Sons & Daughters

Kyle Brown, 16, has achieved Eagle Scout status in the Boy Scouts of America.