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Las Vegas-based Zappos laying off about 30 employees

Employees learned last week that Zappos will move most of its apparel photo operations to an Amazon studio on the East Coast and part of the operations to a new Zappos-owned studio near the downtown Las Vegas headquarters.

Dignitaries to make announcement about Las Vegas soccer team

Gov. Brian Sandoval, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, Councilman Ricki Barlow and United Soccer League officials will fete the city’s new professional soccer squad Friday in downtown Las Vegas.

School district expects new measures to keep graduation rate on rise

Last school year, the Clark County School District launched an unprecedented campaign to intervene with credit-deficient high school seniors, nearly half of whom were on track to not graduate. The district identified more than 7,000 seniors in academic trouble and implemented programs to help them catch-up on credits and prepare for the state proficiency exam.