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Camp Foxtail makes summer meaningful for Girl Scouts

Tucked inside the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and surrounded by ponderosa pines, cool mountain air and wild horses sits Camp Foxtail. The camp at 5871 Lee Canyon Road provides Girl Scouts ages 8 to 17 with a traditional overnight camp experience filled with hiking, crafts and games.

Winchester hopes to grow community through garden project

The Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 McLeod Drive, is getting a new community garden, but Patrick Gaffey, cultural program supervisor for Clark County, said it wasn’€™t his idea.

Police seek man in central valley taxi robbery

Las Vegas police are asking for the public‘s help in locating a man they say robbed a taxi driver at knife point earlier this month.

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New Alzheimer’s trial seeking participants

A new approach to Alzheimer‘s disease is taking place at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. Since the first of the year, it‘€™s been recruiting participants for a new clinical trial, the Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer‘s study, or A4. The study investigates whether treating older individuals with an investigational drug, dubbed solanezumab, can delay memory decline in those who may be at risk to develop Alzheimer‘s disease.

Suspect jailed in burglary at Henderson mayor’s home

A break-in at Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen‘s home in May was part of a series of crimes in the same neighborhood committed by two teenagers, police say.

Coffin: Water authority board broke the law

A routine appointment flared into an ugly fight during Thursday‘€™s Southern Nevada Water Authority meeting when Las Vegas City Councilman Bob Coffin accused fellow board members of violating Nevada‘s open meeting law.

East valley group shares its love of Corvettes

During the week, Jim Weeks usually drives a 1978 station wagon, but on the weekend, things are different.