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‘The Horse’ strip club is ready to open, minus the ‘Crazy’

After several years of being shuttered, its copper wiring ripped from the walls by thieves, its interior all but gutted, the notorious topless cabaret formerly called Crazy Horse Too is opening its doors again with a new owner and a new name — The Horse Gentlemen’s Club.

UNLV students’ design project has practical use for villagers in Africa

UNLV civil engineering students will put their project for the UNLV Senior Design Competition to real-life use this summer when they help villagers in Moshi, Tanzania, get clean water to their homes from a spring near the base of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Slime mold one of the good guys

Question: I found this “thing” under my Joshua tree this morning. It is about 6 inches long. Is it mold? I only water three times a week for five minutes.

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Boulder Creek a challenging course even without the wind

There it was: the highway sign, flashing urgently. High wind on the Hoover Dam Bypass bridge. Use caution. Ordinarily no big deal, but today we were headed to Boulder City to play a round of golf at Boulder City Golf Course.

Favorite Sons & Daughters June 4-10

Juliana and Lindsey Remark, 18, have received the Barbara Malloy Memorial Leadership Service Award from Soroptimist International of Greater Las Vegas.

Students’ performance rising at 100 Academy

Peggy Selma plans to retire as principal of the 100 Academy of Excellence in North Las Vegas after the 2013-14 school year, and parents say she is leaving the place in better shape than she found it.

Dinosaurs & Roses makes move to New 2 U thrift store

The Dinosaurs & Roses Resale Shoppe has a new home. Michele Morgan-Devore, executive director, has moved her nonprofit in with Qury Edmond’s New 2 U thrift store in West Las Vegas. Combined, they are now called New 2 U featuring Dinosaurs and Roses.

JAG program encourages students to make post-grad plans

Jobs for America’s Graduates, or JAG, a pilot program at four high schools in the Clark County School District, is helping to put juniors and seniors who were unlikely to graduate back on the right path. The program encourages student to find work during and after high school.