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Hawaii’s Kauai pursues tourists as island recovers from floods

Residents and businesses are still cleaning up from flooding that deluged parts of Kauai, but community leaders are urging tourists to keep coming so residents don’t suffer an economic calamity on top of record-breaking rains that smothered a normally green landscape in reddish-brown water.

Sisolak: Raiders appear committed to Russell Road site for new stadium

Clark County Commission chairman Steve Sisolak said Tuesday that the Oakland Raiders’ “premier site” to build a new NFL stadium remains a 63-acre property at Russell Road and Dean Martin Drive.

Crime and safety news from around the valley, March 3-9, 2016

Small Claims Class: Nevada Legal Services plans a free community education presentation on the small claims process at 10 a.m. March 11 at 530 S. Sixth St. A licensed staff attorney is set to be on hand after to answer questions. Call 702-386-0404.

Fremont Street Experience’s SlotZilla zip line open

SlotZilla, the zip line through the Fremont Street Experience that launches from a 12-story slot-machine-themed platform, opened to the public at noon Sunday. Every time period for the ride sold out on its first day.

Muay Thai fights to put Fremont Street Experience in national spotlight

Finally, a Fremont Street fight that will be legal, sanctioned, supervised and televised live. Welcome to “Lion Fight 11” at the Fremont Street Experience, the downtown Las Vegas five-block pedestrian tourist attraction where some of the world’s premier Muay Thai fighters will exchange punches and kicks on a Friday night in September.

Officials lament loss of girl hit by car despite safety project

With the number of pedestrian fatalities in Nevada nearly double the national average, traffic experts became more aggressive in their attempts to improve not only crosswalk markings but the contentious relationship between pedestrians and motorists.