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Library districts kick off summer reading programs

Summer is a time for students to move forward or fall back academically, a trend known as the summer slide. The three library districts in the Las Vegas Valley are offering reading programs to hopefully pique students’ interest and keep the summer slide from happening.

Dining Pick of the Week: Rainbow’s End Cafe

For 30 years, Rainbow’s End has been serving an extensive vegetarian, vegan and raw organic menu. And the one item that keeps everyone coming back is the Green Goddess, the restaurant’s famous sandwich.

VIP soccer program gives special needs youths chance to try sport

Soccer rules take a backseat to fun when children with health issues play the game. The American Youth Soccer Organization offers VIP soccer, a program for mentally and/or physically challenged children. VIP stands for Very Important Players.

Driver dies after vehicle overturns on I-15 exit lane

A man is dead after an accident on Interstate 15 and Charleston Boulevard Sunday night. Nevada Highway Patrol responded to the single vehicle accident shortly before 8:30 p.m.

Homeland security funds few

Local agencies in Clark County are competing against applicants from across the state for a piece of Nevada’s federal homeland security funding.

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Las Vegas girl vanished in 1999, leaving grieving family, frustrated police

There is nothing ominous about the neighborhood around 705 E. St Louis Ave., where the 7-year-old girl with short black hair and a toothy smile often roamed on her bike. Karla Rodriguez wasn’t afraid to be a kid in this neighborhood.

Aspiring rapper questions arrest

Daniel Bastine is an aspiring rapper from San Diego. He’s a graduate of a private high school in posh La Jolla, Calif. He moved to Las Vegas four years ago to try to make it big in the local music industry.

Seminar, walk designed to speak to budding pot entrepreneurs

Drivers honked, waved, flipped off and gave thumbs-up to a group — including someone dressed as a 10-foot-tall marijuana joint — advocating Nevada marijuana dispensaries in Henderson on Saturday morning.

Heck wants reinstatement of popular air shows

The Air Force should relax its rules to encourage sponsorships and private donations as a way to reinstate popular air shows, such as Aviation Nation in Las Vegas, that have been canceled due to budget cuts, according to Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev.

‘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.

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