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Microclimates, manual control affect planting

Question: What do you say is our planting zone? I got a Plant Smart Sensor for Christmas, and it says we are a 7B, which is way lower than I’ve read. Just because a website says a tree or plant will be OK for a certain zone doesn’t mean it is necessarily, right?

Game of rugby beginning to thrive in Las Vegas Valley

Rugby players and enthusiasts from all over the world are expected to invade Las Vegas with the USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament slated for Feb. 9 to Feb. 12 at Sam Boyd Stadium. But Las Vegas residents don’t have to travel far year-round to witness — and play — the growing sport.

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Ron Kirk’s sister took comfort Saturday in the flurry of activity around her: 200 volunteers searching every crevice, cave and rocky hideaway around Calico Basin inside Red Rock Canyon for her brother, now missing almost two weeks.

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Two arrested in connection with marijuana grow house

Las Vegas police looking for a fugitive downtown stumbled upon a grow house of 29 marijuana plants Friday morning on Carson Avenue near 17th Street.

Vermillion’s spending record as Henderson councilwoman scrutinized

As a Henderson City Councilwoman, Kathleen Vermillion gave thousands of dollars in taxpayer money to local charities through a discretionary fund meant for programs and services to benefit the community.

Family organizes search for hiker in Red Rock Canyon

Family members are organizing a mass search in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area near Las Vegas for a missing 46-year-old man who was last seen more than a week ago.

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