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Couple perplexed by abrupt end to friendship

About two years ago, a friend of my husband’s informed us that he had divorced his wife and was now very happy with a new lady in his life. We met for dinner, and the four of us got along tremendously. We became friends as couples, as well as my becoming friends with his new lady, who became his wife.

School board trustee takes time out for parents’ concerns

Parents had a chance to take their concerns, big and small, straight to Clark County School Board Trustee Lorraine Alderman at a recent open forum, Making Connections, at the East Las Vegas Community/Senior Center.

Adorned utility boxes infuse Cambridge with public art

Artists for the Clark County Parks and Recreation Department’s Zap! 4 project may be finished with their masterpieces, but the lifeline of these works extends far beyond the Oct. 22 completion date.

Thanksgiving and Christmas programs assist residents during season

A dozen people stand in line outside HELP of Southern Nevada, 1640 E. Flamingo Road, at 8 a.m. one day just a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving. They’re a small fraction of the thousands who are seeking assistance from the non profit organization this holiday season.

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Law to help douse odds of school bus fires

Beginning in 2014, all Clark County School District buses must meet new safety standards in accordance with a state law passed last summer.

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Thousands of cars pass by each day the fenced-in, now-defunct El Capitan mobile home park on Bonanza near Nellis, and probably no one realized what was behind that temporary fence. In fact, until this past week, there was a massive illegal tire dump so large, numbering some 2,000 discarded tires, that it could clearly be seen from satellite photo imagery on Google Earth.

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Jake Edward Galins, 16, has achieved Eagle Scout status in the Boy Scouts of America.

Literacy effort part of outreach for Desert Sage auxiliary group

Thousands of kindergarten students across the Las Vegas Valley are learning to read with the help of handmade books from the Desert Sage auxiliary group, a part of the Assistance League of Las Vegas.

Youths gain the endurance for sprint triathlons through YMCA

Small is mighty in one corner of the triathlon scene in Las Vegas. Iron Kids is a monthly fitness program for athletes ages 9-13 offered by the YMCA of Southern Nevada. The youngsters learn the running, cycling and swimming skills necessary to complete a sprint triathlon, a timed race in the three fields.

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