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Distracted drivers in Nevada face fines

It’s pretty easy to get distracted while driving. Texts from friends or eating a quick lunch on the go can sometimes make the best of drivers swerve on the road.

Longtime resident of Historic Westside wouldn’t live anywhere else

Lois Bolden lives in the heart of the Historic Westside, near Martin Luther King Boulevard and Washington Avenue. The area was forced into existence because of segregation, a time in the mid-20th century when black men and women couldn’t visit the Strip or live anywhere near it.

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Tsunami of Alzheimer’s hitting baby boomers

Jeffrey Klein, CEO of Nevada Senior Services, says Las Vegas already needs more than the two nonprofit adult day-care facilities where baby boomers drop off older loved ones or are dropped off themselves.

Making sure refugees have jobs helps reduce terrorist threats

Does it make sense to travel overseas to deal with terrorist threats. When author went to Nice two years ago, French uthorites already had soldiers guarding the city — will in advance of the terrorist tragedy of two weeks ago.

Gnashing of teeth won’t solve boomers’ dental problems

Las Vegas dentist Dr. Greg Edwards noted recently that the implications of poor oral health extend far beyond the mouth. The inability to chew affects nutrition and missing teeth can cause social isolation.

Boomers turn dreams into business opportunities

Work experience, coupled with equity and/or wealth already in place, are reasons boomers find they’re in the right position to start a business.

A Las Vegas businessman, a letter and a lesson unlearned from Korea

As this Memorial Day approached, Las Vegas businessman Christoper McMahon received a letter about the Korean War from his 88-year-old father, retired Army Col. Richard McMahon, who earned the Silver Star for valor during the bloody 1950s conflict that then-President Harry Truman referred to as a “police action.”

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