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Aggressor pilots play role of foe in Red Flag combat exercises

Red Flag flight exercises at Nellis Air Force base, held Aug. 14-25, are aimed at training U.S. fighter pilots and their allies using simulated combat conditions. Someone has to play the bad guy, and that’s where the aggressor squadron comes in.

Evolving Harvest Fest set for final year at Cashman Center

Harvest Fest will undergo a sizable change in the coming year, as 2017 marks its final appearance at the Cashman Center. The trade show space there is closing, forcing the festival to move to World Market Center Las Vegas in 2018.

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East valley’s Blue Skillet Pancake House caters to an off-Strip crowd

The Blue Skillet Pancake House is all about the classics. Waffles, pancakes, french toast and crepes are some of the top sellers, said manager Romeo Deleon. The East Bonanza Road location opened in 1993 and makes its pancakes from scratch.

Barricaded man injured in southeast Las Vegas fire

A man barricaded inside an apartment suffered minor injuries Friday afternoon after a fire at a southeast valley apartment complex.

Barricade over after Las Vegas police find no one in house

Police surrounded a home in the east Las Vegas Valley in which they thought an armed man was holed up early Friday, but after nearly seven hours officers entered the house and found no one inside.

 
Love triangle sparked deadly east Las Vegas shooting, police say

A man fatally shot Sunday in the eastern valley told a roommate he was “afraid something was going to happen” and mounted a security camera in the front of the house just hours before his death, police said.

Foster families help retired greyhounds find homes

Judy Currier calls it the greyhound cult. The president of Greyhound Pet Adoption Las Vegas got her first greyhound in 1999 and has stuck to the breed. She said a lot of greyhound owners are like that: Once you get one, you can’t go back.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada is Las Vegas’ latest Citizen of the Month

Las Vegas City Councilman Ricki Barlow of Ward 5 has seen firsthand the difference the Boys & Girls Clubs can make, having grown up in the club. This month, he got to see Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada, the nonprofit he nominated as Citizen of the Month, receive the award.

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