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Reader-submitted photos and adoptable pets, June 26-July 2, 2014

View Neighborhood News readers send photos of their pets and everyday lives, and View features photos of pets ready for adoption each week. To submit a photo, email View copy editor Anne King at aking@viewnews.com or mail to View, C/O Anne King, 1111 W. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas, NV 89125. Photos cannot be returned, and due to the high volume, they are often scheduled a month or two in advance.

Reader-submitted photos and adoptable pets, June 19-25, 2014.

View Neighborhood News readers send photos of their pets and everyday lives, and View features photos of pets ready for adoption each week. To submit a photo, email View copy editor Anne King at aking@viewnews.com or mail to View, C/O Anne King, 1111 W. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas, NV 89125. Photos cannot be returned, and due to the high volume, they are often scheduled a month or two in advance.

Newsmakers, June 26-July 2, 2014

Bailey Fullmer, daughter of Pat and Amber Fullmer of Las Vegas, qualified to compete in the Junior High School Rodeo National Finals in Des Moines, Iowa, June 22-28. She will compete in five events (barrel racing, poles, goat tying, breakaway, and team roping) at the National Finals.

PHOTOS: Summer the season for learning

75 students enrolled in the Shenker Academy’s summer camp program for 1-year-olds through kindergartners.

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New School of Medicine clinic opens in Henderson

The University of Nevada School of Medicine cut the ribbon Tuesday on a new care center in Henderson designed to serve wide-ranging primary care needs by providing several specialties in one clinic.

Public warrant search website launched by Vegas court

The Las Vegas Municipal Court has launched a website that allows people to search the status of warrants, pay traffic fines and view wanted posters.

Wildfires called big risk one year after Mount Charleston inferno

Wildfires are still a major risk a year after the Carpenter 1 fire burned 27,800 acres on Mount Charleston and people are urged to adhere to fire prevention rules to avoid being the cause of another such blaze, officials said Tuesday.

Patient dumping suit against Rawson-Neal dismissed

A federal judge has declined to reconsider a lawsuit alleging that officials at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas violated a patient’s civil rights by giving him a bus ticket to California upon discharge.

Lawmakers ‘astounded’ Filipino WWII veterans denied for benefits

As a small group of Filipino-American patriots watched from Las Vegas, lawmakers said in Washington Tuesday that they were ‘astounded’ and angry that a program set up to benefit Filipino soldiers who fought alongside Americans in World War II denied payments to more than half the applicants.

$18.3 million in road projects coming to North Las Vegas

More than 250 construction jobs are coming to North Las Vegas as the city and the Regional Transportation Commission announced $18.3 million worth of transportation improvement projects Tuesday.